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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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Laurence to leave Pitchcare
31 Mar 2010 -
People -
Editor
- 12 comments
FIFA has announced that Pitchcare's Laurence Gale is to become editor of their new magazine 'Play Fair' which is due for launch in the Autumn.
Horticultural success at Land-based Learner of the Year Awards
31 Mar 2010 -
Industry -
Press Release
Pamela Marnie from Glenrothes, Fife was awarded ‘Horticultural Learner of the Year’, and Overall Runner-Up at Lantra’s Land-based Learner of the Year awards.
RAF delighted with new multi-use 3G pitch
31 Mar 2010 -
Synthetics -
Press Release
The service men and women at RAF Odiham in Hampshire are benefiting from a brand new 3G pitch after their existing weathered sand based pitch was taken up and re-surfaced by local sports ground firm Kestrel Contractors LTD.
Irrigation at The Oaks
31 Mar 2010 -
Golf -
Steve Mitchell
A brand new John Deere irrigation system is being installed on 27 holes at The Oaks pay-and-play golf courses at Oaks Park in Carshalton, Surrey, by Irrigation Services (UK) Ltd of Norwich.
The Waitt goes on!
31 Mar 2010 -
Racing -
Tom James
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
Tom James meets Andy Waitt, Clerk of the Course and Estates Manager at Folkestone Racecourse, and finds that he's had a difficult winter.
Paul Drain promoted to Director of Product Management at Jacobsen
30 Mar 2010 -
People -
Peter Driver
Paul Drain, Jacobsen’s former program manager who worked on the launch of the Eclipse 322 greens mower and R311 rotary mower, has been promoted to Director of Product Management effective March 1, 2010.
Crocodile's Hole in One
30 Mar 2010 -
Golf -
Phil Evans
The continuing loyalty to the ‘Crocodile’ brand is the latest investment by South Staffs GC, nr. Wolverhampton with the recent introduction of two Crocodile golf hole-cutters.
New E-Z-GO Golf Cars for Hagley Golf & Country Club
30 Mar 2010 -
Golf -
Peter Driver
Hagley Golf and Country Club, situated close to Stourbridge and just 5 miles southwest of Birmingham, has purchased a small fleet of E-Z-GO RXV electric golf cars from local dealer, TH White Ltd of Redditch.
Wetting Agents - Why, what and where?
30 Mar 2010 -
Best of the Rest -
David Goldstone
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
Dry patch is a recurring phenomenon and, whilst ever you use topdressing, it will continue to be so. Dry patch only grows and will always return to the same place every year!
TPL appointed to oversee important design work at two historic courses
29 Mar 2010 -
Golf -
Press Release
Thomson Perrett & Lobb, the international golf course architecture practice founded by five times Open Champion Peter Thomson with partners Ross Perrett and Tim Lobb, has been appointed to consult on and oversee important design work on two historic courses close to London.
Pottering about!
29 Mar 2010 -
Football -
Laurence Gale MSc
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
Andy Jackson, Head Groundsman at the Britannia Stadium, was one of a just a handful of groundsmen presiding over a match as the ‘big freeze’ decimated the football programme
SISIS bowls them over
28 Mar 2010 -
Industry -
Press Release
SISIS Equipment (Macclesfield) Ltd recently held a series of 6 bowling green demonstration days/seminars in the North East and East of England. These days are always popular and were attended by over 400 people.
Dennis ‘ead back from up North
28 Mar 2010 -
Industry -
Press Release
- 1 comment
Maintaining their commitment to education, Dennis mowers have kicked off their 2010 series of Bowling Green Maintenance Seminars, starting in Leeds before moving onto a three day road show in Scotland, visiting Dundee, Bannockburn and Fenwick.
Working Debut for three New MF Compact Tractors
28 Mar 2010 -
Industry -
Mike Bird
Three Massey Ferguson compact tractors made their UK public working debut at the Grounds Care Road Show events staged by the company in mid March in conjunction with four separate Massey Ferguson dealers, Fentons of Bourne, Randell NFM, Yeowart Agriculture and Bruce Hopkins.
Police investigate damage to a Guernsey football pitch
27 Mar 2010 -
Football -
Press Release
A police investigation is under way after vandals churned up a Guernsey football pitch with a quad bike.
Machinery Package for Hunstanton GC
27 Mar 2010 -
Golf -
Peter Driver
Hunstanton Golf Club, situated on the north Norfolk coast and one of the premier links courses in the UK, has taken delivery of a range of new Ransomes Jacobsen equipment from local dealer Bartrams Professional of Norwich.
Going Green
27 Mar 2010 -
Consultancy -
Editor
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010 - 3 comments
Chipco Green has been one of the leading contact fungicides in the UK for close on thirty years. It continues to be a popular choice for turfcare professionals...
New Kubota G23 Ride-On Mower Joins The Wisley Team
26 Mar 2010 -
Industry -
Press Release
RHS Wisley purchased its oldest Kubota machine, a B6200 compact tractor, more than 20 years ago – and it still forms an essential part of their groundcare fleet today.
Spring movement to systemic fungicide
26 Mar 2010 -
Industry -
Mark Sanderson
With warmer weather encouraging the onset of growth turf managers should move to fast acting systemic Banner Maxx to prevent disease infection of newly cut leaves.
Security & Theft
26 Mar 2010 -
Best of the Rest -
Frank Fielding
- Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010 - 1 comment
In this first part of our two-part special on security and theft, we look at how machinery can be protected. In part two we study what grounds and clubs can do to secure sheds, lock-ups and otherstorage areas. Frank Fielding reports
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