Alistair

  • The Committee for Golf Club Salaries (CGCS) has recommended an increase in salaries of five percent for golf club managers and greenkeepers, following a bumper year of participation.

  • BTME Preview: Reesink UK

    Stand 420 will be home to Toro electric machinery, Toro irrigation, Otterbine, SRC, STAR EV, TYM tractors and AgriMetal attachments – making it a must-have visit on your trip to Harrogate.

  • BTME Preview: Dennis and SISIS

    Dennis and SISIS will be introducing their new and exciting range of environmentally friendly turf maintenance machinery to the golf market at BTME 2022.

  • BTME Preview: Redexim

    Following an official re-brand in July 2021, Redexim will be returning to BTME 2022 to showcase equipment from across its sports turf and landscaping divisions.

  • BTME Preview: GKB

    Stand 406 in the purple zone promises to be a showcase of equipment for all seasons as GKB Machines get set to return to BTME.

  • BTME Preview: Headland Amenity

    Headland Amenity will be shining a spotlight on its range of water management products – including TeraFirm, DewCure and TriCure AD – at BTME 2022.

  • An early morning image of sunrise over the Castle Course at St Andrews Links has been proclaimed the winner of an annual greenkeeping photographic competition.

  • The head greenkeeper at St Athan Golf Club in Wales, a nine-hole course that boasts a particularly challenging 590 yard par five hole, takes us through his average day.

  • Origin Amenity Solutions is a new name to BTME but its group members are well known and highly regarded.

  • BTME Preview: Waste2Water

    “Along with everyone else, we’re delighted to be back after missing last year due to Covid,” says Tim Earley, managing director of ESD Waste2Water.

  • BTME Preview: DLF Seeds

    DLF Seeds prides itself on consistently improving and setting the standard for grass seed excellence, and its mixtures for 2022 will be no different.

  • BTME Preview: Vanmac

    After being appointed as a full-line distributor in March 2021, Vanmac will be returning to BTME 2022, with stand Red 269 the proud new home for Progressive Mowers.

  • BTME Preview: Suståne

    A stop by the Suståne stand at BTME 2022 is a must for anybody looking for natural solutions to plant nutrition and soil management.

  • A greenkeeper has retired after working at the same club for 57 years – possibly a record in the history of greenkeeping.

  • A number of golf venues, from Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society to Royal Norwich, have installed Capillary Bunkers recently, as course managers benefit from a product with a 10-year performance guarantee.

  • Oakland Hills Country Club’s South Course is celebrating the completion of an extraordinary restoration project through the support of Bernhard and Company.

  • Angus Council in eastern Scotland is to spend £20,000 on a study to stop flooding at Arbroath Golf Course.

  • Staples Farms, a 70-year-old family-owned farming business in Lincolnshire, has chosen an Otterbine aerator to keep its reservoirs’ water quality to the highest standards.

  • Contractor Marc Kerr has praised the GKB Sandfiller for the benefits it brings to surfaces and operator alike.

  • Stellar Asset Management, working in partnership with Ben Blackburn Golf, has purchased two Ventrac golf course maintenance equipment packages for their two golf clubs.

  • “The product is truly non slip. We have a great relationship with GripClad and are proud to endorse their products.” Hillside Golf Club, Southport.