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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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Barenbrug seed sown at Earl of Mar GC
16 Nov 2008 -
Industry -
Press Release
The Earl of Mar Estate near Glasgow is already home to one of Scotland’s leading luxury hotels, Mar Hall. But this historic site will soon boast a brand new 18-hole golf course, which has been sown with Barenbrug grass seed.
Ransomes Jacobsen Introduce New Iseki TH4335 Compact Tractor
16 Nov 2008 -
Industry -
Peter Driver
Ransomes Jacobsen has introduced a new compact tractor, the Iseki TH4335, powered by a 32 PS, three-cylinder, liquid cooled diesel engine operating at 2600rpm, which results in reduced noise levels.
Scotsturf - Great for Etesia
15 Nov 2008 -
Industry -
Jane Undery
- 1 comment
Just back from Scotsturf - Etesia reports that there are no signs of a downturn in business opportunities North of the Border
Back to basics for fertiliser
15 Nov 2008 -
Consultancy -
Stuart Staples
One of the most popular threads on the Pitchcare message board recently was from a member wanting help in understanding the ‘basics’ of fertilisers for turf.
Amenity sector urged to lobby MEPs as regulations deliver double blow
15 Nov 2008 -
Industry -
Press Release
The amenity sector is being dealt a double blow through the proposals set out in the EU Thematic Strategy for Pesticides.
Three awards for The Castle Course at St Andrews
14 Nov 2008 -
Golf -
Press Release
The Castle Course in St Andrews has received three prestigious international awards in its inaugural season.
The Course that Time Forgot
14 Nov 2008 -
Golf -
Press Release
Norma McNeill is not happy. Out for a brisk walk among the dunes with her dog, she contemplates the small collection of vehicles about her, bristles and addresses big Allan Macdonald stood beside me. "Ach, you no changin' the landscape agin are ye?" she asks rhetorically.
MJ Abbott TV slot confirmed
14 Nov 2008 -
General News -
Press Release
The episode of How Do They Do It? featuring MJ Abbott will be broadcast on Thursday 20th November
Industry united against pesticide proposals
14 Nov 2008 -
Industry -
Press Release
The potential for massive losses of pesticides and increasingly restricted use through proposed EU legislation have brought together all sectors of the horticulture industry.
Fears for industry after pesticide vote
14 Nov 2008 -
General News -
Press Release
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and Crop Protection Association (CPA) have expressed concern over the European Parliament’s vote to approve stricter controls on pesticide use, which took place on Wednesday. The associations have vowed to continue campaigning against the legislation.
Ransomes Jacobsen package for Dunfermline Athletic FC
13 Nov 2008 -
Football -
Peter Driver
- 5 comments
Fairways GM, the Scottish dealer for Ransomes Jacobsen turf equipment, has delivered a package of machinery to Scottish League Division One football club, Dunfermline Athletic, whose Director of Football is the larger-than-life character Jim Leishman.
Testing times - sustainability anyone?
13 Nov 2008 -
Golf -
Paul Lowe
- 1 comment
One year on Paul Lowe, Head Greenkeeper at Bromborough Golf Club on the Wirral, talks about how his move to sustainability is going and offers some sound advice on networking.
New Rec group membership tops 600 mark
13 Nov 2008 -
Rugby -
Press Release
- 1 comment
A pressure group set up to back the idea of a new sports stadium at The Rec has signed up more than 600 members in just a few days.
Queen advertises for gardener
12 Nov 2008 -
General News -
Press Release
The Queen's Scottish summer residence is seeking a new gardener with excellent general experience and knowledge of fruit and vegetables
MF Compact tractor proves its worth
12 Nov 2008 -
Industry -
Mike Bird
One of Northern Ireland’s best-known and most spectacular golf courses is finding considerably more uses for its Massey Ferguson 1547 compact tractor than was originally envisaged.
Football's biggest footprint?
12 Nov 2008 -
Football -
Press Release
- 6 comments
The floodlights, corporate boxes and big screens at sports stadiums are all massive power sappers - but there's an increasingly popular technology which is chewing more energy than ever before.
Police hunt launched after sports venues vandalised
12 Nov 2008 -
General News -
Press Release
Police are appealing for information after two popular sporting venues in Moray were vandalised over the weekend.
Muck-truck at the 2009 Hire Show.
12 Nov 2008 -
Industry -
Lance Bassett
Muck-truck, the market leader in pedestrian dumper trucks, is again on stand A105 at the 2009 Hire Show held in January at the Ricoh Centre,
Carbon smart sportsfields
12 Nov 2008 -
Consultancy -
Megan Hood
We hear a lot about sustainable golf course management in the turfcare industry, but the topic of sustainability is not widely discussed within sportsfield management circles
Here, Megan Hood, former STRI Agronomist and now working ‘back home’ for the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute, suggests that improvements can be made
Jacobsen hybrid pedestrian greens mowers are just the job
11 Nov 2008 -
Golf -
Peter Driver
Laurence McCrory, Course Manager at Bicester Golf Club, has recently taken delivery of two Jacobsen Eclipse mowers, the latest pedestrian greens mower from RANSOMES Jacobsen, the Ipswich-based turf maintenance equipment manufacturer.
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