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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 […]

New ‘Twin’ Fertilisers Deliver Consistent N

An all-new range of advanced granular fertilisers, which uses two slow release sources of nitrogen to provide a phased-release over a 16-week period from one application, has been launched by COMPO EXPERT. The new Floranid®Twin range of phased-release fertilisers has been specifically designed for use on sports pitches, golf courses, tennis courts and all fine-turf […]

Groundstaff Honour Fallen Hero PC Keith Palmer

Peterborough United will pay their own small tribute to fallen policeman Keith Palmer tomorrow (April 1). Palmer lost his life in the recent Westminster attack. He was a long-standing Charlton season ticket-holder, the team Posh host in a League One clash at the ABAX Stadium tomorrow. There will be a minute’s silence before the match […]