Head groundsman Adam Stunt has relied on MM50 perennial ryegrass for 16 years to keep Rye Lawn Tennis Club’s eight grass courts in top condition – including through a gruelling summer tournament season that pushes surfaces to their limits.

Nick Phillips, Head of Playing Surfaces at Tottenham Hotspur, has moved the club away from fungicide and nitrogen dependency towards a soil biology-focused renovation programme – with Agrovista Amenity products central to the approach.

Turfco says the WideSpin 1550 topdresser eliminates the mechanical tweaks, overlapping runs and setting checks that slow crews down – offering on-the-fly width and rate adjustment, nine programmable presets and the ability to cover greens, approaches and tees in a single pass.

Rowlands Castle Golf Club course manager Kevin Hensman had dreamed of robotic mowing for years – now, just months after introducing Kress machines, he says they are an absolute game changer for his five-strong team and their 18 fairways.

Contractor Harry Wilcox has expanded his Baroness LM66 fleet after years of breakdown-free performance – with each mower, now dedicated to one of his bowling green contracts across London, and fitted with a front-mounted groomer for a combined cut and groom in a single pass.

Head greenkeeper John Edge says the club’s new GKB V-Strong scarifier exceeded expectations during spring renovation – enabling his team to complete all 18 greens and approaches in a single day, with surfaces back in play within a week.

Sixty hours a week of hand watering, years of leaks and chronic pressure loss – Bedford & County Golf Club’s irrigation system had reached breaking point. Course manager Adam Butler explains why the club finally acted, and what the phased upgrade means for the course’s future.