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19, October 2015
IOG calls for pitch grading framework; plunging grassroots participation; BIGGA national champion; winning spray operators
IN THIS ISSUE
SPORTS INDUSTRY 'NEEDS PITCH GRADING FRAMEWORK'
PLUNGING GRASSROOTS SPORTS PARTICIPATION
BIGGA NATIONAL CHAMP CROWNED
AMENITY SPRAYER WINNERS
FULFORD GREENKEEPER'S 40 YEARS
TURF SCIENCE LIVE IRELAND
SIX-FIGURE PACKAGE FOR MACHRIE
ROBOT IS FOREST GREEN'S EXTRA MAN
UNDULATING GREENS DICTATE PURCHASE
STIHL KEEPS QUIET AT MARWELL
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by TurfPro editor, Steve Gibbs


 
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This week I'm visiting the American outdoor powered machinery trade exhibition, GIE-EXPO in Louisville, Kentucky, intrigued to see how it compares to our equivalents.

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NEWS
SPORTS INDUSTRY 'NEEDS PITCH GRADING FRAMEWORK'
IOG tells the Government

 
'New Strategy for Sport'
The response by the IOG to the Government consultation on its 'New Strategy for Sport' includes calls for the introduction of a national framework for grading natural turf pitches.

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PLUNGING GRASSROOTS SPORTS PARTICIPATION
'Couch-potato culture' blamed

 
Playing fields need to be invested in

The Local Government Association says Government funds need to be ploughed into playing fields and parks to save a “lost generation” of obese and physically inactive teenagers.

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BIGGA NATIONAL CHAMP CROWNED
James Rowles from Henbury Golf Club

 
James Rowles with the BIGGA Challenge Trophy
Assistant Greenkeeper from Bristol is the new BIGGA National Champion 2015 after a superb two days of golf in North Yorkshire.

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AMENITY SPRAYER WINNERS
Operators of the Year named

 
Andrew Kerr of West Malling Golf Club, winner of Sports and Amenity Turf using a Boom Sprayer
The UK's top amenity sprayer operators have been recognised with the inaugural Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year Awards.

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FULFORD GREENKEEPER'S 40 YEARS
Tom Watson leads the tributes

 
Fulford GC head greenkeeper Mark Mennell was pictured in The York Press with the picture signed by five-time Open champion Tom Watson
Five-time Open champion Tom Watson led the tributes as Fulford Golf Club greenkeeper Mark Mennell marked 40 years of service.

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TURF SCIENCE LIVE IRELAND
Educational event a success

 
Turf Science Live Ireland
Over 120 groundsmen, superintendents, turf managers, agronomists and golf club managers attended recently.

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SIX-FIGURE PACKAGE FOR MACHRIE
Nairn Brown fulfils Deere order

 
Machrie Golf Links course manager Dean Muir with Nairn Brown Ltd sales manager Andy Gillies
The magnificent Machrie Golf Links on the island of Islay has taken delivery of a new fleet of John Deere equipment from dealers Nairn Brown.

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ROBOT IS FOREST GREEN'S EXTRA MAN
Groundsman praises ETMower

 
New head groundsman at Forest Green Rovers FC, Matt Rainey
Forest Green Rovers FC is striving to become the most sustainable football club in the world.

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UNDULATING GREENS DICTATE PURCHASE
Of new Wiedenmann Terra Spike GXi6

 
(L-r) Windlesham GC's Course Manager Alastair Higgs, Deputy Course Manager Ross Cook and Chas Ayres, Wiedenmann UK Sales Manager

A key requirement of Windlesham GC Course Manager, Alastair Higgs when he searched for a new deep tine aerator was a machine that could readily follow ground contours.

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STIHL KEEPS QUIET AT MARWELL
& supports National Conference

 
Lance Ingram from Marwell Zoo
Stihl recently sponsored the BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) Plant Working Group Conference which took place at Marwell Zoo.

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