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Meet the course manager: Shaun Embleton
Course manager Shaun Embleton is spearheading a massive redevelopment at one of the north east’s premier resorts. He discusses moving away from committee-led structures, reimagining championship holes for a modern audience, and why Ramside Hall is the “sleeping giant” finally finding its voice.
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‘Dismiss your greenkeepers at your peril’
Agronomist Noel MacKenzie says that the venues that continue to invest in senior staff, particularly general managers and head greenkeepers, are the ones best placed to thrive in 2021 and beyond.
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Meet the head greenkeeper: Kevan Glass
The head greenkeeper at Brokenhurst Manor GC talks about course maintenance.
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Rigby Taylor introduces first 4 cultivar tetraploid perennial ryegrass blend
Containing specially penetrating surfactants, micro-nutrients, mycorrhizae and trichoderma viride, Rigby Taylor’s first four cultivar tetraploid perennial ryegrass blend protects turf diseases in their early stages.
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Hybrid mowers prove their worth
Founded in 1889, Royal County Down is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland and features two 18-hole links, the Championship Course and the Annesley Links.
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‘We are so sad to think people could do this’
A historic golf club that has said it will close down next year has had vandals tear up its course.
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The role of calcium in both soil structure and plant nutrition
The role calcium plays in sports turf management is vital – in particular the form that is supplied, explains Michael Fance, European Technical Manager for Aquatrols.
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Arthur Harrison passes away, aged 88
Former SISIS sales director Arthur Harrison has sadly passed away, aged 88.
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Improvements for West Herts GC following Toro irrigation installation
There’s a veritable roll call of improvements for West Herts Golf Club after the installation of a new Toro irrigation system in the winter of 2019.
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Rigby Taylor introduces new cultivar to treat dollar spot
Rigby Taylor has introduced a new 100 percent creeping bent (Agrostis stolonifera) mixture called Flagstick for the superior control of dollar spot.
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Bernhard and Company launches online demonstrations
Due to coronavirus, Bernhard and Company is to launch a series of demonstration webinars that will be available to book online and free to attend.
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70 UK golf clubs have now achieved GEO certification
The Golf Environment Organisation (GEO) has announced that 70 golf clubs have now achieved accreditation.
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How to combine liquid and granular nutrition for autumn programmes
Andrew Mcmahon from Rigby Taylor looks at combining liquid and granular nutrition for autumn programmes.
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Control your surface contact of coronavirus with EndoSan
Control your surface contact of coronavirus as well as bacteria, fungi and algae with EndoSan, a hydrogen peroxide solution for sanitising a wide range of surfaces from Rigby Taylor.
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Aspen Fuel boosts the H&S credentials for Green Valley Arborists
Health and safety is at the heart of operations for Halifax based Green Valley Arborists (GVA).
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SISIS Quadraplay helps new groundsman
Lawrence Brown may have only just embarked on a career in groundsmanship (two months in fact) but he’s already chosen the perfect partner to help him at Ilford Rugby Club in the form of a SISIS Quadraplay.