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Saints Manager Praises Groundstaff

Claude Puel jokingly thanked the Saints groundsmen for their good work after a second “lucky” penalty miss for an opposition at St Mary’s this term, in which they’ve slipped on the turf at the Northam End. Harry Kane of Tottenham skied a spot kick back in December in the very same place Harry Arter booted […]

Kawasaki Engines And Spider Look Back On 15 Years

Today the option of remote controlled mowing for hard-to-reach or hazardous terrain is well established. Back at the start of the millennium this was certainly not the case. Professionals faced with steep inclines simply had to do their best with conventional technology, or at worst employ dangerous practices to ensure hillsides weren’t neglected. That all […]

Britain’s Huxley Golf Helps Inspire Young Golfers In Shanghai

Global leader in artificial surfaces for golf, Huxley Golf, exhibited at the China Golf Show (CGS) in Shanghai for the first time this spring. The three day event is one of the biggest in Asia, welcoming over 15,000 visitors and over 500 exhibitors showcasing premier golf technologies from around the World. Paul Huxley, Director of […]

SALTEX 2017 leading the way in innovation

SALTEX 2017 continues to attract some of the sector’s biggest names ensuring that visitors can again expect to see an impressive line-up of world-class innovation for use by managers of pitch, grounds, landscaping, park and estates when the event opens its doors at the NEC, Birmingham on 1 and 2 November. John Deere, Toro, Ransomes […]

How a Groundsman Became Footballs Most Notorious Mascot

The future looked bleak for Eddie Donne. In March 1998, he was 21 years old and living in Swansea, a gray, industrial seaside city known as the Welsh Riviera. Donne was the overworked groundskeeper at the Vetch Field, an obscure stadium named after an obscure vegetable that used to grow there. The Vetch was home […]