http://www.pitchcare.com/ The most recent 20 articles of Copyright 2010 Pitchcare.com Ltd mail@pitchcare.com (Dave Saltman) mail@pitchcare.com (Alastair Battrick) en Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:02:07 +0000 Pitchcare's Custom Grown in House CMS 60 http://www.pitchcare.com/images/general/newlogo.png http://www.pitchcare.com/ 22 23 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Saturday Sunday Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Portsmouth keeper leads players' whip-round to save jobs at stricken club mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/david-james-tries-to-pay-sacked-portsmouth-staffs-wages.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/david-james-tries-to-pay-sacked-portsmouth-staffs-wages.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000 Wildernesse Golf Club in Sevenoaks, Kent, has become the latest venue to benefit from significant water and cost savings since installing Toro’s renowned Golf Decoder Controller (GDC) irrigation system. mail@pitchcare.com (Amy Ellingham) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/wilderness-gets-watering-down-to-a-tee-with-toro.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/wilderness-gets-watering-down-to-a-tee-with-toro.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:20:00 +0000 Mark Harrod Ltd, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of sports equipment, has improved safety on and off the touchline. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/school-sports-equipment-supplier-now-safest-in-field.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/school-sports-equipment-supplier-now-safest-in-field.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 The Polaris Midsize Ranger 400 may be a small Side-by-Side utility vehicle but it lives up to the Ranger promise of ‘hardest working’ with real work capabilities such as over 226kg (500lbs) of cargo capacity and 567kg (1,250lbs) of towing capacity. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/polaris-ranger-400-small-but-perfectly-formed.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/polaris-ranger-400-small-but-perfectly-formed.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Peter Hutcheon takes the temperature at 10 of Ulster’s top courses as they count the cost of the worst winter weather in living memory mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/winter-of-discontent-for-golf-clubs.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/winter-of-discontent-for-golf-clubs.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000 March Football Diary mail@pitchcare.com (Malcolm Gardner) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/march-football-diary.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/march-football-diary.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000 A Verti-Drain 7626 is proving its mettle on the Isle of Wight, where Andrew Earley, Contracts Inspector for the Parks and Countryside Division at Isle of Wight Council is using Charterhouse Turf Machinery’s most powerful decompactor to tackle some extreme conditions. mail@pitchcare.com (Gregg Doggett) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/verti-drain-offers-heavy-duty-solution-to-festival-impact.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/verti-drain-offers-heavy-duty-solution-to-festival-impact.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Increasingly Wiedenmann’s deep Terra Spike aerators with their combination of speed and accuracy are proving a winner when weather conditions are unpredictable. mail@pitchcare.com (Val Graham) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/fast-wiedenmann-terra-spikes-extend-windows-of-opportunity-for-under-pressure-turf-professionals.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/fast-wiedenmann-terra-spikes-extend-windows-of-opportunity-for-under-pressure-turf-professionals.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000 Long before I gave up my day job as a Groundsman to embark on the Pitchcare adventure, discussions about trade shows, raising Industry profile and a unified single Association had been debated. mail@pitchcare.com (Dave Saltman) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/the-future-of-our-industry.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/the-future-of-our-industry.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Wiedenmann UK’s latest Terra Spike, the GXi8 HD which was launched in September, has met with full approval from one of its first Scottish owners, Hamilton Golf Club, in South Lanarkshire. mail@pitchcare.com (Val Graham) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/hamilton-golf-club-mark-new-wiedenmann-terra-spike-gxi8-hd-as-excellent.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/hamilton-golf-club-mark-new-wiedenmann-terra-spike-gxi8-hd-as-excellent.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 John Deere Credit has announced a new zero per cent finance programme on a range of commercial mowers. mail@pitchcare.com (Steve Mitchell) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/zero-per-cent-finance-on-commercial-mowers.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/zero-per-cent-finance-on-commercial-mowers.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Mice hold a special affection with us humans due, in the main, to Walt Disney’s Mickey and Minnie, MGM’s Tom and Jerry and the cute Stuart Little (no, not the golfer). The pesky little critters pop up all over children’s stories and are always portrayed as ‘the good guys’. mail@pitchcare.com (Andy Bedoes) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/taking-the-mickey.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/taking-the-mickey.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Mastenbroek has sold its first of a new generation of drainage trenchers, adding to an already impressive line-up from the European machinery manufacturer. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/new-mastenbroek-for-bauma-stand-no-n1014-3.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/new-mastenbroek-for-bauma-stand-no-n1014-3.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000 The golf green is the most important surface on the golf course. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/grasses-for-uk-golf-greens.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/grasses-for-uk-golf-greens.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Massey Ferguson’s 2010 Grounds Care Road Show series kicks off on Monday 15 March at the premises of Lincolnshire dealer, Fentons of Bourne (tel: 01778 560466). mail@pitchcare.com (Mike Bird) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/gearing-up-for-massey-fergusons-ground-care-road-show.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/gearing-up-for-massey-fergusons-ground-care-road-show.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 As an arboricultural consultant, I get asked all sorts of question whilst carrying out my varied work. The most common question this year is about problems with Horse Chestnuts. mail@pitchcare.com (Phillip Ellis) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/news-from-the-world-of-trees.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/news-from-the-world-of-trees.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000 There will be an interesting and varied presentation from our guest speakers but the highlight will undoubtedly be the walk around the Oval outfield to take a look at the pre-season preparation at a test match venue. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/the-surrey-cricket-groundsmans-conference-2010.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/the-surrey-cricket-groundsmans-conference-2010.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000 Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) and spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare) are two of just five weeds labelled ‘injurious’ under The Weeds Act 1959. mail@pitchcare.com (Dr Terry Mabbett) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/wipe-away-thistles-with-no-tears.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/wipe-away-thistles-with-no-tears.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Thanks to the freezing weather, the majority of our greenkeepers and groundsmen have been unable to complete their winter aeration programme this year. mail@pitchcare.com (Amy Ellingham) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/behind-on-your-turf-aeration-regime-make-the-best-of-a-bad-situation-with-barenbrug.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/behind-on-your-turf-aeration-regime-make-the-best-of-a-bad-situation-with-barenbrug.html Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000 There aren’t many rugby groundsmen this challenging winter who can claim not to have a single fixture postponed - but that is the case for Jason Booth, Head Groundsman at Headingley. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/pitch-protector-from-jms-proves-its-worth-during-testing-times.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/pitch-protector-from-jms-proves-its-worth-during-testing-times.html