Tuesday June 11th this week saw the launch of the Bernhard Academy at the company’s factory facilities in Haverhill, Suffolk.

Guest of honour, Samantha Stutt, head of membership development at BIGGA, officially opening the Academy, alongside Stephen Bernhard  - pic Laurence Gale, TurfPro editor

The company said the Bernhard Academy is set to become a hub of knowledge for the turf industry and a centre promoting learning and development across the globe.

In addition to promoting education to UK turf specialists, the Academy will develop a training programme for Bernhard’s distributors from across the US, Asia and Europe to help enhance their knowledge of turf health solutions.

Working in partnership with Mow-Sure Training Ltd, the Academy aims to train customers, technicians and distributors’ sales team to promote turf health, cutting precision and superior playability and eventually to get the most out of Bernhard’s product portfolio.

The accredited training will be delivered in several formats at the purpose-built facility at Haverhill, hands-on training, theory or via online learning. A wide range of modular and short courses is planned, with the two signature courses being a Turf Technician Course and a Turf Manager’s Course.