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Royal Norwich Golf Club Completes Sale

Royal Norwich Golf Club, one of the Norfolk’s leading courses, has completed the sale of its land to developer Persimmon for £17m. The sale, which has been planned for number of years, will see the current site eventually being redeveloped into housing, while the golf club will relocate to Weston Park, following the acquisition of […]

AQUA-AID & ProGrass Host Successful Industry Information Days

Aqua-Aid’s Europe’s Irish distributor, Prograss, held two successful industry information days at Nass Golf Club, Kildare House and Castletroy Golf Club, Limerick Clubhouse at the beginning of March. The days were organised by Prograss’ Managing Director Gerard McEvoy, and hosted by David Behan, course manager at Nass Golf Club and Aiden Hiney golf course superintendent […]

Greenkeeper Diaries: Broadway

NCG chats to trainee Nick Gardener about the life of a greenkeeper… Course: Broadway Golf Club Name: Nick Gardener Position: Trainee greenkeeper You were a professional golfer. What brought you into greenkeeping? I was looking for a job and I was considering going back to university to train as a teacher. I went to my […]

Cricket: Free Trip On Offer For Groundsmen

A free trip to Headingley beckons for members of the Lincolnshire Cricket Groundsmen’s Association. The association is providing free transport from Lincoln to the Yorkshire stadium on Monday (March 27) to meet award-winning head groundsman Andy Foggerty and to learn about his pre-season preparations. Members will then visit the rugby ground next door to speak […]

Increasing Awareness

In a statement last week, the Amenity Sector welcomed the ECHA’s committee for risk assessment statement that glyphosate is not a carcinogen, mutagen or toxic. This re-affirms previous statements and conclusions. The adopted opinion will go through a normal editorial check before it is sent to the European Commission. This is an important stage in […]