http://www.pitchcare.com/ The most recent 20 General News articles of Pitchcare, the online magazine for Groundsmen and Greenkeepers Copyright 2008 Pitchcare.com Ltd mail@pitchcare.com mail@pitchcare.com en Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:16:18 +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 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:10:00 GMT Controversial health and safety rules could see thousands of trees, where the public have access, chopped down unnecessarily say Landscape Planning Ltd. mail@pitchcare.com (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5669 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT shley Wood Golf Course, near Blandford, Dorset, has enjoyed almost 10 years of service from New Holland tractors, relying on them for the ongoing development of the course as well as for grounds maintenance. mail@pitchcare.com (Holly Harvey) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5665 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT AN early-morning fire destroyed 300,000 worth of equipment at a golf course. Dozens of calls were made to the fire service after the blaze started in a greenkeepers shed at Castle Point Golf Club. Police and fire officers are investigating whether the fire was started deliberately. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5666 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:00:00 GMT WALES is bracing itself for a further torrential downpour with forecasters predicting the country will tomorrow be lashed by more than seven times the amount of daily average rainfall. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5567 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT Imagine a situation where there are no pesticides to spray - no total herbicide for use on hard surfaces such as pavements, highways, car parks etc, no selective herbicides for turf areas, football, rugby and cricket pitches or golf courses - no fungicide for turf diseases - no insecticides for pests. mail@pitchcare.com (Richard Minton) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5497 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT Cricket pitches and private gardens across the country have been blighted by a wet weather disease that turns them from green to red. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5488 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT Pitchcare were recently invited by Campey Turfcare systems to Brockall, home of Blackburn Rovers training ground to look at the Charterhouse range of sweepers and vacuums. mail@pitchcare.com (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5399 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:00:00 GMT Thanks to Campey Turfcare, members of the press were invited on a two-day trip to Holland visiting the company premises and machinery of both Imants and Vredo. Details inside mail@pitchcare.com (Dave Saltman) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5392 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Staff, pupils and parents from St Colman's Primary School in Annaclone have been joined by a range of personalities to officially launch their new sports pitch. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5366 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT The popular SISIS Quadraplay began life in the late 1970s as the Truplay. Lynn Hilton charts the machines progress into one of todays most useful pieces of kit in the groundsmans armoury mail@pitchcare.com (Lynn Hilton) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5355 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT Leading sportsturf contractor MJ Abbott Limited has appointed Nigel Pritchard as Purchasing and Direct Sales Manager. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5349 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:55:00 GMT In a fragile economic climate sound investment is about minimising risk. Agripower one of the UKs leading sports turf firms has a 45 year heritage and a long history of delivering projects on budget, on spec and on time. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5307 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:45:00 GMT Up for grabs this month are turf quality measurement tools 1 x Prism gauge, 1 x Macroscope and a box of cutting strips. - - Our easy to enter competition this month gives you the chance to win these specialist agronomy tools. Closing date 30th June. mail@pitchcare.com (Dan Hughes) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5326 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT TOPPS UK, Harper Adams University College UK spray operators with the support of the VI have in the past, and continue to do so much, in preventing pesticides getting into water. - - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5294 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT A group of volunteers at the Chiltern Open Air Museum have painstakingly restored a 1947-built Ransomes 54 Tractor Thrasher, which is believed to be the only machine of its type in a UK museum and now sits proudly on display at Newland Park in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. mail@pitchcare.com (Peter Driver) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5295 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT From today (International Biodiversity Day), for the first time bat and wintering waterbird numbers will be used to measure the health of the UKs wildlife. - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5293 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT People will soon find it easier to recycle when theyre out and about, with a new campaign launched by Defra today. mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5292 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Weymouth College is to takeover the towns local leisure facility, Redlands Sports Centre. The centre, which was built in 1960, is in need of improvement, with out-of-date changing facilities and deteriorating playing fields. - - mail@pitchcare.com (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5282 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:00:00 GMT Using the benefits of worms, without the associated problems, can help create a healthier turf. Clive Pearson of ORM Products reckons they will help in the fight against nematodes. mail@pitchcare.com (Clive Pearson ) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5279 Fri, 30 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT Also known as agrofuel, biofuels are mainly derived from biomass or bio waste. These fuels can be used for any purpose, but the main use is in the transportation sector. Most vehicles require fuels which provide high power and are dense so that storage is easier. mail@pitchcare.com (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/article/5253