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SALTEX introduces new arcade zone

October 15, 2025/in Events, News, Press Release/by Admin

SALTEX introduces new arcade zone: SALTEX, the UK’s cutting-edge turf management show, is thrilled to unveil its brand-new Arcade Zone, a dynamic and interactive space bringing gamification and play to the heart of the exhibition. Located in Hall 17, between the Spotlight Stage and the VIP Lounge, the Arcade Zone offers a space to recharge […]

Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award open for entries

October 15, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award open for entries: The Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award 2026 is open for entries. The Award seeks to reward golf clubs and other sport facilities proactively creating areas for all pollinator insects, along with managing other ecology initiatives that enhance the biodiversity alongside playing surfaces. There are no Golf Environment Awards taking […]

SALTEX introduces new arcade zone

October 15, 2025/in Events, News, Press Release/by Admin

Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award open for entries

October 15, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

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SALTEX introduces new arcade zone

October 15, 2025/in Events, News, Press Release/by Admin

SALTEX introduces new arcade zone: SALTEX, the UK’s cutting-edge turf management show, is thrilled to unveil its brand-new Arcade Zone, a dynamic and interactive space bringing gamification and play to the heart of the exhibition.

Located in Hall 17, between the Spotlight Stage and the VIP Lounge, the Arcade Zone offers a space to recharge and get stuck into a bit of friendly competition, all without leaving the action. It allows visitors the chance to press pause on business and dive into fast-paced games and win a whole heap of prizes!

SALTEX introduces new arcade zone

Key Features Include:

GMA Grass Identification Game– Put your turf knowledge to the test, complete the quiz correctly in the quickest time, and win a year’s GMA membership!
Husqvarna Robot Mower Racetrack– Ready, Set, Mow! It’s a battle of speed on Husqvarna’s custom-built track to be crowned champion.
Cramer’s Leaf Blower Darts– Propel the ball through the launch tube and register the highest score to win Cramer’s 82V Blower 22 N.
Fast Feet Football Challenge– How quick are your feet? Step into the arena and test your agility in this timed football skills challenge. Compete for the leaderboard and bragging rights and your chance to win £100!
Racing Simulator -Take on a range of racetracks and be in with a chance to win an Ultimate Adventures Experience Box.
Virtual Golf: Closest to the Pin Challenge– Grip it and rip it! Take your best shot on the cityscape hole for your chance to win an Ultimate Adventures Experience Box.

The Arcade Zone is just one of several exciting new features launching at SALTEX in 2025.

Visitors can also look forward to The Workshop with Tom Stidder, offering hands-on guidance to help grounds teams get the best out of their equipment, and a headline Learning LIVE session on mindset from rugby legend James Haskell – followed by a DJ set in the Clubhouse during Happy Hour. And, for the first time ever, parking is FREE for all attendees.

“We’re always looking for fresh ways to enhance the SALTEX experience,” said Sarah Hunter, Head of Events at the Grounds Management Association. “We listen closely to the demands and needs of the industry, and we know that as much as SALTEX is about business and discovering what’s new, it’s also about connecting people to others in the industry. The Arcade Zone brings a playful new energy to the show, encouraging people to interact and enjoy being part of something bigger.”

The Arcade Zone is open to all visitors and free to enjoy. Join us at SALTEX and level up your experience.

Register for FREE and be in with a chance of winning a Cramer Tools Lawn Mower, complete with charger and battery, worth £2,240!

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Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award open for entries

October 15, 2025/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award open for entries: The Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award 2026 is open for entries.

The Award seeks to reward golf clubs and other sport facilities proactively creating areas for all pollinator insects, along with managing other ecology initiatives that enhance the biodiversity alongside playing surfaces.

Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award open for entries

There are no Golf Environment Awards taking place for 2026, so the Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award will be presented at the prestigious BIGGA Awards Evening at BTME, Harrogate in January.

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The Award, open for UK golf clubs and sport facilities, is being managed by the STRI and judged by an independent industry panel, including the Wildlife Trust, BIGGA and last year’s Operation Pollinator Award winner, Melissa Winkworth of Goring & Streatley Golf Club.

Entry is a simple on-line questionnaire and sending in photos, detailing what you do, what has been seen and how it is communicated with players and the public, along with how ecology initiatives fit with the overall turf management. A short-list of finalists will be contacted for a discussion with leading STRI ecologist, Stella Rixon.

She advocates the Operation Pollinator Award provides a great opportunity for greenkeepers and the golf industry to showcase the immense ecological resource that has been created.

“It’s a good news story for you, your team and your club,” adds Stella.

Syngenta Turf Business Manager, Sarah Hughes, highlights with all the golf clubs actively signed-up and engaged in the initiative Operation Pollinator has been shown to have a place on every course.

“Together, the clubs involved with Operation Pollinator have created a vast network of habitats for pollinating insects and wider biodiversity in well managed habitats, alongside managing turf for golf and sport,” she says.

“Using Operation Pollinator to learn from each other’s experiences and share best practices for both habitat management and communicating with clubs and players is a huge benefit, and a great way for the industry to demonstrate the value of golf as a positive ecological resource.

“We urge all clubs to get involved; sign-up now and enter for the Operation Pollinator Award.”

Operation Pollinator aims to support golf clubs and sports facilities to establish and manage areas that will provide essential food resources and nesting habitat for pollinators, including native bees, butterflies and other insects.

The initiative brings together a community of turf managers to help each other and share their successes and experience, along with demonstrating the immense ecological value of managed amenity turf areas.

Entries for Operation Pollinator Award 2026 close on Friday 21^st November.

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SALTEX introduces new arcade zone

Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award open for entries

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SALTEX introduces new arcade zone

SALTEX introduces new arcade zone: SALTEX, the UK’s cutting-edge turf management show, is thrilled to unveil its brand-new Arcade Zone, a dynamic and interactive space bringing gamification and play to the heart of the exhibition.

Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award open for entries

Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award open for entries: The Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award 2026 is open for entries.

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