South Staffordshire GC signs up to 5-year lease deal with Jacobsen

South Staffordshire GC signs up to 5-year lease deal with Jacobsen Updated

🕔06:21, 6.Dec 2017

South Staffordshire Golf Club has signed up to a five-year lease deal with Jacobsen. The new machinery will join existing Jacobsen mowers already in use at the club. The delivery was made by Jacobsen UK Direct, the company’s only direct

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Keele University invests in Trilo machinery

Keele University invests in Trilo machinery Updated

🕔21:02, 5.Dec 2017

Any machinery that makes time-consuming tasks more manageable is desirable and in the area of leaf clearance, a Trilo S3 is just that. At 617 acres, Keele University’s single-site campus is the largest in Europe. With woodland, gardens, sports facilities,

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Horticultural charity bares all for 2018 calendar

Horticultural charity bares all for 2018 calendar Updated

🕔08:11, 4.Dec 2017

A group of gardeners have stripped off to star in a naked calendar to raise money for Perennial, the charity helping those in horticulture. “The ‘Perennial Naked Gardeners Calendar 2018’ makes a great Christmas gift and all proceeds will go

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SALTEX 2017 was ‘the best yet’ say organisers

SALTEX 2017 was ‘the best yet’ say organisers Updated

🕔20:31, 3.Dec 2017

A year’s worth of meticulous and strategic planning from show organisers culminated in what is being hailed by many as the best ever SALTEX. The two-day exhibition has quickly grown to become the premier annual grounds care event in Europe

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Wellingborough Golf Club completes bunker renovation project

Wellingborough Golf Club completes bunker renovation project

🕔15:17, 2.Dec 2017

Wellingborough Golf Club has completed a comprehensive bunker renovation project under the supervision of Swan Golf Designs (SGD). The project, designed and overseen by William Swan, saw the construction of 40 bunkers to add to the two that were built

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Rigby Taylor delighted that glyphosate EU licence is renewed

Rigby Taylor delighted that glyphosate EU licence is renewed Updated

🕔08:11, 1.Dec 2017

“Rigby Taylor is delighted that the EU has renewed the licence for glyphosate,” says Peter Corbett, the company’s chemicals product manager. “The loss of this important active would have cost local authorities many hundreds of millions of pounds to replace

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Luscombe Plant Hire adds GreenMech woodchipper to its fleet

Luscombe Plant Hire adds GreenMech woodchipper to its fleet Updated

🕔03:17, 30.Nov 2017

Luscombe Plant Hire, based in Ulverston, Cumbria, stock a wide range of site machinery and tools available for daily, weekly, or long-term hire. After noticing that their GreenMech Arborist 130 woodchipper was hardly ever in the yard, owner Simon Luscombe

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Delta-T Devices and the STRI launch soil moisture measuring guide

Delta-T Devices and the STRI launch soil moisture measuring guide Updated

🕔05:00, 29.Nov 2017

Used by many leading golf courses and sports venues – the ThetaKit enables fast, easy, precise soil moisture measurement. It allows turf moisture to be accurately monitored and potential irrigation problems to be addressed before deterioration of the playing surface

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Reesink Turfcare launches 2018 training dates

Reesink Turfcare launches 2018 training dates Updated

🕔22:06, 28.Nov 2017

2018 dates for Reesink Turfcare’s industry-leading courses have been announced. For the first time the guide is accessible online only, with bookings taking place now. Bringing the same extensive range of industry-leading courses and levels of training as it does

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Vandalised golf green back in play in one week

Vandalised golf green back in play in one week Updated

🕔11:49, 27.Nov 2017

A greenkeeping team brought a green back into play in less than one week after it was attacked by vandals recently. The seventh green at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club was targeted in what club officials are calling a ‘mindless

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Chris King named new head greenkeeper at Dunston Hall

Chris King named new head greenkeeper at Dunston Hall Updated

🕔06:39, 26.Nov 2017

Chris King has landed the job of head greenkeeper at Dunston Hall in Norwich, straight from school – but he is certainly the right man for the job. King, 40, left a second stint as head of grounds at Town

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First phase of major bunker renovation project completed

First phase of major bunker renovation project completed Updated

🕔14:31, 24.Nov 2017

Welsh based company Durabunker recently completed the first phase of a major bunker renovation at world ‘Top 100’ venue The Club at Nine Bridges on Jeju Island in South Korea, in preparation for the first ever PGA Tour event played

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Leicester City purchase THIRD Infinicut mower

Leicester City purchase THIRD Infinicut mower Updated

🕔05:25, 24.Nov 2017

You may be thinking that John Ledwidge, groundsmanager at the King Power Stadium, has achieved ‘pitch perfection’ with the immaculately striped pitch he is now renowned for. However, John is always looking for the tool or technique to help them

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Rain Bird launches new series of rotors for efficiently watering smaller course areas

Rain Bird launches new series of rotors for efficiently watering smaller course areas Updated

🕔05:58, 23.Nov 2017

Designed specifically for watering smaller golf course areas such as tee boxes and compact greens, the new 500/550 Series rotors are the only valve-in-head golf course rotors on the market offering a radius of 8.5 to 14.3 metres. Available now,

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Dennis machine combats heavy usage at Huish Park

Dennis machine combats heavy usage at Huish Park Updated

🕔04:28, 22.Nov 2017

With over 50 games a season taking place at the Huish Park Stadium, Yeovil Town FC’s head of grounds Richard Allsworth believes that his new Dennis G860 is the ideal mower to maintain such a heavily used pitch. Richard has

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Scottish club completes £90,000 bunker project

Scottish club completes £90,000 bunker project Updated

🕔13:39, 20.Nov 2017

Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa, Peebles, near Edinburgh, has completed a £90,000 project to renovate the bunkers on the 6,856 yard, par 72 layout. The work has meant the bunkers now drain much better than they previously did. In

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Bowood GC introduces biodiversity into its greens

Bowood GC introduces biodiversity into its greens Updated

🕔04:56, 19.Nov 2017

Bowood’s championship golf course near Chippenham is set in 2,000 acres of glorious parkland and is renowned as one of the finest courses in Wiltshire. To introduce some biodiversity into the greens, course manager Jaey Goodchild began an all bents

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Kubota dealer taking part in Movember

Kubota dealer taking part in Movember Updated

🕔12:31, 17.Nov 2017

Lister Wilder, a Kubota groundcare and construction dealer, has been announced as this year’s biggest UK ‘MOW-team’ supporting The Movember Foundation, with more than 60 members of staff donning great moustaches to raise funds for the men’s health charity. Including

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Myanmar golf club receives Jacobsen machinery

Myanmar golf club receives Jacobsen machinery Updated

🕔04:14, 17.Nov 2017

Yay Tagon Taung Golf Resort, located about 30 minutes’ drive east of Mandalay in Myanmar (formerly Burma), has taken delivery of yet more Jacobsen machinery after serving as a loyal customer for more than 20 years. Mr Thant Zin Oo

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The Duke invests in 15 E-Z-GO golf cars

The Duke invests in 15 E-Z-GO golf cars Updated

🕔23:09, 15.Nov 2017

The Duke Golf Club, an exclusive members-only club located in Nistelrode, Holland, has invested in 15 E-Z-GO RXV ELiTE golf cars with Textron Fleet Management GPS (TFM GPS). Local dealer Van der Pols made the delivery. Marcel Arts has been

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Textron Golf chosen at Hogs Head Golf Club

Textron Golf chosen at Hogs Head Golf Club Updated

🕔22:45, 14.Nov 2017

Hogs Head Golf Club, a brand-new course located in County Kerry, Ireland, has chosen equipment from Textron Golf (Jacobsen®, E-Z-GO® and Cushman®) to maintain its surfaces. The course replaces Skellig Bay Golf Club and has been built in the picturesque

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