Saffron Walden Golf Club has taken further steps to ensure it retains its place as one of the best parkland courses in eastern England, by renovating two further holes under the auspices of Suffolk-based Swan Golf Designs (SGD). William Swan,
Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, the UK’s largest independently owned hotel group, is investing £550,000 to enhance the playing conditions of its golf courses. Highlighting the group’s on-going commitment to ensuring the courses remain in prime condition throughout the year, a
A student at Myerscough College has become the first trainee greenkeeper in the UK to be enrolled on a ‘Level 2 Apprenticeship’ to the new ‘trailblazer’ standard. Sixteen-year-old Reece Tomalin will be undertaking the new City and Guilds Level 2
Etesia UK’s 2016 ‘Partners in Excellence’ awards proved to be one to remember, as the company celebrated its 25th anniversary in the UK as well as recognizing the monumental efforts of its widespread dealer network. Over the past 25 years,
A year on from the launch of The FA Pitch Improvement Programme (PIP) – a four year, £8 million pound scheme with the aim of improving 2,000 grassroots level pitches by 2019 – it’s clear that a host of sports
Vanmac bv, manufacturers of the Trilo range of blowers, vacuum collectors and verticutters, has appointed Jeremy Vincent as UK factory support manager. The ever-growing nationwide dealer network has necessitated the need to split the country in two in order to
William Watson, head groundsman at Hamilton Academical FC, believes that his SISIS Osca has helped the synthetic pitch at the Superseal Stadium stand up to the rigours of an extensive amount of playing time. Hamilton Academical along with Kilmarnock FC
Wiedenmann UK has taken 54 dealer representatives on a training mission to Grassau in southern Germany to see new machines and developments in their fleet. Taking centre stage were the company’s latest additions. The Terra Spike SL is for fine
Douglas Park Golf Club, located in Glasgow, has invested heavily in Jacobsen machinery since opting for orange 11 years ago. The club has purchased another Jacobsen fleet this season after major bunker and drainage work means that the course is
One of Kubota’s leading south east dealerships, Rod Gaskin, has unveiled its new West Sussex depot, expanding the reach of the Kubota agricultural and groundcare products across the South East. The opening of the company’s new Haywards Heath facility was
Five BIGGA members who may have been unable to experience the excitement and education offered by the BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition in January are celebrating after securing a prestigious new scholarship. BIGGA partner ICL has invited the successful members, some
Andrew Myson – head gardener and facilities manager at Trinity Hall in Cambridge, is the proud new owner of the Dennis S500 Plus dual-purpose machine which features both interchangeable spiker and slotter reels. Founded in 1350, Trinity Hall is the
Tewkesbury Park Golf Club in the Gloucestershire countryside offers a challenging 18 hole, par 72 course for both professional and amateur golfers alike. When course manager Chris Bromley joined the club in April 2015 he turned to Headland Amenity for
An influx of ‘clumpy’ ryegrass on the greens, approaches and surrounds at the Island Golf Club in Donabate, Dublin has now been treated successfully, thanks to Rescue selective herbicide from Syngenta, which is exclusively distributed in the UK and Ireland
The largest-ever programme of education at a turf industry event in Europe has been unveiled by BIGGA. Continue to Learn at BTME 2017 will feature more than 250 hours of education with guest speakers such as Neil Cleverly, superintendent of
A company that can install and renovate bunkers is offering an insured financial guarantee programme to golf clubs. “Since 2010 Capillary Concrete® has been revolutionising bunker installation with hundreds of successful installations worldwide. The technology has proven itself across five
The Landscape Group, a UK-based green service provider, has chosen Jacobsen equipment to maintain Sport Aberdeen’s four council-owned golf courses. The Landscape Group won the Sport Aberdeen contract in 2015 and has recently invested in Jacobsen equipment to maintain all
When Richard Mullen arrived at Banchory Golf Club as course manager in June 2015 he was met by bare greens. But he immediately knew what to do – overseed with Rigby Taylor’s R9 perennial ryegrass. “I’d used R9 before, and
Kubota UK has introduced a 0% finance offer across its full range of utility vehicles for the rest of October. The company is a leading manufacturer of agricultural, groundcare and construction machinery solutions. According to a company spokesman, Kubota’s RTV
Beaumont Grounds Maintenance has been seeing an increase in artificial surfaces, in particular with schools. This has led to it expanding its machinery fleet with a Redexim Verti-Top 1200 from Charterhouse Turf Machinery. Established by his grandfather in 1965, current
A-Plant is the UK’s largest equipment hire company with over 150 service centres nationwide. Its garden and landscaping offering boasts some prestigious customers including the Environment Agency and Balfour Beatty which entrust A-Plant to deliver machinery that fulfils their varied
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