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By Peter Driver in Football on 22nd Mar 2006 17:00
World Cup pitches to be prepared using Ransomes Jacobsen equipment
With the FIFA World Cup in Germany fast approaching, many of the stadia being used for the competition are undergoing major refurbishment and transformation for the start of the tournament in June.
The global spectacle will feature 32 teams playing a total of 64 matches before the winners emerge in the final at the spectacular Olympiastadion in Berlin on 9th July.
All of the stadium pitches will be re-laid before the beginning of the tournament using 240,000 m2 of new turf, which is currently being grown in the Netherlands and Germany. Much of this will be prepared on match days using equipment supplied by Ransomes Jacobsen, the Ipswich-based turf maintenance equipment manufacturer.
The Ransomes Mastiff is a walk-behind mower with a 91cm cutting width and is renowned as the 'gold standard' for the preparation of football pitches. Many of UK's leading football clubs use it as their preferred mower.
Alfons Gottemeyer of The Turf Care Co GmbH, the distributor of Ransomes Jacobsen equipment in Germany comments,
"As a nation we are very proud to be hosting the World Cup, but as a company we are delighted that many of the stadiums will be using Ransomes Jacobsen equipment supplied by us. We have recently supplied Ransomes Mastiffs to the stadia in Cologne and Dortmund, especially for World Cup matches. Many others already use our equipment"
The complete list of stadia using Ransomes Jacobsen equipment is: Volkspark Stadion, Hamburg; Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover; Westfalenstadion, Dortmund; Olympiastadion, Berlin; Arena auf Schalke, Gelsenkirchen; Frankenstadion, Nuremberg and World Cup stadium, Cologne.
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There are 5 comments on this article
23 Mar 2006 by sydane
Is the picture shown not murryfield? Why could they not get their product photographed at Volkspark Stadion, Hamburg; Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover; Westfalenstadion, Dortmund; Olympiastadion, Berlin; Arena auf Schalke, Gelsenkirchen; Frankenstadion, Nuremberg and World Cup stadium or Cologne?
23 Mar 2006 by esmerelda
It is Murrayfield, perhaps they were quick to sell the machines but not so quick to deliver! Do the guys above know they are being used for an advertising campaign that is nothing to do with them, and should they be entitled to payment for this as it is obviously nothing to do with them as Scotlands world cup campaign ended as usual once the draw was made.
29 Mar 2006 by gchadban
are these mowers availiable in australia and if so tell me where because i want two yesterday.
31 Mar 2006 by Anonymous
gchadban
what is your e-mail address
i may know someone who can help you
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