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Trench Bowling Club is ‘The Best Kept Green in Shropshire’

Trench Bowling Club is ‘The Best Kept Green in Shropshire’

🕔07:42, 22.Feb 2024

Trench Bowling Club in Telford has recently celebrated its 100th anniversary and to top it off, has been judged The Best Kept Green in Shropshire 2023.

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ClearWater Recycling System installed at an East Midlands private boarding and day school

ClearWater Recycling System installed at an East Midlands private boarding and day school

🕔08:23, 21.Feb 2024

The installation of a ClearWater recycling system, featuring a 5,000-litre capacity and two hoses, was proposed by the ClearWater team to optimise water usage and promote sustainability.

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Risebridge Golf Centre goes from strength to strength

Risebridge Golf Centre goes from strength to strength

🕔10:43, 20.Feb 2024

Continued investment and the hard work of the greenkeeping team has seen Risebridge Golf Centre go from strength to strength – as it adds to an already sizeable fleet of brands including Baroness and Kubota.

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‘A championship-ready course every day of the year’

‘A championship-ready course every day of the year’

🕔09:03, 18.Feb 2024

We speak with The Grove in Hertfordshire venue’s head greenkeeper, Sam Reid, to find out more about him and the practices he uses to get the best out of the stunning surface.

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Royal Mid-Surrey ‘Take Ten’ with Kubota

Royal Mid-Surrey ‘Take Ten’ with Kubota

🕔08:31, 17.Feb 2024

A fleet of five RTVs and five tractors from Kubota are supporting operations across the busy 36-hole complex at Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club.

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How to catch the thatch

How to catch the thatch

🕔07:59, 16.Feb 2024

Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) explains how to reduce thatch for a truer, firmer and consistent playing surface.

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Employment law changes due in 2024

Employment law changes due in 2024

🕔07:49, 15.Feb 2024

The government has decided to make a lot of employment law changes this year, so please make sure you are aware of them!

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Organic slow-release fertiliser helping Linköping GC

Organic slow-release fertiliser helping Linköping GC

🕔08:28, 14.Feb 2024

A programme based around Suståne 5-2-4+Fe organic slow-release fertiliser is working wonders at Linköping Golf Club in Sweden.

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The Point Hardy Golf Club has its grand opening

The Point Hardy Golf Club has its grand opening

🕔10:11, 13.Feb 2024

One of the most dramatic golf courses ever built has had its long-awaited grand opening on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia.

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Meet the golf course superintendent: Frank Clarkson

Meet the golf course superintendent: Frank Clarkson

🕔09:22, 11.Feb 2024

Working for Darwin Escapes, Frank talks about running Dundonald Links all-year round, preparing for professional tournaments and the challenges of managing three very different golf courses.

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New INFINICUT sales manager appointed

New INFINICUT sales manager appointed

🕔08:59, 10.Feb 2024

INFINICUT® has announced the appointment of a new sales manager in the form of Alan Jack.

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Worm casts causing you a problem?

Worm casts causing you a problem?

🕔07:44, 9.Feb 2024

Since Carbendazim was banned due to the potentially toxic effects it has on the human reproductive system, no clear chemical solution has emerged to replace it.

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AFT Trenchers offers multiple drainage solutions

AFT Trenchers offers multiple drainage solutions

🕔09:04, 8.Feb 2024

AFT Trenchers designs and manufactures specialist sportsturf drainage equipment used by major golf courses, sports facilities and contractors all over the world.

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Northenden GC opts for the AIR-EZE FAIRWAY Shoe Cleaner

Northenden GC opts for the AIR-EZE FAIRWAY Shoe Cleaner

🕔07:02, 7.Feb 2024

Nestled amidst the verdant landscapes of Northenden Golf Club, a new era of fairway excellence has begun with the introduction of the AIR-EZE FAIRWAY Shoe Cleaner.

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GripClad – an instant, easy to fit, long-term anti-slip solution

GripClad – an instant, easy to fit, long-term anti-slip solution

🕔10:10, 6.Feb 2024

GripClad has supplied hundreds of golf clubs in the UK and Europe with its well-proven GRP Diamond Hard Gritted slip-resistance product.

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Old Tom Morris and James Braid course to be enhanced

Old Tom Morris and James Braid course to be enhanced

🕔08:10, 4.Feb 2024

Lundin Golf Club in Fife has announced extensive plans to enhance its course, originally designed by Old Tom Morris in the 1860s and later extended by James Braid.

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Tom Bailey joins Price Turfcare

Tom Bailey joins Price Turfcare

🕔08:44, 3.Feb 2024

Tom Bailey, the former sales manager at RT Machinery, has joined Price Turfcare, the UK distributor of the Ventrac 4520 all-terrain compact tractor and multiple accessories.

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The role root barriers play in amenity areas

The role root barriers play in amenity areas

🕔08:42, 2.Feb 2024

Notwithstanding the obvious need for healthy tree roots for the local ecosystem, it’s sometimes beneficial to have a greater degree of control over their direction.

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“A friend recommended we look at Aspen Fuel”

“A friend recommended we look at Aspen Fuel”

🕔07:29, 1.Feb 2024

For marine engine specialist Peter White of Swordfish Marine, carburettor issues caused by extended periods of storage and inactivity are a thing of the past since the discovery of Aspen Alkylate fuel.

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Improved irrigation at Rockliffe Park

Improved irrigation at Rockliffe Park

🕔07:31, 31.Jan 2024

Four pitches at Middlesbrough Football Club’s training ground at Rockliffe Park are seeing the results from improved accuracy, full coverage and the powerful control from a new Toro irrigation system.

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Praise for Verti-Drain® 2519

Praise for Verti-Drain® 2519

🕔08:02, 30.Jan 2024

“It’s adaptable. On a golf course, for example, you can start on a tee, then use the same machine to aerate the fairways and the greens. There are very few machines that allow you to do that.”

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