November 2019 (Page 1)

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New FIT Chair of Trustees

The Trustees of Fields in Trust have announced the new chair of the Trustee Board is Jo Barnett, the Executive Director of Virgin Money Giving

in General Interest - on 30/11/19

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DLF announce winners

Paul Humphreys at Concord College, Shrewsbury and Taunton School's Mark Jolliffe have been announced as the winners of the DLF/Johnsons Sports Seed ForthRoots...

in Schools & Colleges - on 30/11/19

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17-Years with Ransomes

Since 2002 the pitches at Newcastle United’s Darsley Park training ground have been cut with Ransomes and Jacobsen mowers

in Football - on 29/11/19

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Royal North Devon ban

England's oldest golf course have taken a novel environmental stand by asking golfers only to use wooden tees from the start of 2020

in Golf - on 29/11/19

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Career opportunities

A question that’s been asked so much over the last couple of years and one, I think we would all agree that, as an industry, we need to approach school/college...

in Industry News - on 29/11/19

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Cheeky deer wins comp

Ross MacFarlane took the shot of the cheeky deer on his phone and didn't realise until later how special it was

in Golf - on 28/11/19

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Fentons and Price win

Fentons of Bourne, Price Turfcare’s local dealer for Lincolnshire and the East Midlands, won the Best Allied Trade Stand award at the Midlands Machinery...

in Machinery & Mechanics - on 28/11/19

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Foley for Farol

Farol Golf and Turf Machinery Limited has purchased a Foley Company Accu-Pro 633 with Accu-Touch 3 Control and an Accu-Pro 661AT bedknife grinder to bolster...

in Machinery & Mechanics - on 27/11/19

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Stadium for Bath design

Following extensive consultation with residents and representatives of the City regarding its proposals to regenerate the riverside between Pulteney Bridge...

in Rugby - on 27/11/19

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Sand shortage

It may be little more than grains of weathered rock, and can be found in deserts and on beaches around the world, but sand is also the world’s second...

in General Interest - on 27/11/19

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Callum Allsop triumphs

Award sponsors Toro and Reesink Turfcare, an official UK Toro distributor, are delighted to announce Callum Allsop from Leicester City Football Club’s...

in Industry News - on 26/11/19

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Bayer - 42,700 claims!

Bayer is now facing 42,700 compensation claims, mostly in US courts. CEO Werner Baumann is calling for an “economically-viable” settlement of these...

in Industry News - on 26/11/19

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New Doe territories

Ernest Doe & Sons Ltd. will now serve as the authorised distributor for Ransomes and Jacobsen turf equipment in Suffolk and Norfolk territories, expanding...

in Industry News - on 26/11/19

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Liverpool training centre

Since the installation of the last steel beam earlier this year, the complex has taken shape with the external brickwork now completed and work beginning...

in Football - on 25/11/19

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Back to basics

This was the clear message emerging from a panel discussion on amenity management, held at Saltex recently, and chaired by John Moverley from the Amenity...

in Industry News - on 25/11/19

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GKB at BTME 2020

For the 5th year running, GKB will be attending the BTME 2020 show to showcase their range of machinery.

in Golf - on 25/11/19

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Machinery training

In their last article Reesink Turfcare spoke about how training is a shared responsibility and becoming a necessity in a fast moving and ever-changing...

in Machinery & Mechanics - on 25/11/19

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Toro ‘best for the job’

A demonstration of the Toro ProLine H800 for Haven Seashore Holiday Park was all it took to bring improvement to the grounds of the 57-acre site in Great...

in Machinery & Mechanics - on 24/11/19

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Haslingden CC new roller

A fundraising bike ride was recently completed, which saw nine enthusiastic cyclists travel from Lord's, the home of cricket, to Haslingden Cricket Club...

in Cricket - on 24/11/19

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Playfinder October award

A sports facility at the Wixams, based in Bedford Borough, has won Playfinder’s Outstanding Facility Award for the month of October.

in Synthetics - on 23/11/19