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 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:48:39 +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, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Malcolm Gardner, Grounds Manager at BA Clubs, suggests that, when conducting risk assessments, it can be easy to get bogged down with the idea that things are set to make life more difficult than they really are. However, the tasks we set ourselves in life are often only as difficult as we make them, and COSHH assessments are no different mail@pitchcare.com (Malcolm Gardner) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/risk-assessments-under-the-coshh.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/risk-assessments-under-the-coshh.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000 Ipswich, Suffolk (March 18, 2010) Ransomes Jacobsen’s three-hole golf course, located at their European headquarters on the outskirts of Ipswich, has been certified by the Golf Environment Organization (GEO). mail@pitchcare.com (Peter Driver) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/geo-certification-for-ransomes-jacobsens-three-hole-golf-course.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/geo-certification-for-ransomes-jacobsens-three-hole-golf-course.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Ipswich, Suffolk (March 17, 2010) The greenkeeping team at The Blairgowrie Golf Club in Perthshire have taken delivery of new golf course maintenance equipment from Ransomes Jacobsen’s dealer for Scotland, Fairways GM of Kinross. mail@pitchcare.com (Peter Driver) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/new-ransomes-jacobsen-equipment-for-blairgowrie-gc.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/new-ransomes-jacobsen-equipment-for-blairgowrie-gc.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 The latest edition of the turfgrass `Bible` features more cultivars from seed producer DLF-Trifolium than ever before. mail@pitchcare.com (Greg Rhodes) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/dlf-trifolium-notch-up-record-entry-in-turfgrass-seed-source.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/dlf-trifolium-notch-up-record-entry-in-turfgrass-seed-source.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 As a nation we Brits are obsessed with the weather. It’s too hot, too cold, too wet, but never ‘just right’. And, with the media getting apoplectic about the recent ‘big freeze’, causing panic buying and empty supermarket shelves, just what is going on with our weather patterns, climate change and global warming? mail@pitchcare.com (Peter Britton) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/in-the-deep-mid-winter.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/in-the-deep-mid-winter.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000 An influx of Perennial Ryegrass on the greens at Chestfield Golf Club in Whitstable, Kent, has been treated successfully by Rescue, Syngenta’s newly-introduced selective herbicide recommended and supplied to the club by national distributor, Scotts Professional. mail@pitchcare.com (Ellie Tait) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/rescue-remedy-at-chestfield-golf-club.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/rescue-remedy-at-chestfield-golf-club.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000 When Stuart Hogg, Course Manager at St Anne’s Old Links GC, Lancashire was tipped off about brand new kit in the pipeline for 2010 he was happy to be among the first in the country to try it. mail@pitchcare.com (Val Graham) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/lancashire-club-among-first-to-secure-new-wiedenmann-terra-float-and-terra-seed.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/lancashire-club-among-first-to-secure-new-wiedenmann-terra-float-and-terra-seed.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Andy Wood is in his first year as course manager of Robin Hood Golf Club in Solihull in the West Midlands, having had the same role at Cosby Golf club near Leicester for seven years, following a six-year spell at The Belfry, which he left as deputy head greenkeeper. mail@pitchcare.com (Steve Mitchell) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/the-challenge-of-change.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/the-challenge-of-change.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Spring! The time of year when all groundsmen fear the sound of Big Bertha cranking into gear. Yes it’s time, to dust down the cobwebs and stoke up the coals, for she is about to roll. mail@pitchcare.com (Bob Stretton) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/aiming-for-the-perfect-pitch.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/aiming-for-the-perfect-pitch.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Following their recent success in developing and supplying their own mixtures for carbohydrate nutrition for turfgrass surfaces, Ian MacMillan and Andrew Turnbull have started a unique franchise lawn care operation. mail@pitchcare.com (Andrew Turnbull) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/revolutionary-new-lawn-care-arrives.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/revolutionary-new-lawn-care-arrives.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Nia Frost joins Headland Amenity as Sales Manager for central and southern England and Technical Support Manager, assisting Headland staff working in the field. mail@pitchcare.com (Carol Dutton) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/nia-expands-knowledge-at-headland.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/nia-expands-knowledge-at-headland.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 This article covers the trials and tribulations of running a small amateur sports club in today’s environment. In my case, the sport is rugby union, although many of the problems and uphill battles we face could apply to most other sports clubs that have their own facilities. mail@pitchcare.com (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/club-love.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/club-love.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000 The second season in a row of plentiful runs on New Zealand pitches shows that New Zealand Cricket's efforts to build better batsmen are having at least some effect. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/grounds-for-satisfaction.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/grounds-for-satisfaction.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:00 +0000 The evening will centre on a presentation delivered by Keith on key aspects of good groundsmanship and key principles in improving & maintaining a playing surface, followed by a question and answer session, where you will be able to ask Keith for his expert advice. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/an-evening-with-keith-kent-at-moseley-rugby-club.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/an-evening-with-keith-kent-at-moseley-rugby-club.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:30:00 +0000 As our economy struggles to recover from the Recession, and the realities of the ‘credit crunch’ impact more and more on our everyday lives, we all look for ways to cut costs. But with each cost-cutting measure, we run the risk of creating a false economy, sacrificing other – equally important – considerations for the sake of saving a few pounds. mail@pitchcare.com (Technical Surfaces ) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/can-you-afford-not-to-maintain-your-synthetic-sports-surface.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/can-you-afford-not-to-maintain-your-synthetic-sports-surface.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Hopefully, we are now seeing the back end of this winter's weather. It has been the harshest ever, certainly in my working lifetime. Golf clubs and sports facilities were closed for weeks, with a virtual permafrost biting into the top few inches of the ground, coupled with some copious amounts of snow. mail@pitchcare.com (Dave Saltman) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/thaws-for-thought.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/thaws-for-thought.html Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000 As we emerge from one of the coldest winters on record, it is comforting to know that not all things in the sportsturf industry have been frozen solid. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/souters-sports-launch-new-irrigation-division.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/souters-sports-launch-new-irrigation-division.html Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Though the economic climate isn’t looking quite so gloomy as we enter spring, many golf clubs, sports and amenity venues, and local authorities are still struggling to get credit. mail@pitchcare.com (Amy Ellingham) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/flexible-finance-from-toro.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/flexible-finance-from-toro.html Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Scotts has launched a new pre-emergent herbicide that protects against regrowth on gravel and soft surfaces. mail@pitchcare.com (Ellie Tait) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/new-proshield-bolsters-armoury-in-fight-against-difficult-weeds.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/new-proshield-bolsters-armoury-in-fight-against-difficult-weeds.html Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 John Deere has introduced its full irrigation package into Europe, including a range of advanced control, sensing and communications systems mail@pitchcare.com (Steve Mitchell) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/more-brains-less-water.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/more-brains-less-water.html