http://www.pitchcare.com/ The most recent 20 articles of Pitchcare, the online magazine for Groundsmen and Greenkeepers Copyright 2008 Pitchcare.com Ltd mail@pitchcare.com mail@pitchcare.com en Fri, 09 May 2008 20:49:29 +0100 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, 09 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT Turfmech has been given the green light in the High Court to continue production of its MaxiMow 13 and MaxiMow 17 large-area trailed hydraulic gang mowers. - mail@pitchcare.com (Mike Bird) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5195 Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT THE FIRST all-England UEFA Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea will be played on a Moscow pitch installed by a British company. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5193 Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT Patrick Wiltshire is third time lucky. After three years of trying, Patrick Wiltshire, currently studying at RHS Wisley, but originally from East Yorkshire, has won the 2008 National Final of the Young Horticulturist of the Year (YHoY). mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5194 Thu, 08 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT A definitive answer from HM Customs and Excise-details inside mail@pitchcare.com (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5192 Thu, 08 May 2008 04:30:00 GMT With the planets temperature rising and worldwide concerns over global warming and carbon footprint, Tim Lobb, of renowned golf course architecture practice Thomson Perrett Lobb, tells us just how green is golf And what are course designers doing to help save the planet mail@pitchcare.com (Tim Lobb) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5189 Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Peterborough based Blec Machinery have recently completed a week long, five venue demonstration tour to show off their latest developments. mail@pitchcare.com (John Reynolds) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5186 Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Sherriff Amenity have launched SeaVolution, a new organic nutritional alginate range, produced from the seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum, which is sourced from the unpolluted bays along the North West coast of Ireland. mail@pitchcare.com (Kevin Whitby) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5191 Thu, 08 May 2008 12:55:00 GMT A spell of hot dry weather this week has created a high risk of Take-All infection, not normally experienced this early in the spring. Heritage is the only fungicide approved for control of Take-All, and should be applied ahead of infection breaking out. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5187 Thu, 08 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT Technological innovations in bats have hugely altered the balance between batsmen and bowlers, which makes the authorities' action this week long overdue, writes Angus Fraser - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5185 Thu, 08 May 2008 09:45:00 GMT A major doubt has emerged over the playing surface for the Champions League final. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5184 Wed, 07 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT The leading golf cart company Club Car celebrates partnership with The Carrick on Loch Lomond - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5183 Wed, 07 May 2008 02:00:00 GMT When, in 2003, Frank Boahene, the then Head of Corporate Grounds at Fulham FC, was asked to act as a consultant to the Ghanaian Sports Ministry in the run up to the African Nations Cup neither he, nor the Ministry, realised just how much work was required to get everything ready for the tournament. - mail@pitchcare.com (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5181 Wed, 07 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT Everything comes in threes. Kestrel have just completed their third stadium pitch construction in the last three years. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5182 Tue, 06 May 2008 12:35:00 GMT Overseeding worn and bare areas on sports pitches is an essential maintenance regime to ensure the upkeep of a healthy grass sward. Successful seed germination will be determined by a number of factors, weather and ground conditions at the time of sowing, methods used to sow the seed and, finally, the choice and quality of seed used. mail@pitchcare.com (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5180 Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT From humble beginnings more than forty years ago, MJ Abbotts has become one of the leading sportsturf contractors in the UK. With its roots in agriculture, and a team of just five, how did the Wiltshire-based company evolve Pitchcare talks to Contracts Director Nigel Wyatt - mail@pitchcare.com (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5179 Tue, 06 May 2008 11:25:00 GMT Tensar times as community project hits a problem. Charmian Robinson reports on how Cleveland Land Services were able to resolve the situation using a super grid. mail@pitchcare.com (Charmian Robinson) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5177 Tue, 06 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT Former Crystal Palace Head Groundsman, Ian Jordan, talks to Pitchcares Laurence Gale MSc about setting up his own contracting business - mail@pitchcare.com (Laurence Gale MSc) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5178 Tue, 06 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT May Football Diary mail@pitchcare.com (Malcolm Gardner) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5175 Tue, 06 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT 3PointPower, the new distributor for Sisis Equipment in Scotland, are pleased to announce - that the companys own products, The 3 Point Linkage and PTO units for heavy duty Utility vehicles, are now available for direct sale. mail@pitchcare.com (Shaun Reilly) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5176 Tue, 06 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT May Golf Diary mail@pitchcare.com (Laurence Gale MSc) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5166