March 2006 (Page 2)

Spring Opening for £400,000 Restoration Project

Thurnscoe Sports Ground in South Yorkshire, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s ambitious £400,000 restoration project opens its doors this spring,...

in Industry News - on 21/3/06

Kestrel Restructure and Appointment

Kestrel Golf & Sport’s continual growth has resulted in the restructuring of the company. As of February 2006, Kestrel Golf and Sports Limited will trade...

in Industry News - on 21/3/06

Control of Noise at Work Regulations

A New European Directive has been adopted to control levels of noise in the work place, these new regulations come into operation from April 2006.

in Industry News - on 18/3/06

Immaculate Rough at Ratho Park

Tom Murray, head greenkeeper at Ratho Park Golf Club in Midlothian, has recently purchased a Jacobsen HR4600 triple deck rotary mower to maintain the rough...

in Industry News - on 18/3/06

Harlequin Teams up with CourseCare

Leading storage tank manufacturer Harlequin, has appointed Keighley based CourseCare as their preferred national supplier of storage tanks, to the golf,...

in Industry News - on 18/3/06

Royal Liverpool gets Open support from Toro

As part of its five-year exclusive deal with Toro, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, venue for the Open in July, will be receiving extensive tournament support...

in Golf - on 18/3/06

More State-of-the Art Electric Utility Vehicles for Notcutts

Notcutts, the family owned firm of nurseries based at Woodbridge near Ipswich, has taken delivery of further E-Z-GO electric-powered MPT utility vehicles...

in Industry News - on 17/3/06

Groundsman of the Year Awards 2006 - A Hat-Trick for Bill & Surrey CCC

Cricket Awards

At the end of February, the ECB held its annual pre-season meeting, technical seminar and awards dinner for First Class groundsmen. The two-day event was...

in Industry News - on 17/3/06

PROTEA helps all-time record one-day Test score

Last Sunday saw an amazing 872 runs scored in one afternoon of international cricket at Wanderers, where South Africa narrowly beat Australia. Wanderers...

in Industry News - on 17/3/06

Poland Warms to DENNIS

Not even temperatures of minus 25°C could deter visitors flocking to the Dennis stand at the BUDMA International Construction Fair in Posnan, Poland,...

in Industry News - on 17/3/06

Aeration Innovation!

Linear aeration can reduce sports injuries by softening turf on athletic fields and arenas. Soil and thatch restriction are permanently modified by the...

in Industry News - on 17/3/06

500th Ransomes Commander rolls off the Line

One of the stalwarts of local authority grass maintenance, the Ransomes Commander 3520, celebrated a unique milestone recently when the 500th production...

in Industry News - on 17/3/06

New Full-Line Kubota Tractor and Groundcare Equipment Dealer to cover Mid & South Wales

Well-known agricultural and horticultural machinery dealer, Ted Hopkins Ltd, has been appointed to look after sales and service requirements for the entire...

in Industry News - on 17/3/06

Winter work at Aintree

Winter work at Aintree

There is a long break between our last meeting of the year, in November, and our first of the new season, the Grand National meeting in April, and there...

in Equestrian - on 17/3/06

New Season, New Equipment for Dundee City Council

In preparation for the new season the Leisure and Arts Department of Dundee City Council added two new ride-on triple mowers and a trailed gangmower to...

in Local Authority - on 16/3/06

Terrain Expand Fleet

Terrain Aeration has added two new machines to the company’s Airforce Terralift fleet.

in Industry News - on 16/3/06

‘Scotland’s Augusta’ invests in the future

Any golf club that increases its membership by 20 per cent in 12 months could be forgiven for feeling pretty pleased with itself.

in Golf - on 16/3/06

KORO Gives Competitive Edge

London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games has implications reaching far beyond the capital. Great Britain’s athletes will be drawn from...

in Industry News - on 16/3/06

Goldoni Family Values

Italians are world renowned for their engineering skills; you only have to think of Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati, market leaders in the field of sports...

in Industry News - on 15/3/06

Turfworks hits America

Shown for the first time in its full glory at the recent Golf Industry Show in Atlanta, was the modular interchangeable cassette system from TurfWorks...

in Industry News - on 15/3/06