Kubota UK has announced the appointment of leading European service-logistics specialist, Carousel, as its sole distribution partner, fulfilling all spare part requirements for its extensive dealer network, as well as optimising the manufacturer’s logistics services in support of enhanced customer satisfaction and long-term business growth. Effective immediately, Carousel will oversee all Kubota UK and European…

Pinnau GC, near Hamburg, became the first golf course in Germany to install the latest innovation from the team at EcoBunker. Aquaedge is an effective and aesthetically natural solution for provide erosion control to lake and stream banks. Following three successful projects in the UK and then a high profile project at Golf De Lignano,…

With Toro’s MVP kits greenkeepers, workshop technicians and mechanics can avoid maintenance headaches in the season ahead. As the grass growing season gets into full swing and your fleet’s workload increases, the last thing needed is extended machinery downtime and unexpected maintenance costs. This is a situation that can be avoided with Toro’s MVP (maintenance…

A rolling programme of work on the Church Course at St Enodoc over the winter has enhanced the playability of the championship links as well as the appearance of one of England’s most highly-regarded courses, states a club spokesman. One of the main renovation exercises carried out by the club was the re-levelling of the…

St James Park has been a home to football in Newcastle since 1880. In that time the stadium, as well as the teams playing there, have gone through a number of transformations. Overseeing the club properties for the last 17 years has been facilities manager Eddie Rutherford, who in 2017 upgraded the fleet of stadium…

After 10 years conducting independent research on turfgrass diseases, Dr John Dempsey PhD has found that there are alternatives to chemical treatment that will prevent problems from taking place Disease prevention and control is a major factor in the successful management of amenity turfgrasses, with turfgrass managers utilising numerous cultural and chemical methods as part…

As of March 2018, the barrier acting, total herbicide, Pistol®, from Bayer, has been labelled with two new extensions of use. These will include applications by CDA (Controlled Droplet Applicator) as well as vehicle mounted sprayers, in addition to the current approval for knapsack application. Lewis Blois, Bayer national account manager, explains that treatments using…

Charterhouse Turf Machinery, in conjunction with dealers Ben Burgess GroundsCare, recently entertained over 80 groundsmen and greenkeepers at an open day at Thetford Golf Club. The day included a technical talk from the STRI and gave turf managers the opportunity to share best practices with other industry professionals, as well seeing several practical demonstrations from…

GripClad GRP (glass reinforced plastic) composite gratings are now being used as effective anti-slip and anti-hazard solutions in golf courses across the UK. Their many uses include providing anti-slip on bridges, buildings and other structures, but the potential for further implementation remains largely untapped by many golf clubs. GRP grating can be put to good…

A 58-year career is not in itself remarkable, what is remarkable, as in the case of Bill Mitchell, is a 58-year career at the same club. Not to mention the 25-year relationship with Toro and Reesink Turfcare. After almost 60 years at Perranporth Golf Club, on the north coast of Cornwall, the club he joined…

The new Greg Norman-designed Rancho San Lucas course in Los Cabos, Mexico, centrepiece of an 834 acre masterplanned development, is the venue for synthetic bunker face specialist EcoBunker’s debut in the country. EcoBunker CEO Richard Allen, who recently travelled to the project site to advise on the construction of the bunkers, said: “The Norman firm…

A new pre and early post-emergence total herbicide, for the control of annual and perennial weeds, has been launched into the Irish market by Bayer, and is now available to purchase. Pistol® Flex brings a new active ingredient, to the market for broad spectrum control over a wide range of uses including treatments applied to…

A new wildflower mixture produces fast-to-establish, reliable and attractive meadow habitat. The mixture, specifically designed to produce a fast-establishing sward of UK-native wildflowers and meadow grasses, has been launched by Germinal Amenity. Formulated to produce the kind of quick and easy to establish meadow-type habitats required by modern, commercial landscaping projects, Germinal’s Everyday Meadow seed…

The Dennis Razor Ultra 560’s development was fine-tuned using feedback from greenkeepers following ‘out in the field tests’ and was the first product which utilised the company’s CAD system back in 2009. The mower has been designed for a high quality cut on greens and tees with its eleven-blade dedicated cutting cylinder offering a 560mm…

Agronomist Stella Rixon looks at both issues here Given the challenging dry spring and early summer weather in the south-east last year, many course fairways showed drought stress early. This always instigates conversations regarding installation of irrigation. However, there are always justified concerns on how the addition of irrigation might reduce the fairway playing quality.…