A Christmas tree ‘chipping’ scheme raised over £6K for a worthy cause, helped by a GreenMech QuadChip 160. Dorothy House, a charity providing care and support to people with life-limiting illnesses, recently teamed up with horticultural students from Wiltshire College in a Christmas Tree Recycling Scheme. In return for a donation, 131 trees were picked…

The organisers of SALTEX 2016, have reported that a record number of exhibitors have already rebooked for the 2017 event. SALTEX accumulated more than 50 additional exhibitors during the loyalty re-booking period in January 2017, compared with the same month in 2016. The combined attendance of 8,754 visitors over the two days at SALTEX 2016…

Hot on the heels of Ernest Doe being selected as a main distributor for Trilo products in the UK, they intend to hold a field demo day. A ‘free to attend’ event is scheduled for Wednesday 5th April 2017 at the East of England Showground in Peterborough to cover a wide range of Trilo machinery…

The year 2017 sees a major milestone in the groundscare industry with Ransomes Jacobsen celebrating its 185th anniversary of mower production at Ipswich. Edwin Budding’s historic lawnmower design was patented in 1830, and JR & A Ransome was the first company to obtain a licence to manufacture this remarkable invention. The first Ransomes-manufactured machine for…

Redditch Golf Club greens are now delivering consistent play thanks to advice, and a nutritional programme, from Headland Amenity. Its 18-hole parkland course, and six hole short course with driving range, is currently home to 600+ members. The club celebrated its centenary in 2013 and features USGA spec greens installed some 20 years ago. Although…

Burghley Park Golf Club in Peterborough has appointed its first-ever course manager after its head greenkeeper retired, following 36 years at the club. Paul Mills, who is an R&A scholar and has helped prepare courses for tournaments all over the world, said: “I’m absolutely delighted to be appointed as the course manager at Burghley Park.…

Rigby Taylor has introduced eight new grass seed mixtures featuring tetraploid technology ryegrasses, all with Germin-8 liquid seed treatment. The company, which is at the forefront of supplying innovative products for the successful management and maintenance of turf surfaces, says the new tetraploid grasses boast double the number of chromosones compared to diploid perennial ryegrass…

The following statement has been issued by British woodchipper manufacturer GreenMech, concerning its dispute with German manufacturer, Jensen Service GmbH: ‘GreenMech’s patent infringement action against Jensen in the German patent courts, to protect its ‘Safe-Trak’ European patent has been successfully concluded. Jensen hasstopped production of their ‘X’ track. ‘GreenMech’s unique ‘Safe-Trak’ wood chipper is the…

Jacobsen, the renowned manufacturer of turf maintenance equipment, introduced the highly anticipated GA600 aerator at this year’s BTME in Harrogate. The GA600 aerator is a truly versatile unit and is the first in a range of brand-new aeration equipment from Jacobsen. The deep tine aerator can work up to 3.4 km/h at a working depth…

The British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) is calling on its members to answer a questionnaire that will help produce a Golf Sustainability Project. Unmanaged areas of UK golf courses, which provide habitat for wildlife, wildflowers and other flora and fauna, are estimated to cover more than 1,000 square kilometres. With support from BIGGA, the…

ALS Contracts has used five Wiedenmann Terra Spikes to carry out a herculean aeration task at a 36-hole club in just two working days. In December the Telford based sports contractor aerated all fairways and roughs of both of Sundridge Park Golf Club’s 18 holes championship courses at Bromley, Kent back-to-back. Led by Dave Harvey,…

Kubota’s ride-on mower cashback programme is back by popular demand. The leading groundcare manufacturer is offering cashback opportunities across a number of its powerful, versatile and economic ride-on mower solutions, allowing operators to achieve high quality finishes quickly and efficiently, for less. The incentive is open to anyone who purchases a T or GR Series…

Charterhouse Turf Machinery has expanded its dealer network in Scotland with two recent appointments. Henderson Grass Machinery and Hamilton Bros are on board to cover central and western Scotland respectively, both adding the Redexim range of natural turf machinery and Graden range of verti-cutters to their portfolios. Henderson’s will be covering the Lothians and Borders,…

The SALTEX 2016 post-show visitor surveys have revealed a fascinating insight into the visitor profile of the show. SALTEX 2016 featured three exhibition halls at the NEC packed with UK and international visitors. More than 80 per cent of the visitors rated their overall SALTEX experience as being either very good or excellent. With 292…

Nearly half of all the available exhibition space at the recently-renamed Harrogate Convention Centre for BTME 2018 has already been sold, according to the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA), which hosts the event. Before the 2017 exhibition had even closed, BIGGA had already sold 950 square metres of space at BTME 2018. That amounts to 25 per cent of…

The British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) will discuss the launch of a brand new chemical group and worldwide volunteering opportunities at its central England regional conference on March 1. The event, at Kings Norton Golf Club, Birmingham, will also provide the most up-to-date education opportunities available to the region’s greenkeepers and among the…

This year is set to be an exciting one for GGM Groundscare and Kubota as the two leading groundcare machinery specialists celebrate a 40 year landmark working in partnership together and the announcement that GGM is further expanding its operations with the orange liveried manufacturer in the North West. GGM’s and Kubota originally joined forces…

John Ledwidge, grounds manager for reigning Premier League champions Leicester City FC, believes that his new range of Pellenc battery powered equipment offers his staff a safer, healthier and higher performing alternative to petrol powered products. From a team that spent the majority of the 2014/15 season close to the bottom of the table and…

Allan Patterson, estates and courses manager at Trump Turnberry, will be among the speakers at the BIGGA Scotland Golf Industry Conference 2017. Taking place at Perth Concert Hall on Tuesday 7 March, the conference is the flagship event of the 2017 calendar for the British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association’s Scottish region and brings together…

Following the successful launch of the Pellenc Rasion Basic and Smart models in 2015, the company has announced the latest pedestrian rotary mower in the range – the Pellenc Rasion Easy. The Rasion Easy is a combination of the previous two models launched last year as Etesia UK operations director Les Malin explains: “We found…

Bloxham School, in Oxfordshire, has recently purchased three new SISIS tractor mounted turf maintenance machines – the Powaspred, the Variseeder and the Flexibrush. With a plethora of synthetic and natural grass sports pitches at Bloxham School, grounds manager Glenn Davies and the rest of the grounds team have their work cut out. It is safe…