Entries by tm-admin

Fantasy Football Winners

Fantasy Football Winners: Another fantastic Premier League season has come to an end, and with it, our Fantasy Football league sponsored by Dennis & SISIS for the 2017/18 campaign. Congratulations go to the top ten players in the league, who have secured prizes as a result of their successful teams. The top 10: Gary Starr […]

An Apology

SIS Apology: Turf Matters would like to apologise for factual errors which appear in the World Cup section in our latest issue. As a publication we always go to reliable sources but on this occasion while our source was reliable it wasn’t the definitive source. The information was provided to us in good faith and we […]

Exploring The Lakes

Exploring The Lakes: A recent family trip to Sydney to see my daughter, afforded me the opportunity to visit some local sporting venues, I was particularly interested in visiting the Lakes GC , knowing that Simon Blagg, a British Greenkeeper, was working there. After a few phone calls I managed to contact Simon who is now […]

Campey’s Pitch Renovation Day

Campey’s Pitch Renovation Day: Campey Turf Care Systems is bringing the highly successful Grassroots Pitch Renovation Day to Debdale Park Football Club in Mansfield on Wednesday 16th May 2018. The maintenance of local football pitches and playing fields has long been in decline with those using them suffering from poor playing conditions and consistently postponed games. This […]

Biochar Trials Hit Hole In One

Biochar Trials Hit Hole In One: Okehampton Golf Club, Dartmoor National Park, trials enriched biochar to eliminate fungicide use. A new turf improver with roots in traditional green keeping is arming Course Managers with a natural alternative to ever restricted fungicides and chemical fertilisers. Carbon Gold’s Enriched Biochar Soil Improver is a horticultural form of charcoal […]

ISEKI UK & Ireland Launch

ISEKI UK & Ireland Launch: ISEKI UK & Ireland hosted an official opening at its new Ipswich home last week. Since being founded in 1926, ISEKI has contributed to the modernisation of Japan’s agricultural industry as a full-time manufacturer specialising in farming machinery. ISEKI prides itself on extensive research and development that is matched with high […]

Launch Of ISEKI UK & Ireland

Launch Of ISEKI UK & Ireland: ISEKI UK & Ireland has been launched as part of a huge investment in UK and Ireland markets by the Japanese tractor manufacturer. The launch of ISEKI UK & Ireland is an exciting development showing great investment and commitment by ISEKI in these key markets. ISEKI UK ltd is a […]

Former Shrewsbury Town groundsman passes away

Former Shrewsbury Town groundsman and Shropshire cricketer Brian Perry passes away: Former Shrewsbury Town groundsman and Shropshire cricketer Brian Perry has died at the age of 74. Perry was the groundsman at Gay Meadow for 26 years before the club moved to their new stadium at Oteley Road. But before that he enjoyed great success with […]