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Sean Brocklehurst – my journey, mentorship and leading the team at South Herts Golf Club
South Herts course manager Sean Brocklehurst discusses the reality of greenkeeping in 2026 — from managing record-breaking weather patterns and anthracnose to deploying robot fairways mowers and building an onsite reservoir for long-term sustainability.
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Happy retirement Gordon!
Gordon Brammah, course manager at Hallamshire Golf Club, is retiring after an incredible 38 years at the venue. John Murphy reports.
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AgriMetal signs up with new UK distributor
Reesink is the new distributor for AgriMetal blowers and collectors in the UK.
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Advice and support secures the switch to Johnsons Sports Seed for Clevedon GC
Backed with advice from two trusted industry contacts Richard Ponsford, course manager at Clevedon Golf Club, has been delighted with his switch to Johnsons Sports Seed.
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The FairWays Foundation completes inaugural grant cycle
After Aquatrols founded The FairWays Foundation in January 2019, the global not-for-profit has completed its first grant cycle this summer, with successful grant announcements having now taken place.
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Used Toro machinery network launched in the UK
Reesink Turfcare has created an online nationwide network providing access to the best used Toro machinery available in the UK.
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Meet the course manager: Ian Beech
Ian works at Newcastle-under-Lyme Golf Club. Here he talks about his career, the challenge of managing a course during Covid-19 and why he is investing in all-electric course machinery.
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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.