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Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
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Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
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Saracens handed pitch boost
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Harrogate 2012
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Harrogate 2012
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Golf - a soft target?
31 Aug 2008 -
Golf -
Peter Britton
- Issue 20 - Aug / Sep 2008 - 4 comments
Why is it that golf courses, and golfers, attracts such bad press? What makes intelligent people go off on ill-informed, high profile diatribes about a sport they often, clearly, know nothing about?
New recruit for Easton Lodge
30 Aug 2008 -
Training -
Emily Kent
Tom Coppin, a horticultural BSc (hons) graduate from Writtle College, has already succeeded in gaining his first graduate gardening job. Tom is about to start his new job as a full-time gardener at the Gardens of Easton Lodge, near Dunmow.
Lawn Master - An invitation to find out more at SALTEX
29 Aug 2008 -
Industry -
Press Release
You may have seen adverts and articles about Lawn Master on Pitchcare over the past few years. Are you one of the growing number of groundsmen and greenkeepers considering their position at work and looking at options for the future? Are you looking to have greater flexibility, more control and earn more money?
Pervade brings rapid relief to waterlogged turf
29 Aug 2008 -
Industry -
Carol Dutton
Waterlogged turf of any description, fairways, greens, football and rugby pitches and parks and gardens can benefit rapidly from Floratine’s Pervade.
SISIS - End of an Era
29 Aug 2008 -
Industry -
Editor
One of the industry’s most recognizable (all 5ft 1in of her!) and well respected people has decided to call it a day. Lynn Hilton, Publicity Manager at SISIS, is retiring at the end of August after 42 year’s service. Lynn’s late father, Eric Staniforth, was MD and retired after 51 years’ service. Accompanying her father at the weekends, Lynn even spent some of her growing up years at the old SISIS factory in Cheadle.
Lee Westwood sees red over Gleneagles' greens
29 Aug 2008 -
Golf -
Press Release
Lee Westwood, whose 72 left him four shots behind Gregory Havret on the first day of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, made it plain that the greens on this PGA Centenary course were not in the same five-star league as the hotel.
Team has sinking feeling over waterlogged pitch
29 Aug 2008 -
Football -
Press Release
A Sutherland football club is desperately trying to find a way to get urgently-needed drainage work carried out on its pitch, which is frequently too wet and muddy to be used for home games.
Time for operators to think the unthinkable and pool resources?
28 Aug 2008 -
Golf -
Press Release
THE last 20 years has not only witnessed a dramatic boom in golf course development, it has also seen a sea change in the way golf courses are run, with the emphasis now on a commercial return.
St Andrews Links' new Castle Course reports busy opening month
27 Aug 2008 -
Golf -
Press Release
A busy opening month for The Castle Course saw more than 4000 rounds of golf played at the new seventh course at St Andrews Links.
Golf clubs face the prospect of being left in the bunker
27 Aug 2008 -
Golf -
Press Release
With some US golf courses being converted back to farmland, Peter McCusker asks whether the 20-year growth in UK golf is over and how many of the region’s 80-plus clubs can survive.
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Bad Press
24 Aug 2008 -
Editorial -
Dave Saltman
- Issue 12 - Apr / May 2007 - 6 comments
It seems that our industry has a penchant for attracting bad press. A recent example would be the unfortunate greenkeeper at Haywards Heath Golf Club who ‘irrigated’ the course with weed killer, damaging vast areas of the course. No facts were given other than he was a ‘groundsman’ or ‘greens keeper’ depending on which paper you read.
Mick has pitches at the ready
23 Aug 2008 -
Cricket -
Press Release
SCARBOROUGH Groundsman Mick Stewart says North Marine Road will be ready for the 122nd annual cricket festival.
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School Playing Fields -Maintenance for Wear
23 Aug 2008 -
General Sports -
Steve Gingell
- 2 comments
One of the key issues we often see during our visits to schools and local authorities is the limited resources available to maintain sports pitches. This article looks at the issues involved with pitches and seeks to give ideas of how maintenance could be modified to maximise playability and minimise wear.
BAR GT Commercial Trials given green light
23 Aug 2008 -
Industry -
Lesley Walker
Commercial field trials of a Glyphosate tolerant perennial ryegrass have been given the green light by Barenbrug UK.
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MJ Abbott to feature in television documentary
22 Aug 2008 -
Golf -
Ellie Parry
Leading golf course constructor MJ Abbott Limited is to feature in a television documentary for Channel 5. The episode of How do they do it? featuring How do they make a golf course? will be broadcasted at 7.30pm on Thursday 16th October on Channel 5 and later in the year on the Discovery Channel.
Achieve greater success with autumn over seeding
22 Aug 2008 -
Industry -
Pitchcare
Turf managers could help autumn over sown new seedlings establish better and get turf back in play faster with a Primo MAXX application now to suppress growth of the existing sward.
Becker Underwood names Karl Geary Technical Sales Representative
22 Aug 2008 -
People -
Press Release
- 1 comment
Becker Underwood Ltd a leading producer of speciality products for the agriculture, horticulture and forestry markets has appointed Karl Geary as Technical Sales Representative with responsibility for sales in the UK and Ireland.
SISIS and Tiger Turf's Joint Mission
21 Aug 2008 -
Synthetics -
Lynn Hilton
Artificial pitches are “low maintenance” not “no maintenance”.
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All you need to know about Photosynthesis
21 Aug 2008 -
Consultancy -
David Lawson
Probably the most important chemical reaction on earth is photosynthesis. It provides us with our food, oxygenates the air and reduces atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. For the turf manager, it provides the vital engine of turf growth (it also provided the petrol for the mowers).
Garden gets top tractors
21 Aug 2008 -
Industry -
Steve Mitchell
John Deere, the UK’s leading tractor business, has strengthened its partnership with The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland, where the company’s green and yellow pedal tractors are equally popular with young visitors.