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28, July 2014
John Deere's new md; proud week for greenkeeping; Toro award Lely; Campey take on distribution
IN THIS ISSUE
NEW MD FOR JOHN DEERE UK
A PROUD WEEK FOR GREENKEEPING
A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE
LELY UK WIN TORO AWARD
CAMPEY TAKE OVER DISTRIBUTION
TURF AGRONOMY ADVICE
KUBOTA SPONSOR THAME FC
TWO NEW PITCHES FOR SANDAL
MIDLOTHIAN UPGRADE EQUIPMENT
BATH RFC MARK UP NEW DEAL
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From the Dug-Out
Turf Pro readers to the rescue, sad news from Rossendale, Groundsman refused entry to own Commonwealth Games green, and digital mag going from strength-to-strength.


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NEWS
NEW MD FOR JOHN DEERE UK
Antony Scott takes up role

 
Antony Scott has been appointed managing director for John Deere Limited in the UK and Ireland

Antony Scott replaces Richard Johnson who has been appointed marketing director for the Deere & Company global tractor platform based in Mannheim.

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A PROUD WEEK FOR GREENKEEPING
Praise for BIGGA'S Open Support Team

 
The BIGGA Open Support Team 2014
A hectic, hard-working and ultimately proud and successful week was enjoyed by the turf management industry at the 143rd Open Championship.

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A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE
Cheshire Turf offer a birds-eye view of The Open

 
Cheshire Turf's drone-filmed video
Dealers Cheshire Turf Machinery, along with Lely and Toro Company, supported The British Open at Hoylake and commissioned a very special birds-eye view video of the course preparations . . .

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LELY UK WIN TORO AWARD
Distributor of Excellence

 
Graham Dale, Lely's managing director, accepts The Toro Company's annual Distributor of Excellence Award with Trevor Chard, Lely key account manager, on his left and David Cole, Lely turf division senior manager
Stiff competition from other Toro distributors across Europe and the Middle East fought off to achieve top honour.

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CAMPEY TAKE OVER DISTRIBUTION
Of Turf Pride universal core collectors and TAS blades

 
Turf Pride universal core collector
JSM Distribution and Campey Turf Care Systems have announced they have reached an agreement to transfer the UK distribution of these products, effective immediately.

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TURF AGRONOMY ADVICE
Use August growth to build winter reserves

 
Rod Burke
Heat affected turf plants will need nurturing through a recovery period of good late summer and autumn growing conditions to build carbohydrate reserves, advises Rod Burke of Syngenta.

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KUBOTA SPONSOR THAME FC
Support for local community

 
L-R: Frank Thompson of Thame Football Club with Kubota's Pavlos Panteleimonitis
Kubota has sponsored Thame Football Club with the loan of a B20 Series compact tractor and a donation of £2,000 for the Kubota Arena.

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TWO NEW PITCHES FOR SANDAL
Rugby club enter new era

 
Souters Sports has recently completed the construction of two pitches for Sandal Rugby Club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
With funding from the Rugby Football Union, the Wakefield club has construction undertaken by Souters Sports.

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MIDLOTHIAN UPGRADE EQUIPMENT
Council purchase new fleet

 
Midlothian Council have purchased eight Ransomes Parkway 3 cylinder mowers for maintaining the greenspace across their territory
Eight new Ransomes Parkway 3 cylinder mowers added to grounds maintenance fleet.

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BATH RFC MARK UP NEW DEAL
3 year exclusive with Rigby Taylor

 
L-R: Gareth Acteson (Rigby Taylor Ltd); Martin Hobbs Assistant Groundsman; Darren Ball Head Groundsman; Lee Carter (Rigby Taylor Ltd)

Rigby Taylor Ltd will be supplying Bath RFC with the IGO line marking machine and line marking liquid compound Impact XP, on a 3 year exclusive deal.

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