Exhibitors doubled at the second staging of a new trade show for the commercial turfcare sector this week - although visitors through the gates remained on the lower side than might have been hoped.

The sophomore edition of SAGE took place at the Three Counties Showground at Malvern on Wednesday and Thursday, following its debut there last summer.

This year exhibitors included major professional turfcare machinery players including Toro, Price Turfcare, Redexim, Campeys, Ego, Stiga, Trimax, Overton, Handys (with Cramer), Kersten, Cub Cadet and Husqvarna amongst others. This represented a significant increase in stand-holders compared to last year.

Many of the representatives of suppliers on these stands who Service Dealer visited on day one of the show this week, voiced similar feelings. They told us that whilst they would have liked to have seen more people walking through the gates, those who they had met had been quality, decision-making visitors - representing warm leads.

All were keen to support to the show into the future as the ability to demo machines there and then to potential customers in the outside space, was a seen as a real bonus for the show. 

It was hoped that attendance can be built on in subsequent years.