Redexim’s territory manager reflects on 2020
The last 12 months have been a challenge for us all, and perhaps that’s putting it mildly!
The last 12 months have been a challenge for us all, and perhaps that’s putting it mildly!
With a team of just three greenkeeping staff, Barry McCulloch has instigated a series of cultural changes to the way the course at Caldwell Golf Club in East Renfrewshire is managed.
Simon Doyle is the director of agronomy at Troon Europe. Here he offers advice on managing venues amid the pandemic and says now is a good time to challenge some of the practices greenkeepers might always do.
Three golf courses, one as old as 155 years old, have become the latest venues to be targeted by vandals.
Following a successful career as a professional golfer, Suzann Pettersen has established a new collaboration with the GEO Foundation, to help the mission of accelerating sustainability through golf.
Ben is a Master Greenkeeper who’s worked at several golf clubs in the last 20 years, and at major tournaments such as the 2012 Ryder Cup and 2013 US Open. He’s been at Rotherham since 2014.
A number of golf clubs, which were due to carry out major renovations to their courses in 2020, have done so in spite of the pandemic – in fact in some cases the lack of golf due to the lockdown helped establish the turf.
Head groundsman Garry Watson and his deputy John Holmes have praised the Dennis PRO 34R rotary mower for keeping several grass areas in fantastic condition at the King Edward’s School in Birmingham.
Here’s a testimonial from Paul Doran at Grim’s Dyke Golf Club.
Golf courses in Tier 4 in England can remain open but venues in Wales and Northern Ireland must close, according to new coronavirus restrictions.
The versatile Ventrac all-terrain multi-purpose tractor is available with over 30 attachments and can be used for a multitude of turf maintenance operations.
After a new synthetic pitch quickly turned fortunes around for Worksop Town Football Club, the club’s attentions soon turned to the maintenance of their new pitch. The club chose the SISIS Brush-Pro.
Balmers GM has been announced as the latest dealer in a growing network of outlets for the INFINICUT® and TMSystem™ ranges.
Having been down for over 25 years and showing the signs of significant thatch build-up, the fields at Billingbear Polo Club were fully renovated for the first time in the autumn of 2019.
The recent wet weather has yet again highlighted the benefits of lining bunkers with a quality and proven product such as Capillary Concrete.
Three Burhill Group Limited (BGL) venues, Hoebridge Golf Centre in Woking, Burhill Golf Club in Walton-on-Thames and Redbourn Golf Club in Harpenden, have all successfully achieved GEO Certified® status.
Daniel Tomberry is relocating to the Midlands from south west Scotland to take on the role of sales manager for the area.
Bromborough Golf Club is almost half-way through an ambitious multi-year upgrade of its bunkers. And the parkland club is using the EcoBunker edging system to recapture the original shape of its traps.
Reesink Turfcare is the new distributor of Franklin water pumps to the UK and Ireland.
GreenMech has announced a rationalisation of its dealer network in the south and south east, which will see an expansion in coverage area for existing dealer GA Groundcare, with effect from January 1, 2021.
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