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RANSOMES SUPPORT NEW EUROPEAN TRAINING CENTRE Initial project will include students building and maintaining a 9-hole course
Ransomes Jacobsen has signed an exclusive agreement to supply Winston University with a range of equipment to aid the teaching of greenkeeping and fine turf students at the new international sportsturf education centre of excellence in Germany.
The university is based at the WINSTON golf 45-hole facility at Gneven OT Vorbeck in Mecklenburg, northern Germany and will be open to European and international students in October 2013. Under the terms of the five-year exclusive supply agreement, Ransomes Jacobsen will provide equipment to facilitate the teaching of a greenkeeping-based curriculum involving both classroom and on-course practical instructions. The company will also provide staff from their Cutting Edge Training division for specialist teaching and every cohort of students will visit the European headquarters in Ipswich at least once a year.
Ransomes Jacobsen, through their German distributor Golf-Tech GmbH of Munster, will also provide tournament support machinery and personnel for the Pon Senior Open, a European Tour event, for the next three years as well as supporting the university's recruitment programme.
Commenting at the recent signing of the agreement, Hubertus von Treuenfels, CEO of WINSTONuniversity said, "As a privately funded, golf management institute we aim to develop the leadership capabilities required around the world to ensure the game of golf has a successful future. We have designed an educational model of problem-based learning that will encourage students to create solutions that will develop a detailed understanding of the management of fine turf”
Ian Butcher, former International Development Officer at Elmwood College, is the Programme Director at Winston University said “Our target audience for the initial cohort of students will be primarily from the emerging markets in golf, such as China, the Asia Pacific region and eastern Europe, although we welcome students from the major golfing nations in western Europe and the USA.
Rupert Price, Sales Director at Ransomes Jacobsen added "We are delighted to be involved with this new and innovative educational programme for the greenkeeping industry. "Golf-Tech, our German distributor, was instrumental in setting up this agreement and will provide the equipment that will be used in the learning laboratories at the three campus sites and during the initial project that will see the students building, growing-in and maintaining a three-hole, par 3 short course."
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