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Water Made Irrigation Ready By Otterbine

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Water Made Irrigation Ready By Otterbine At The R&A’s Equipment Testing Centre: High Volume picked for ability to keep water clean and healthy at golf practice area.

Otterbine’s High Volume aerator has been installed in the golf practice area in The R&A’s Equipment Testing Centre at Kingsbarns, Scotland, to keep the water well-aerated and the build-up of algae to a minimum.

Water Made Irrigation Ready By Otterbine

“Otterbine was considered a good choice to aerate the water for irrigating the practice area, based on the good company it keeps under Reesink Turfcare distributorship. Reliable after-sales service was important and we know through our work with Reesink and its Toro products this is what we’d get. Otterbine is providing us with the high quality solution for an important client we would expect.”

And that solution is clean and healthy water. Callum Oliphant, managing director of Applied Irrigation, one of Scotland’s leading irrigation specialists, who worked with The R&A and Kimber Golf on making this product choice, says: “Irrigation is vital to keep the greens in the best condition so tests can be performed on a true playing surface and clean healthy water is essential for that. One pond feeds the entire underground irrigation tank so we knew the product we chose had to be able to shift a good quantity of water.

“Otterbine is the best on the market and the High Volume in particular is powerful with impressive oxygen transfer and pumping rates. Keeping the water clean and healthy won’t be a problem for this system.”

Otterbine is the only manufacturer to have oxygen transfer and pumping rates independently tested and published on its aeration systems with the High Volume offering the highest in the industry.

Moving an impressive 3.3lbs or 1.5kg of oxygen per horsepower hour and pumping over 900GPM or 198 m3/hr, Otterbine’s experience is obvious in the performance and results of the High Volume. Constructed from stainless steel, thermoplastics and with a rugged low speed motor, this system is built to deliver results no matter what the aquatic environment.

Rigorous state-of-the-art testing is performed at The R&A’s Equipment Testing Centre by scientists, robots and some of the most elite players on the circuit, using the small but perfectly formed practice area. The added benefit of the bubbling water sound of the High Volume is, says Callum, conducive to creating a tranquil and relaxing place to put the equipment through its paces.

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Keeping Up Standards In Amenity Management

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Keeping Up Standards In Amenity Management: Management of amenity areas in all their diversity is important and essential and impacts upon UK citizens every day.

This is especially the case in terms of weed, pest and disease management, providing a safe, healthy and sustainable environment and surfaces for sport and activity fit for purpose.

At a recent conference, Professor John Moverley, Independent Chairman of the Amenity Forum, urged all those awarding amenity management contracts and employing people to undertake such work, to ensure such operators demonstrate their professionalism and qualifications to undertake the work. One important element in terms of a contractor for example is asking whether they are one of the almost 70 organisations supporting the Amenity Forum. This in itself indicates their commitment to best practice and understanding of what is required. Another element is to seek their commitment to operating at Amenity Assured standards.

Keeping Up Standards In Amenity Management

John said ‘’We have a high degree of professionalism in our sector and very high standards but, just as if employing an electrical contractor or a builder when you would seek evidence of an assured standard, so it should be the case for amenity management. The management of amenity areas is so important to us all and, if using a professional contractor, business or individual fully committed to best practice, you can be assured of the highest quality and operator standards’’

John referred to the food assurance scheme, often known as the Red Tractor, and would wish to see a similar scheme become seen as standard practice in amenity. John continued ‘’Whilst local authorities and other such bodies are clearly under high financial pressure, appointing contractors and others committed to assured standards and best practice is both wise and provides best value and performance for all benefitting from well managed amenity areas’’

The Amenity Forum is the voluntary initiative for the sector promoting best practice and working with all involved including government to deliver safe, healthy and sustainable amenity areas. They promote an integrated approach making the best and appropriate use of all methods available, both chemical and non-chemical. The standard for those organisations who support the Forum work is set out in the Ten Golden Rules, available to view on their website, www.amenityforum.co.uk

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Automated Managed Services at SALTEX 2017

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Automated Managed Services at SALTEX 2017: Cut your operational costs in half with Automated Managed Services (AMS) by introducing robot technology into your turf care regime.

The robot mower BigMow, distributed by AMS has been revolutionizing grass maintenance at 600+ fields/outfields across Europe.

Automated Managed Services at SALTEX 2017

A single BigMow robot mower can cut 2.5 hectares 3 to 5 times a week. It’s manicure style mulching, returns the grass to soil as nutrients leaving no waste, storage or disposal. Resulting in stronger grass thanks to better root growth, along with a reduced need for chemical fertilisers or weed killers. BigMow is totally safe, 100% ecological and only requires 10 minutes of cleaning a week.

Empower your business, save time, money and labour resources. With AMS robots you can have perfect grass at a lower cost. Find out how you can benefit from automated robots, comes see us at Saltex show stand A030 or call 01462 676 222 for more information.

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FLEXBLADE Core Collector System from Groundsman Industries

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FLEXBLADE Core Collector System from Groundsman Industries: The original groundsman FLEXBLADE aeration soil collectors now available to fit all types of aerators and turf vehicles.

Save Time and Money when you fit a Groundsman FLEXBLADE Collector Attachment to your aerator to CORE and COLLECT in one pass. View the video on www.groundsmanindustries.com or on YouTube.
The original groundsman FLEXBLADE aeration soil collectors now available to fit all types of aerators and turf vehicles.

Attaches to any Aerator pedestrian or tractor mounted with swath widths from 60cm (24”) up to 210cm (83”)

The FLEXBLADE Core Collector System, the most efficient method of collecting cores soaking wet or powder dry. More than half are caught before they touch the ground, the remainder are scooped cleanly from the surface by the FLEXBLADE that follows undulations with precision for the cleanest possible collection.

Available for Compact Tractors & Turf Vehicles for Follow-up Collection of Cores and Linear Aeration Soil.

Contact Groundsman Industries to discuss your requirements: Groundsman Industries Ltd., Co Antrim, N. Ireland.
Tel: +44 (0)28 2766 7049 or Email: info@groundsmanindustries.com

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Find Out Whats In Store For Smith Construction At SALTEX

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Find Out Whats In Store For Smith Construction At SALTEX: Smith Construction are delighted to announce they will be returning to exhibit at Saltex again this year. The show will take place at the Birmingham NEC on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd November. 

Smith Construction will be showcasing a number of artificial turf products from a variety of high quality manufacturers. Being an independent installer, Smith Construction can offer various surfaces to their clients, many of which are accredited by sports governing bodies, including FIH, FIFA, World Rugby and ITF.

Find Out Whats In Store For Smith Construction At SALTEX

Smith Construction are also Certified Field Builder’s for The International Hockey Federation (FIH), meaning they specialise in building hockey fields and provides a full service to their clients. This certification from hockey’s governing body, FIH, places Smith Construction in a unique and elite category. As well as being an FIH Field Builder, Smith Construction are also on a National Framework set up by FIFA, The FA, The Football Foundation, Sport England and England Hockey set up to help increase the standard of artificial grass pitch construction.

With an outstanding reputation within the industry for sports engineering design, Smith Construction (Heckington) Ltd also specialise in ground stabilisation, sustainable drainage systems and retaining structures, providing clients with assurance from the start of a project to its completion. All works are completed in-house, by skilled and experienced people. Finished facilities are expertly cared for by Smith Maintenance to maximise their life-cycle.

Do you have a project in the pipeline in which you’d like to discuss further? Unsure which surface best meets your requirements? Visit out stand K185 on Wednesday or Thursday and speak with the friendly and experienced team from Smith Construction.

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