Turf Pro - Worst pitch finalists; SALTEX education; greenkeeper's winning pic; GKB set up in UK; Charterhouse appoint

28, September 2015

Worst pitch finalists; SALTEX education; greenkeeper's winning pic; GKB set up in UK; Charterhouse appoint

IN THIS ISSUE

IOG & B&S FIND UK'S WORST PITCHES

SALTEX REVEAL EDUCATION SEMINARS

GREENKEEPER WINS PHOTO COMP

GKB SET UP OWN UK DISTRIBUTION

JEREMY JOINS CHARTERHOUSE

30 YEARS OF FLOODING SOLVED

PITCH IMPROVEMENTS AT SCUNTHORPE

LANDSCAPE GROUP INVESTS IN FLEET

WEST HILL GC GETS TO THE POINT

KUBOTA WINNER'S DAY WITH HOY

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FROM THE DUG-OUT

THE BEST WORST PITCHES
B&S and IOG to be congratulated
by TurfPro editor, Steve Gibbs

The Pitch To Win campaign, run by Briggs & Stratton and the IOG, is a truly admirable initiative, offering fantastic help to grassroots clubs.

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NEWS

IOG & B&S FIND UK'S WORST PITCHES
Pitch To Win finalists named

Briggs & Stratton's Ian Small presents the cheque to Bury Broncos rugby team

Briggs & Stratton has been working alongside the IOG to find the amateur sports team whose pitches were most in need of a makeover.

SALTEX REVEAL EDUCATION SEMINARS
Learning Live is five times larger

ECB pitch advisor Chris Wood is part of Learning Live

Learning Live, the educational programme designed for all sectors of the groundscare industry, will comprise of 49 sessions at the NEC.

GREENKEEPER WINS PHOTO COMP
With shot of the Northern Lights

Darren Chisholm, Greenkeeper at Castle Stuart Golf Links, has won the BIGGA Photographic Competition 2015 with a shot of the Northern Lights over the club’s iconic clubhouse.

GKB SET UP OWN UK DISTRIBUTION
Following the sale of Blec

GKB Machines Ltd will be run by former Blec employee Tom Shinkins.

JEREMY JOINS CHARTERHOUSE
Strengthens sales team

Charterhouse Turf Machinery have announced the appointment of Jeremy Vincent as Area Manager for the Central UK regions.

30 YEARS OF FLOODING SOLVED
Bowling club calls in Terrain Aeration

Terralift machine in action at Mayford Hall

Mayford Hall Bowling Club in Surrey have suffered from compaction leading to severe waterlogging, until the Terralift machine paid them a visit.

PITCH IMPROVEMENTS AT SCUNTHORPE
Grounds staff praise Limagrain

Scunthorpe United FC’s grounds staff have remarked on a significant improvement to the pitch at Glanford Park since using MM60 Grass Seed.

LANDSCAPE GROUP INVESTS IN FLEET
Eight new TerrainCut front rotary mowers

Two of The Landscape Group's new fleet of John Deere 1570 TerrainCut front rotary mowers working in Devizes

John Deere dealer BS Mowers of Bristol has supplied landscape construction and maintenance contractor The Landscape Group with a new fleet.

WEST HILL GC GETS TO THE POINT
With their new Wiedenmann Terra Spike

West Hill GC’s greenkeeper Sam Sweetzer puts the new Wiedenmann XP through its paces

Within 48 hours of delivery the team at West Hill Golf Club, Surrey had used their new machine to aerate over 1.5 hectares of greens to a 21cm depth.

KUBOTA WINNER'S DAY WITH HOY
Trains at Olympic winner's stables

Kubota's #DaywithHoy competition winner, Cath Hall, enjoyed a day of training with Olympic equestrian champion, Andrew Hoy at his Leicestershire stables recently.