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19, May 2014
Sports turf advice; bowls vandalism; World Cup marking; Belfry invest; Oldham appoint
IN THIS ISSUE
ONE-ON-ONE SPORTS TURF ADVICE
VANDALS THREATEN BOWLING GREEN
ASTON UNI PLAYS ON
FAMILY FIRM SUPPLY WORLD CUP
OLDHAM ATHLETIC APPOINT
ECOSOLVE FOUNDER DIES
THE BELFRY INVEST IN SLITTERS
DEMO DAYS UNDERWAY
ATT LAUNCH 26" INFINI SYSTEM
£250,000 KIT INVESTMENT
TECHNICAL SALES PROMOTIONS
ALL QUIET ON THE NORTH WEST FRONT
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Expert help for grassroots
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FROM THE DUG-OUT
UTTER ROOBISH!
Who'd have thought the Currant Bun would resort to sensationalism?

The back page of Friday's Soaraway Sun was devoted to an utter non-story, criticising the state of England's World Cup training pitch in Portugal.

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NEWS
ONE-ON-ONE SPORTS TURF ADVICE
Experts on hand at Saltex

 
Chris Wood, ECB Pitches Consultant is one of the experts taking part
Visitors to this year’s SALTEX can gather best-in-class sports turf management advice from world-leading grounds professionals in the IOG's Ask the Expert advice centre.

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VANDALS THREATEN BOWLING GREEN
Corporation Park in Blackburn could close

 
The Lancashire Telegraph showed Chairman John Flannery and park warden Emma Fielding surveying the destruction
It's been reported that repeated vandalism attacks on Corporation Park's bowling green in Blackburn, could force the green to close.

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ASTON UNI PLAYS ON
Football matches played despite floods

 
Malcolm Edwards, head groundsman, and Andrew Withers (right) assistant head groundsman at Aston University
While neighbouring schools closed their pitches due to flooding this winter, football matches at Aston University in Birmingham continued to be played for a further six weeks. 

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FAMILY FIRM SUPPLY WORLD CUP
Pitchmark products in use at all stadia

 
From left to right, the Pitchmark team: Jon, Darren, Mark, Sue, and Tim outside their new business premises in Bristol
A family-run UK business is supplying line marking paint and equipment to all 12 stadiums and 32 training centres for the World Cup in Brazil.

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OLDHAM ATHLETIC APPOINT
New head groundsman

 
Lee Williams with Oldham Athletic's Chief Executive, Neil Joy
Lee Williams has rejoined the club to become the new Head Groundsman, taking over from Chris Bailey.

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ECOSOLVE FOUNDER DIES
Jean King passes away

 
Jean King
Jean King, founding director and co-owner of Ecosolve Ltd has died at Ashford Hospital, Kent, after a short illness.

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THE BELFRY INVEST IN SLITTERS
Sisis machinery chosen

 
The Megaslit in use at The Belfry
Angus Macleod, Course Manager at The Belfry, has selected Megaslit and Multislit tractor mounted deep slitters for use on all three world renowned courses.

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DEMO DAYS UNDERWAY
For Core Recycler from Wiedenmann UK

 
Fulwell GC's assistant greenkeeper, Sean Eckett, at the helm of the Wiedenmann Core Recycler
Ernest Doe's Bennington and Esher teams kick off a series of events taking place until the end of the Summer.

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ATT LAUNCH 26" INFINI SYSTEM
Complete system for professional turf maintenance

 
ATT's Infini System
Advanced Turf Technology (ATT) have showed off their latest 26" Infini System to the press.

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£250,000 KIT INVESTMENT
Fairways GM in ISS deal

 
L-R: Fairways GM Sales Manager, Wilson Morrison with ISS' Ian Campbell
ISS Facility Services Landscaping has invested in a quartet of a million pounds of groundscare equipment from Fairways GM.

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TECHNICAL SALES PROMOTIONS
For former Ransomes Jacobsen demonstrators

 
 Harvey Doughty and Robert Hayward, Ransomes Jacobsen's newly appointed Technical Sales Managers for the golf and municipal sectors
Harvey Doughty and Robert Hayward  have been promoted to the role of Technical Sales Managers at Ransomes Jacobsen.

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ALL QUIET ON THE NORTH WEST FRONT
Clubs choose hybrid electric mowers

 
Wallasey Golf Club's head greenkeeper Chris Peddie on the John Deere 2500E hybrid electric greens mower

Greenkeepers in the north-west of England are preserving the peace and tranquility of their courses, with John Deere hybrid electric triplex greens mowers.

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