The China Golf Show was held from March 22nd-24th at the China National Convention Centre in Beijing.

The Grass Group's MD Tim Merrell, together with John Coleman MD of Advanced Turf Technology, took space at the show to demonstrate the new ATT INFiNiSystem alongside the well-established ATT TMSystem.

Whilst exhibiting at the San Diego show,with Chinese greenkeepers and importers on the ATT stand, it became clear to Tim that the Asian market was worth pursuing. "The opportunity to exhibit at the next Chinese golf show in Beijing seemed too good to miss," he commented.

"John and I became old hands at swapping the battery and engine generator over on the INFiNiSystem, like an F1 pit crew in fact, and everyone was amazed," Tim continued. "We had greenkeepers and interested dealers from both large and small Chinese companies."

John was surprised at the number of dealers they saw from other Countries. "To name just a few we saw visitors from the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and even one from East Sussex!"

He expanded, "A typical conversation would be like the one we had with a dealer from South Korea - 'I've just been speaking to one of my clientsand he's told me that I have to be an INFiNiSystemdealer as it's the best thing he's seen at the show'."