Alistair
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GroundsFest Academy’s latest free event, held at Reading FC’s Bearwood Park with Kress, gave landscaping professionals live demonstrations of robotic mowers, battery equipment and commercial technology alongside practical CPD sessions on tools, legislation and efficiency.
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Pecks Groundcare has become a new dealer for Redexim, bringing the Verti-Drain maker’s turf equipment range to sports, golf and amenity customers across Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire as part of its wider groundcare expansion.
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Origin Amenity Solutions’ 20-20-30 Tank Mix combines four technologies in one application to strengthen, support, condition and defend turf against Microdochium disease, offering greenkeepers a practical, integrated approach to plant health on golf greens and sports pitches.
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Reesink Turfcare says genuine Toro cylinders are often cheaper than aftermarket alternatives once fit, performance and service life are factored in, making now the right time for turf professionals to replace worn components after a demanding summer.
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Royal Birkdale’s greenkeepers used the Tacit Sholé Holecutter to prepare daily hole locations for The 154th Open, producing clean, vertical cups to championship standard – a process offering lessons in precision and efficiency for club-level greenkeeping too.
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A stop by stand OSA810 will be a must for visitors to this years GroundsFest, with Kubota and Baroness joining forces to showcase one of the industry’s most comprehensive equipment line-ups.
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Visitors to GroundsFest 2026 looking for sustainable nutrition and plant health solutions will find all the answers with a stop by Suståne Natural Fertilisers on stand 44.
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GKB Machines is set to make its GroundsFest debut this September, promising a showcase of robust maintenance solutions for natural and artificial surfaces on stand OSA80.
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Japanese precision and engineering excellence will be the theme of stand OSA810 at GroundsFest 2026, as Baroness and Kubota team up once again to deliver a showcase of equipment critical to fine turf, groundcare and landscaping applications.
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Aspen Fuel will be making a popular return to GroundsFest 2026, highlighting the significant benefits for operators, machinery and the environment of switching to alkylate petrol.
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Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) will be among the must-see exhibitors at this year’s GroundsFest, bringing one of the industry’s most comprehensive portfolios of products, services and technical expertise to Stoneleigh Park.
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Mitie and Kress have announced a strategic partnership deploying 24 autonomous Kress Voyager ‘mowbots’ across UK customer sites, one of the largest investments of its kind in facilities management and landscaping, blending automation with skilled human oversight.
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Stuart Wilson, the FIFA Pitch Venue Manager in Atlanta, started out as an assistant greenkeeper at Woburn Golf Club in Bedfordshire before working at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium and Croke Park, and now leads the ground staff for the Argentina-England World Cup semi-final.
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GKB Machines has expanded its sales team to support a period of rapid growth, appointing Dougie Archibald as UK & Ireland National Sales Manager and Anne van Engelen as Sales Director at its Barendrecht headquarters.
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As The 154th Open gets underway at Royal Birkdale, The R&A is celebrating ten years of Greenlinks – the sustainability framework that has cut on-site emissions by more than 93%, delivered five straight years of zero waste to landfill and significantly reduced overall Championship emissions.
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As Golf Course Superintendent at Bernardus Golf in The Netherlands, Niall Richardson has spent the past 10 years helping shape one of Europe’s most highly regarded modern golf venues, which is preparing to host the 2026 Solheim Cup.
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Jay Seaman, the golf course manager at Eaton Golf Club in Norfolk, takes us through his average day.
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At Airdrie Golf Club, course manager Jordan Cameron has taken a clear, back-to-basics approach to turf management, and with the support of Agrovista Amenity and growth regulator Attraxor®, the results are speaking for themselves.
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GroundsFest Academy welcomed grounds professionals from across the industry for its latest CPD-accredited event, Preparing Surfaces for Sports, held at Plymouth Football Club’s Home Park Stadium.
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Toro has introduced the Turf Pro 200, the smallest model in its autonomous Turf Pro range, bringing GNSS RTK-guided mowing to smaller, tighter turf areas like clubhouse surrounds – completing a connected lineup alongside the Turf Pro 300 and 500.
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Autumn disease pressure rarely arrives overnight. ICL’s Turf Defence programme is built on recognising when conditions begin to shift and acting before disease gains momentum.
