September 2004 (Page 1)

Cheltenham Croquet Club.

Cheltenham Croquet Club

Cheltenham Croquet Club was founded in 1869 at about the same time as the Sussex Croquet Club (near Brighton) and the All England Club at Wimbledon, so...

in Industry News - on 29/9/04

Black Layer in USGA Greens

Black Layer

Black layer is the formation of a layer of metal sulphide (Adams and Smith, 1994; Perris and Evans, 1996) within the rootzone, which develops through a...

in Consultancy - on 28/9/04

Arsenal make big cut in mowing time with new Toro Ride-on

Arsenal have significantly reduced the time it takes to cut the Highbury pitch by bringing in a new Toro Reelmaster 2000-D ride-on triple mower to work...

in Industry News - on 28/9/04

Pitch abuse - Jens is the man!

Jens is the man!

Back with avengeance! Goalkeeper damage to pitches and Jens Lehman is leading the way!

in Football - on 28/9/04

Harrod UK launch integrated weighted goal posts

Harrod UK use Saltex 2004 to launch their new range of integral weighted goal posts.

in Industry News - on 27/9/04

Serious questions asked of artificial turf

Artificial turf

In order to make fiscally and environmentally sound decisions regarding the potential purchase and installation of artificial turf in their communities,...

in Editorial - on 27/9/04

Club Car delighted with award

Robert Drewery, Club Car's Marketing Director for ESA, was "stunned and delighted" after their eagerly anticipated Carryall 294 AWD utility vehicle was...

in Industry News - on 27/9/04

New tyre launched by Nordic

A new tyre from Nokian which works well at speed on the road and has the grip to go off-road successfully without marking has been launched-details...

in Machinery & Mechanics - on 27/9/04

5,000th barrel of oil sold

Course Care has recently sold their 5,000th barrel of oil since David Mears and Andrew Vincent took control of the company in June 2001-details inside

in Industry News - on 27/9/04

GSB Loams deliver to your doorstep

GSB Loams decided to invest in a M A N tipper vehicle because they noticed that many smaller but valued customers were having difficulty getting delivery...

in Cricket - on 27/9/04

Etesia's Early bird promotion

Etesia has announced a special winter promotion aimed at commercial end users who wish to get ahead of the game for the 2005 season. Under the scheme,...

in Industry News - on 27/9/04

UK Survey on the use of Biological Products - Have your say!

Stella Rixon, of the STRI, is keen to gather information about the use of biological products

in Consultancy - on 24/9/04

Preparing for winter turf management

John Hall of Bayer Environmental Science looks at what needs to be done over the coming months and advises on his company’s own range of relevant products....

in Golf - on 24/9/04

Basic principles of top dressing

Topdressing techniques

Top dressing is one of the most vital maintenance operations undertaken by groundstaff, and should be carried out annually, especially on fine turf surfaces....

in Consultancy - on 24/9/04

SALTEX prize draw winner is snap happy!

The staff at North Staffs Irrigation and the Pitchcare team would like to congratulate Chris Searles, who's the lucky winner of the Saltex Internet Cafe...

in Industry News - on 24/9/04

New Tool for Biological Warfare on Cutworms? 

In summer of 2003 University of Kentucky scientists made a serendipitous discovery that may provide a new tactic for safe and long-lasting control of...

in Consultancy - on 24/9/04

Telford Schools boast new sports facilities

New sports facilities

Telford & Wrekin Council are set to open two new artificial sports pitch facilities in the borough in September. More Inside.

in Local Authority - on 23/9/04

First "Krone Forage Centre" appointed

Krone UK have recently appointed their first KRONE FORAGE CENTRE dealer, Gibson.

in Industry News - on 21/9/04

Sweet smell of success for Helmsman Granules in rose beds

Dave Grealis, Contract Manager for Wirral MBC trialed Helmsman Granules from Bayer Environmental Science on some of his Rose Beds in early February 2004.More...

in Industry News - on 20/9/04

Senior management changes at Ransomes Jacobsen ltd

David Withers, the former Sales and Marketing Director at Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd has been appointed Managing Director at the Ipswich based turf maintenance...

in Industry News - on 20/9/04