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| Dear
Pitchcare Member |
October
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This
autumn has been exceptionally dry, allowing most of us
to successfully complete summer sport renovations. The
dry weather has enabled new seed to germinate and establish
before the frosts return with the onset of winter and
the incidence of disease has been minimised. This is in
sharp contrast to the earlier part of the year, where
soil temperatures seemed to take an age to warm up.
If
you've not logged on recently there's been, and continue
to be so many changes to the website, and so many new
members are joining all the time. Pop in and say 'Hi.'
Dave
Saltman (Managing Director)
Pitchcare.com
Ltd
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| New Additions to Pitchcare.com | Special Offers | Trade Union Support |
| New Member Courses | October News | Next Live Chat | Who's Who? |
| Scotts News / Ransomes Jacobsen Directory
| Job Front |
| Membership | Advertise With Us |
| New Additions
to Pitchcare.com |
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Our
new IT expert Alastair has made some amazing changes
to the website in a short space of time. The news
headlines on the front now link directly through
to the relevant articles. We have a new members
page when you log in, that has fast track access
to all areas of the site, this area also updates
members with our latest new member and total membership
numbers. Also this area lets you know if any one
is in the chat room-so don't be shy go and have
a chat, you never know who's in there. We have
also launched an anonymous Poll, which will feature
'question of the week', please feel free to offer
suggestions for future polls by e-mailing them
to editor@pitchcare.com.
Another new addition is the sponsored Pitch markings
in our Useful Information section. They have been
reproduced by kind permission from Fleet
Line Markers and is another free addition
for our members.
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| Special Offers |
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Health
and Safety affects your business. You need to
be aware and formalised; failure to comply is
a breach of criminal law.
We
can help you and your business. As an introductory
offer we can offer the first ten Pitchcare members
a days site visit and executive report for £300
+VAT (Normal Price £480+VAT)
There is a brief questionnaire in our Health and
Safety section, if the answer is no to any of
the questions then please contact us today to
arrange a site visit and introduction to explain
how we can help you now. Phone 01902 824392 or
e-mail enquiries@pitchcare.com.
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| SISIS
have reduced the price of their Auto-Greenman to
Pitchcare members by an amazing £210. The
compact, powered aerator with interchangeable attachments
is down from £1325.25 +VAT to £1115.13
+VAT. Call on 01902 824392 to place your order.
The complete range of SISIS small tools and machines
can be viewed in the Pitchcare shop. |
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Pitchcare
has teamed up with the Country's leading irrigation
specialists to provide a free survey and quote.
Specifications for irrigation systems will vary
from venue to venue, so if you are looking to have
an automatic system we can now offer a free visit
from our design team to assess your needs. Whether
you need irrigation advice on your bowling green,
golf course or training ground please call us on
01902 824392/ 716041 or E-mail us at enquiries@pitchcare.com
to arrange a site visit. |
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can also offer a similar free advice and consultancy
service for all cricket clubs on supply, rebuild
and new construction. All grounds have their individual
traits so as a Groundsman your local knowledge is
vital but we can help point you in the right direction
with our no obligation service. |
| Trade Union
Support |
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Groundsmen
and Greenkeepers are sadly lacking in support when
it comes to workplace disputes. Who do you to turn
to when there is a problem? Where do you go for
legal advice and representation? Do you know your
working rights? Pitchcare have been in contact with
Britain`s biggest union, the T&G, and we are
more than happy to endorse the services they provide.
For about the cost of a pint (£1.95 per week)
members will have access to a full range of services
and benefits - and the comfort of knowing you are
not alone when things go wrong. Call us on 01902
824392 and we will send you details. |
| New Member
Courses |
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Pitchcare
are now able to provide on-site accredited courses
on a full range of subjects. The courses include
basic maintenance, team building, manual handling,
pesticide certification, safe and effective machine
training, chainsaw use, turf management and development
for all members of staff. The courses are certificated
and prices are dependant on numbers attending each
course. For further details see our health and safety
section on the website or contact David Saltman
on 01902 824392 or by e-mail: enquiries@pitchcare.com |
| October News |
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In
October we have articles written by Peter Wisbey
from Woodhall Spa and Matthew Hawker from the
Bristol and Clifton Golf Clubs, Neil Holding from
Liverpool FC talks about on going improvements
and training at the Youth Academy, Steve Rouse
at Edgbaston and Paul Markham from the Bradford
and Bingley C.C update on their renovations. We
also have articles from Jason Booth at Headingley
and Valley Parade Stadium manager, Allan Gilliver
on how they are coping with twelve months of sport
on their playing surfaces. Plus all the latest
from our team of leading experts.
There
is also a summarised article on this months GreenTech
Shade Seminar at Twickenham, new product releases,
the latest weather, second hand machine sales,
the message board run by our members and much
more.
With
new articles added every day on how Groundsmen
and Greenkeepers deal with their problems log
on for free to join us.
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| Next Live Chat |
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Our
next live chat is on Tuesday 22nd of October, starting
at 7:00 pm. We have the pleasure of Mark Foley,
our training and Health and Safety Consultant coming
on to discuss the latest legislation, legal obligations
and general H&S tips for the Industry. So come
along to see the live interview and ask questions
to Mark live on-line. If you can't make the evening
chat, don't worry, the whole interview is saved
and published in our Consultancy section, so you
can read the transcript at your leisure. Previous
interviews with Andy Cole (Agronomist) and Jonathan
Carr (MD of ALS) are available to read in this section. |
| Who's Who?
Section |
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We
launched a brand new section to the website in September
called Who's Who. We thought that it would be a
good idea if members could upload info of themselves,
with the option of contact details and photos. Most
of us work in isolation, not knowing who our close
neighbours are. With the introduction of this section,
we hope to bring members together to swap ideas,
machines and even band together to group purchase.
Our members are already adding their profiles to
join the Pitchcare think tank-so why don't you! |
| Scotts News
/ Ransomes Jacobsen Directory |
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You
can now read the latest from Scotts in our recently
formed Scotts News pages. The Scotts company are
the only amenity company with a research and development
department, and are leading the way to meet new
legislation empowered by the EU.
Click on the Scotts News banner in our editorial
section to read articles and current information
on the Scotts company and their products.
Important
News: Textron, Golf, Turf & Speciality Products
has changed its trading title to reflect the heritage
inherent in its two major brands. Effective from
September 3 2002, the Ipswich-based company has
reverted to its registered trading name of Ransomes
Jacobsen Limited.
Selina Flynn, Communications and Promotions Manager
said "The decision was made to fall in with
the strategy being undertaken by Textron Inc.,
Ransomes Jacobsen Limited's parent company, who
are changing the trading style of their subsidiaries
on a global basis. Textron Inc has many market
leading brands in its family and has decided to
promote these brands by using them as part of
their companies' trading names, if they do not
do so already. Textron's aircraft division has
always promoted 'Cessna - A Textron Company' and
this has proved to be one of the most profitable
businesses under the Textron umbrella. Ransomes
is world renowned as the inventor of the lawnmower
and is certainly now a major name in the municipal
sector. On the other side of the Atlantic and
now here in the UK and Europe, Jacobsen is a byword
for quality of cut for all golf course applications.
Furthermore, the choice of name change is even
more important now that it has been confirmed
that the company will continue to manufacture
most of the Ransomes products at Ipswich."
In
our directory we have the full range of Ransomes
Jacobsen machines with photos, technical specifications
and the opportunity to contact a local dealer
for a demonstration.
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| Job Front |
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We
post new jobs on every week, but we also have a
large pool of Groundsmen and Greenkeepers looking
for a change of scenery. All details of work available
and work required are in the Job section on the
site. If you wish to advertise a vacancy, we charge
£75 +VAT and the advert can stay on the site
until the position is filled. With over 2600 members,
it will not stay vacant for long. |
| Membership |
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As we send this
newsletter out, our membership now sits at 2600
members; not too bad at all in 14 months. However,
if we want to drive the industry forward, providing
not only advice and share of knowledge but to
lobby for better conditions, education and pay,
the bigger the membership, the more strength we
have to achieve this. Our industry deserves to
be viewed as professional, so we are asking you
to recommend Pitchcare to at least 1 of your industry
colleagues. Click the here
to send this newsletter to a friend.
Pitchcare was designed
and is run by fellow groundsmen and greenkeepers
for groundsmen and greenkeepers. Remember, Pitchcare
is your site.
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