Bernhard’s Three Peaks Challenge

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Bernhard’s Three Peaks Challenge: Fourteen members of Bernhard Company will be tackling Snowdon in Wales, Scafell, in England and Ben Nevis in Scotland in a challenge which starts at 2pm on Friday 8th June 2018.

To successfully complete the challenge, the team has set out a plan to reach each of the summits and come back down again before 7pm on Saturday 9th June. Setting off from their Factory in Haverhill, they will spend 12 hours travelling 1,258 miles across the three countries. This will leave them 4,5 hours to climb Snowdon (7 miles long, with an ascent of 723m), 5 hours to climb Scafell (6 miles long with an ascent of 989m) and 6 hours to finish the 10.5 miles with the highest ascent of 1352m of Ben Nevis.

Bernhard's Three Peaks Challenge

The team is aiming to raise £2,500 before they set off to the trek. All funds raised will go towards supporting the work Mind, the mental health charity which provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Please support Gary Bonfield, Gary Woodward, Iqtidar Hassan, Neil Hullah, Piotr Zurawski, Renata Mundim, Robert Smith, Scott Purdy, Simon Hale, Steve Church, Steven Nixon, Sue Challis, Tony Sheppard, Dale Marshall in their effort to raise money for Mind.

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Drainage Key For Golf Protection

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Drainage Key For Golf Protection: With the UK’s increasingly erratic weather having a detrimental impact on golf, Aggregates Industries’ has stated that effective drainage is now more important than ever before when it comes to the successful design and management of golf courses.

According to a recent report, golf is facing an increase in unplayable holes, winter course closures and disruption to professional tournaments due to increased rainfall, all of which are a growing concern for the sport.

Drainage Key For Golf Protection

Extreme weather including wetter winters are also causing waterlogging and disease to grass and greens, the report added. As a result, the Greater Glasgow area alone has seen a 20% reduction in playing time on golf courses over the last decade.

Steve Curley, general manager for Lytag at Aggregate Industries, a leading supplier of building materials, comments: “The UK has seen six of the seven wettest years on record since 2000 and record-breaking wet winters in 2014 and 2015 – which is clearly having a damaging impact on golf and a growing concern for golf courses up and down the country.

“For golf clubs looking to – literally – weather the storm, having an effective drainage system in place is now considered paramount for protecting a green and ensuring playability in all weather conditions.”

According to Aggregate Industries, core to a superior drainage system is the use of secondary aggregates such as Sportag®, an innovative lightweight solution made from Lytag featuring a unique rounded shape and material properties that makes it ideal for land drainage applications.

Reducing the risk of flooding, Sportag is able to transmit water up to 10 times faster than gravel, which means it is particularly suited to golf courses, including slit trenches, gravel banding and Shelton Systems as well as fairways where firm dry surfaces are critical. What’s more, the incredibly sustainable solution’s 40% void ratio helps aid longevity, improving aeration and allowing roots to penetrate further.

Proving its credentials during recent works at Woburn Golf Club, Sportag was installed within trenches 25mm wide, spaced 2m apart and at a depth of 300mm. A quick and simple installation process, the course was immediately available for use, damage to the course was minimal, therefore keeping disruption to a minimum.

Steve Curley adds: “Due to its super absorbent properties, Sportag has been proven to aid with effective drainage and high moisture retention as demonstrated in the recent case of Woburn Golf Club. For golf clubs looking to provide first class playing surfaces year round, this revolutionary solutions will not disappoint.”

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New Agrint UK Distributor

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New Agrint UK Distributor: Estate owners, groundskeepers, landscapers and contractors are now able to purchase high quality Italian groundcare machinery through Farm Tech Supplies. Having been recently appointed as Agrint’s sole distributor in the UK, Farm Tech is proud to offer the professional compact tractor attachments through its dealer network.

The Agrint brand is a division of Del Morino who has been manufacturing and supplying high quality agricultural implements to the agricultural, landscape and amenity sectors for over 140 years. Well known for its light weight, durable and competitively priced products, the Agrint range is a welcome addition to Farm Tech’s product catalogue.

New Agrint UK Distributor

Helen Lloyd-Bisley of Farm Tech Supplies, says: “We are delighted to have been appointed the UK sole distributor for Agrint and look forward to showcasing their products at our events this year. There is a high demand for Agrint groundcare machinery here in the UK, and they have a great reputation for manufacturing well engineered products at affordable prices, which complements our existing products extremely well.”

All Agrint implements are designed and manufactured in Italy and 92% of components are manufactured in-house. The professional attachments are suitable for all popular sub-compact and compact tractors and come with a two year warranty as standard.

As well as being extremely well engineered, Agrint products are robust yet lightweight making them highly suitable for estate work and grounds maintenance. The range includes Rotovators, Flail Mowers, Manual Offset Flail Mowers, Heavy Duty Reversible Flail Mowers, Topper Mowers, Finishing Mowers, Wood Chippers and a Backhoe; a comprehensive choice of groundcare machinery for Farm Tech customers and dealers. Pricing starts from £995, highly competitive with other manufactures, and in many cases offering higher quality groundcare machinery at a more favourable price.

Farm Tech also stocks a range of spare parts and accessories ensuring customers get longevity and good use out of their Agrint groundcare machinery, available to purchase online or via Farm Tech’s network of distributors.

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New ICL Area Sales Manager

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New ICL Area Sales Manager: ICL has announced the appointment of Craig Lalley as its new Technical Area Sales Manager, with Craig set to cover North East England, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. 

Craig joins ICL with a wealth of experience having spent his entire working career within the turf and landscape industry. It all started in greenkeeping where Craig enjoyed 13 years working on golf courses. He then moved into amenity sales before joining Mansfield Sand as Football and Golf Sales Manager – a position he excelled in for the past four years before joining ICL.

New ICL Area Sales Manager

Complimenting Craig’s experience is his impressive list of qualifications which includes BASIS, Level 2 and 3 in Amenity Sports Turf, a Technical Certificate, a degree module in Construction & Design and certificates PA1, 2 and 6 in the Safe Use of Pesticides.

Craig starts his new role with ICL on 1st May and will be responsible for providing support to distributors and end users by offering high quality technical advice and product recommendations as well as creating tailored nutritional and disease control programmes.

For further information, please contact ICL on 01473 237100 or visit www.icl-sf.co.uk or www.icl-sf.ie

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Outlaw For Aspiring Gamekeepers

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Outlaw For Aspiring Gamekeepers: Two lucky kids, Arthur and Belle Rhodes arrived home from school one day to find a big surprise. National Gamekeeper Organisation member’s wife, Louise and dad Jamie had purchased tickets for their children and entered the NGO Summer Prize Draw launched at The Game Fair. The star prize was a Polaris Outlaw 50 Junior quad bike, which is designed for children over the age of six, and ideal for budding gamekeepers.

The winning ticket, which cost just £1, was drawn at the Countryfile Live Show at Blenheim Palace. To their delight Louise and Jamie Rhodes were the winners. The Polaris Outlaw, which has a RRP of £1,999, was presented to them by Richard Coleby, Polaris’ District Sales Manager.

Outlaw For Aspiring Gamekeepers

“We’re thrilled”, said Jamie “this has been an extremely welcome surprise to have won this bike, we have had a smaller quad bike for a couple years now for our two children Arthur and Belle to use but it is now too small and we were looking at replacing it with a new one. Both Arthur and Belle were so excited to take delivery of the bike. Unfortunately they were at school when it was delivered but it was an excellent surprise for them when they arrived home!”

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