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Sales for SALTEX 2022 have already beaten 2021

Sales for SALTEX 2022 have already beaten 2021

🕔11:24, 24.Jul 2022

SALTEX is exceeding expectations with the number of exhibitors already booked for the 2022 show surpassing that of the 2021 show.

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Meet the golf course manager: Neil Smith

Meet the golf course manager: Neil Smith

🕔12:56, 23.Jul 2022

From Slaley Hall Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort, Neil talks about how the venue became the first in the world outside of Asia to host an event on the Asian Tour this summer.

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Redexim Rink proves a versatile solution for loam and sand dressing at Merchant Taylors’ School

Redexim Rink proves a versatile solution for loam and sand dressing at Merchant Taylors’ School

🕔09:41, 22.Jul 2022

With approximately 80 acres of sports turf making up the 250 acre estate of Merchant Taylors’ School, the key word for grounds manager Richard Ayling when it comes to maintenance is ‘efficiency’.

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Fulwell Golf Club chooses electric and hybrid machinery from Toro

Fulwell Golf Club chooses electric and hybrid machinery from Toro

🕔09:02, 21.Jul 2022

“We wanted to reduce our carbon footprint as well as bringing the club closer to the community and lessening the impact on our neighbours.”

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Effective, targeted weed control from Headland Amenity

Effective, targeted weed control from Headland Amenity

🕔08:40, 20.Jul 2022

When temperatures start to rise and new season growth commences, we start to observe the ingress of many unwelcome weed species in amenity and professional lawncare situations.

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Presenting world-class football pitches at St George’s Park

Presenting world-class football pitches at St George’s Park

🕔08:50, 19.Jul 2022

For the grounds team at St George’s Park, the home of England football, maintaining a world-class venue is a 365-days-a-year, 24-hours-a-day passion.

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Rockliffe Hall embarks on course changes

Rockliffe Hall embarks on course changes

🕔11:18, 17.Jul 2022

Rockliffe Hall is embarking on an ambitious investment programme with work already underway on several key areas of the course, with the first phase being bunker maintenance.

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A day in the life: Andrew Howarth

A day in the life: Andrew Howarth

🕔08:06, 16.Jul 2022

The estates manager at Gog Magog Golf Club, which has two golf courses that currently feature in the top three best courses in Cambridgeshire, takes us through his average day.

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Progressive proves to be the key to consistent cutting over contours

Progressive proves to be the key to consistent cutting over contours

🕔09:43, 15.Jul 2022

The Progressive range of multi-deck mowers has been carefully designed to offer unrivalled contour-following ability for an accurate quality of cut.

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Masterline Mixtures from DLF make the grade for Kingston Grammar School

Masterline Mixtures from DLF make the grade for Kingston Grammar School

🕔08:33, 14.Jul 2022

With the whole 22-acre site sown with seed from across the DLF portfolio, this season the focus has been on the outfields and four cricket squares.

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Italian course chooses Capillary Bunkers liner and adds Wash Box to protect sand

Italian course chooses Capillary Bunkers liner and adds Wash Box to protect sand

🕔08:59, 13.Jul 2022

The Castelconturbia course in Piedmont, Italy, has completed phase one of a bunker upgrade that involved replacing drainage and adding the Capillary Bunkers liner system.

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Robust machines from GKB prove the perfect partner for Premiership Lawncare

Robust machines from GKB prove the perfect partner for Premiership Lawncare

🕔09:22, 12.Jul 2022

A fleet of orange and blue is forming for the team at Premiership Lawncare, as continued investment sees a bank of equipment from GKB Machines trusted to deliver projects for sports turf customers.

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Home of Golf to champion sustainable golf

Home of Golf to champion sustainable golf

🕔07:00, 10.Jul 2022

VisitScotland has become the first national tourism body globally to become a strategic partner with GEO Foundation.

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Ballesteros course undergoes Durabunker renovation

Ballesteros course undergoes Durabunker renovation

🕔08:00, 9.Jul 2022

Golf Santa Marina, a Seve Ballesteros Design in the Cantabria region of Spain, is currently undergoing a complete bunker renovation using Durabunker’s patent-granted synthetic bunker edging system.

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Major improvements set for course that closed in 2018

Major improvements set for course that closed in 2018

🕔09:23, 8.Jul 2022

In a sign of the current strength of golf, a Welsh club that closed down in 2018 has now applied to make major improvements to the facility.

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Getting the balance right

Getting the balance right

🕔08:56, 7.Jul 2022

How to achieve a successful balance between the moisture needs of turf and the requirements of the surface on which a sport is played.

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LX builds on Kubota legacy for Old Fold Manor

LX builds on Kubota legacy for Old Fold Manor

🕔08:46, 6.Jul 2022

An ongoing programme of improvements is reaping rewards for Old Fold Manor Golf Club in Hertfordshire, with Kubota’s latest LX compact tractor tasked with helping to manage the workload.

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Gullane Golf Club chooses Toro for GEO accreditation

Gullane Golf Club chooses Toro for GEO accreditation

🕔09:41, 5.Jul 2022

Gullane Golf Club in Scotland has chosen Toro as it works towards accreditation for its Golf Environmental Organisation (GEO) certification.  

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Beeston Fields appoints ‘master greenkeeper’

Beeston Fields appoints ‘master greenkeeper’

🕔08:22, 3.Jul 2022

Beeston Fields Golf Club in Nottingham has appointed Ryun Holden as its new golf course manager.

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Reesink UK rebrands its established Irrigation division

Reesink UK rebrands its established Irrigation division

🕔08:27, 2.Jul 2022

Award-winning distributor Reesink UK has rebranded its established Irrigation division to reflect increasing market diversity and provide water solutions for all locations.

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New UK importer for Wood Bay Turf Technologies

New UK importer for Wood Bay Turf Technologies

🕔08:45, 1.Jul 2022

Wood Bay Turf Technologies, based in Edmonton in Canada, has appointed Henton and Chattell as its UK distributor.

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