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The addition of Roundup® means Bayer can provide ‘the complete package’ for weed control

The addition of Roundup® means Bayer can provide ‘the complete package’ for weed control Updated

🕔07:17, 14.Nov 2019

The recent addition of Roundup® to Bayer’s amenity portfolio complements its new residual herbicide Valdor® Flex and provides contractors with the complete package when it comes to weed control.

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Gloucester Rugby overcome challenge of fast-leaching hybrid pitch with help from Headland Amenity

Gloucester Rugby overcome challenge of fast-leaching hybrid pitch with help from Headland Amenity Updated

🕔07:32, 13.Nov 2019

When head groundsman Stuart Lambert joined Gloucester Rugby in the summer of 2018, a brand-new hybrid pitch installation had just been completed at the clubs Kingsholm Stadium.

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Exeter Chiefs get by with a little help from their friends – and Johnsons Sports Seed!

Exeter Chiefs get by with a little help from their friends – and Johnsons Sports Seed! Updated

🕔19:03, 12.Nov 2019

A change in career is a daunting prospect, but it can often be made easier with training and support from new industry peers.

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Football clubs order the Vixen sprayer

Football clubs order the Vixen sprayer Updated

🕔17:56, 12.Nov 2019

Manchester United, Liverpool and Everton have all recently purchased the pedestrian self-propelled Vixen sprayer from British-based manufacturer Team Sprayers through dealer Cheshire Turf Machinery.

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Winter improvement work for Bedfordshire club

Winter improvement work for Bedfordshire club Updated

🕔11:26, 11.Nov 2019

Essex-based Swan Golf Designs (SGD) is to create a schedule of autumn and winter improvement work at Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands GC, in Bedfordshire.

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Outstanding US students rewarded

Outstanding US students rewarded Updated

🕔10:39, 10.Nov 2019

An American student has won approximately £4,800 in the 2019 Scholars Competition offered through the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).

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Upminster Golf Club opts for Toro irrigation

Upminster Golf Club opts for Toro irrigation Updated

🕔11:48, 9.Nov 2019

It was word of mouth and recommendations from nearby customers that saw Upminster Golf Club opt for Toro irrigation.

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The four-phase drainage project at Sundridge Park Golf Club

The four-phase drainage project at Sundridge Park Golf Club Updated

🕔10:08, 8.Nov 2019

The golf club started draining all of its 36 holes in 2015, as part of a four-phase project involving the unique Hydraway Sportsdrain, which will be completed next year. The results, so far, have been remarkable.

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Chigwell Golf Club takes delivery of second Toro fleet

Chigwell Golf Club takes delivery of second Toro fleet Updated

🕔07:50, 7.Nov 2019

Chigwell Golf Club in Essex has taken delivery of its second Toro fleet as it proves itself a winner in the eyes of its membership.

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Dumbarnie Links to open in 2020

Dumbarnie Links to open in 2020 Updated

🕔08:32, 6.Nov 2019

May 2020 is eagerly awaited as the official opening date of Scotland’s newest links course at Dumbarnie, Fife, but a few lucky souls are gaining sneak previews.

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Blackpool North Shore Golf Club installs Toro Lynx system

Blackpool North Shore Golf Club installs Toro Lynx system Updated

🕔19:09, 5.Nov 2019

Stage one of the irrigation refit at Blackpool North Shore Golf Club is complete with the successful – and quick – installation of a Toro Lynx central control system.

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David Carpenter is new chair of IOG

David Carpenter is new chair of IOG Updated

🕔11:38, 4.Nov 2019

David Carpenter has taken over as chair of the Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) for the next three years.

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‘Some traffic on the golf course is better than none’

‘Some traffic on the golf course is better than none’ Updated

🕔08:26, 3.Nov 2019

Recent research has found that rolling suppresses dollar spot and fusarium patch incidence. And this means, explains the STRI, that some traffic on the golf course – rather than none – makes for more difficult disease entry.

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Manor of Groves is now exclusively Toro

Manor of Groves is now exclusively Toro Updated

🕔07:25, 2.Nov 2019

Following the arrival of its second Toro fleet, Hertfordshire’s Manor of Groves Golf Club is now exclusively Toro, achieving its all-red status ahead of its deadline of 2020.

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A day in the life: Joe Curtis

A day in the life: Joe Curtis Updated

🕔08:35, 1.Nov 2019

The course manager at Gloucester Golf Club takes us through his average day.

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Happy 100th birthday Rigby Taylor

Happy 100th birthday Rigby Taylor Updated

🕔08:30, 31.Oct 2019

One of the biggest suppliers of course management products to greenkeepers, Rigby Taylor, is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. We speak to executive chairman Chris Clark.

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Work has begun on major new Pakistani golf project

Work has begun on major new Pakistani golf project Updated

🕔09:10, 30.Oct 2019

One of the largest golf developments in the world is underway in the Pakistani city of Multan. And Welsh-based synthetic bunker edging specialist EcoBunker is playing a key role.

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More golf clubs investing in Durabunker’s ‘fully sealed bunker system’

More golf clubs investing in Durabunker’s ‘fully sealed bunker system’ Updated

🕔17:33, 29.Oct 2019

The ‘fully sealed bunker system’ is a concept offered by Durabunker, combining a seamless liner with synthetic bunker edging, creating a sealed tank, with no point of weakness.

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Woodbridge GC to refurbish every bunker on its course

Woodbridge GC to refurbish every bunker on its course Updated

🕔11:14, 28.Oct 2019

Woodbridge Golf Club in Suffolk is embarking on some major course improvements over the coming months.

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Saltex Preview: Aquatrols

Saltex Preview: Aquatrols Updated

🕔13:57, 27.Oct 2019

Aquatrols is the world leader in the development of cutting-edge soil surfactants and other specialty technologies that maximise the use of water and inputs in the sports turf, agricultural and horticultural markets.

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Saltex Preview: Wiedenmann / ALS Contracts

Saltex Preview: Wiedenmann / ALS Contracts Updated

🕔16:18, 26.Oct 2019

Telford based sports contractor, ALS Contracts has taken delivery of a Maredo MT200 Flex-Verticutter to expand and update its range of scarifiers for estates, fairways and sports pitches.

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