April 2003 (Page 1)

New month new competition

It's May and a new opportunity to enter our much acclaimed competition. The Technical Merit Award, in association with Tillers Turf, is great fun with...

in Industry News - on 1/5/03

£1 Million contract for Ransomes Jacobsen

Newcastle City’s grounds maintenance department has awarded a significant contract for the supply of new turf maintenance equipment to Ransomes Jacobsen...

in Industry News - on 1/5/03

Wisley GC choose Mantis for Weed Control

The prestigious golf course has discovered an accurate and more economical way of controlling weeds after taking ownership of sprayers from the ultra low...

in Industry News - on 1/5/03

March Technical Merit Award scenario answers

The question posed was: What are the main nutrients needed for healthy grass growth, and how do they affect the grass plant? What other elements are important...

in Consultancy - on 30/4/03

Turf Management FAQ

Scotts receives more questions on turf nutrition at this time of year than at any other – and with the ever-increasing range of fertilizer options on...

in Industry News - on 30/4/03

NEW FUNGICIDE FIGHTS FUSARIUM

The latest launch from the Scotts stable is a brand new fungicide that offers unparalleled control of Fusarium disease. Christened Heritage the produ...

in Industry News - on 30/4/03

GREENER GOLF

Scotts is pleased to announce its joint sponsorship, with Syngenta, of the BIGGA Golf Environment Award scheme for 2003. Aimed at encouraging greater...

in Industry News - on 30/4/03

HI-TECH GRANULATION FOR TOP ORGANIC OPTIONS

of a new homogenous granule for the popular range of Greenmaster Organic turf fertilizers. The new process enables inorganic and organic nutrient sou...

in Industry News - on 30/4/03

ScottsLink FAQs

We are a small football club and obviously can’t afford the manpower and equipment available to the professionals, but there must be some things we co...

in Industry News - on 30/4/03

MIX AND MATCH FOR OPTIMUM EFFICIENCY

The comprehensive Scotts range of liquid turf treatments is specially designed to give greenkeepers and groundsmen the option of fast, flexible and ef...

in Industry News - on 30/4/03

Good attendance to see Wiedenmann

The beautiful warm spring weather of March and April retreated briefly to leave conditions reminiscent of mid-winter as Bartram Mowers held a Wiedenmann...

in Industry News - on 29/4/03

John Deere on safety and finance

New appointments for John Deere in their finance department, and when a Golf Club bought its first course maintenance fleet at the beginning of April,...

in Industry News - on 29/4/03

FA sponsors MSc Scholarship for student

The Football Association (F.A.) has provided a one-year scholarship to the unique MSc in Sports Surface Technology course delivered by Cranfield University...

in Industry News - on 29/4/03

A passage to India

Gary Ford has been appointed Regional Sales and Customer Support Manager for Proturf International Est., the Ransomes Jacobsen distributor for India.Gary...

in Industry News - on 29/4/03

A greener golf

Scotts is pleased to announce its joint sponsorship, with Syngenta, of the BIGGA Golf Environment Award scheme for 2003. Aimed at encouraging greater nature...

in Golf - on 29/4/03

Groundsman of the Year - Regional Awards

3 out of the 5 Regional Awards for Level 3 and below clubs and Local Authorities have been announced. Full details inside, plus the candidates for the...

in Football - on 28/4/03

A Quick Joke

Just a quick joke to offer you imbetween the showers of rain.

in Golf - on 27/4/03

Don't miss out!

The April Technical Merit Award competition closes at Midnight on Wednesday so there's not long now to get your answers in. If you don't have time to do...

in Industry News - on 27/4/03

Start of season cricket maintenance

Cricket advice

Read the latest in the line of cricket maintenance from our 'live' forum on Friday evening with ECB Pitch Advisor Jon Buddington, full transcript inside...

in Consultancy - on 26/4/03

New mini dumper available

Launching at next weeks SED exhibition at Milton Keynes (Seddon Plant stand). The new MD270 MicroDumper by manufacturers of the ATLAS utility vehicle...

in Industry News - on 25/4/03