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Ben Hodson joins Replay Maintenance

July 9, 2026/in News, People, Press Release/by Admin

Ben Hodson joins Replay Maintenance Replay Maintenance has continued to expand its natural turf operations with the appointment of experienced turf professional Ben Hodson as Business Development Support. Ben joins the company with almost a decade of experience in the sports turf industry and will play a key role in supporting the growth of Replay […]

Attraxor helps Airdrie Golf Club deliver stronger, smoother greens

July 9, 2026/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Attraxor helps Airdrie Golf Club deliver stronger, smoother greens At Airdrie Golf Club, Course Manager Jordan Cameron has taken a clear, back-to-basics approach to turf management, and with the support of Agrovista Amenity and growth regulator Attraxor®, the results are speaking for themselves. Jordan joined the club, which celebrates its 150th anniversary next year, nearly […]

Ben Hodson joins Replay Maintenance

July 9, 2026/in News, People, Press Release/by Admin

Attraxor helps Airdrie Golf Club deliver stronger, smoother greens

July 9, 2026/in News, Press Release/by Admin

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Ben Hodson joins Replay Maintenance

July 9, 2026/in News, People, Press Release/by Admin

Ben Hodson joins Replay Maintenance

Replay Maintenance has continued to expand its natural turf operations with the appointment of experienced turf professional Ben Hodson as Business Development Support.

Ben Hodson joins Replay Maintenance

Ben joins the company with almost a decade of experience in the sports turf industry and will play a key role in supporting the growth of Replay Maintenance’s natural turf division, working alongside Head of Natural Turf, Ben Sadler.

Ben’s role will involve helping to develop new business opportunities, supporting customers through funding applications, and delivering machinery maintenance services designed to improve the quality and playability of grassroots sports pitches.

Speaking about his decision to join Replay Maintenance, Ben said that the company’s ambition and vision for the future were major factors in his move.

“What attracted me was the ambition behind the company and the opportunity to work for a business that is building something exciting in the natural turf sector,” he said. “It’s a new challenge for me and one that I’m really looking forward to.”

Ben’s passion for the industry stems from seeing the positive impact that quality sports surfaces can have on local communities.

“What I enjoy most is seeing the difference you can make to community pitches,” he said. “They’re football pitches, but they’re also public spaces. You’re helping communities and giving younger generations the opportunity to play on better-quality surfaces.”

Before joining Replay Maintenance in April, Ben built an impressive career across several sectors of the industry. After leaving the Army, he spent four years working at a top 100 UK golf course before moving to Leicester City Football Club, where he worked at the club’s training ground.

He later transitioned into a role with Leicester City’s Sports Turf Academy, helping grassroots football clubs secure funding and improve their playing facilities – experience that aligns closely with his current position at Replay Maintenance.

Among his proudest achievements is being part of the Leicester City grounds team that won Grounds Team of the Year on two consecutive occasions.

Looking ahead, Ben is focused on helping establish Replay Maintenance as a recognised name within the natural turf sector.

“My goal over the next 12 months is to bring as many clients on board as possible and help raise awareness of Replay’s natural turf services,” he said. “The company is already well known in the artificial turf market, and I want to help build that same reputation on the natural turf side while continuing to deliver high-quality maintenance work.”

Reflecting on his arrival at Replay Maintenance, Ben believes the timing couldn’t be better.

“It’s exciting,” he said. “I’m joining during the early stages of the company’s growth in natural turf and have the opportunity to help build something. Being able to contribute to that journey and see the progress we make is something I’m really looking forward to.”

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Attraxor helps Airdrie Golf Club deliver stronger, smoother greens

July 9, 2026/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Attraxor helps Airdrie Golf Club deliver stronger, smoother greens

At Airdrie Golf Club, Course Manager Jordan Cameron has taken a clear, back-to-basics approach to turf management, and with the support of Agrovista Amenity and growth regulator Attraxor®, the results are speaking for themselves.

Attraxor helps Airdrie Golf Club deliver stronger, smoother greens

Jordan joined the club, which celebrates its 150th anniversary next year, nearly three years ago after a varied career in greenkeeping that began when he left school.

The opportunity to take on the course manager role at Airdrie was one he couldn’t ignore.

“I could see the opportunity to implement my own ideas and take things to the next level,” he says. “Everything we said from day one that we were going to do, we’ve managed to achieve so far. It’s not just the greens; we’ve improved all aspects of the course.”

One of Jordan’s key objectives from the outset was to reduce disease pressure through solid agronomic fundamentals.

“The main goal when I came in was to go as disease-free as we possibly could,” he explains. “We achieved that in the first year. It’s really just about going back to basics – keeping the plant dry, keeping the surface open, and doing the simple things well.”

With a team of four maintaining the parkland course, those fundamentals include regular aeration at varying depths, scarifying, slitting, and winter use of a sarel roller to keep surfaces open and healthy.

“I always say there isn’t just one thing that makes the difference,” Jordan adds. “It’s everything working together.”

Alongside those mechanical practices, Attraxor has become a central part of the greens management programme. Originally introduced to help reduce Poa annua seedheads, the plant growth regulator quickly proved its value across the growing season.

“In my other roles I have used it briefly, but I really started using it properly here,” says Jordan. “It was mainly the Poa seedheads that we were targeting. I trialled it and it worked wonders.”

Attraxor contains the active ingredient prohexadione, which regulates turf growth by inhibiting the gibberellic acid pathway, reducing vertical growth and biomass while maintaining turf colour and quality. It also encourages root development, helping create stronger and more resilient playing surfaces.

For Jordan, the most noticeable improvement has been the consistency and density of the greens.

Attraxor helps Airdrie Golf Club deliver stronger, smoother greens

“The density of the turf is unbelievable,” he says. “It’s almost like a carpet. It’s thicker, tighter and sits a lot straighter without that lateral growth. It just creates a much nicer playing surface.”

Jordan has even experimented with winter applications of Attraxor – a decision that has delivered positive results on Airdrie’s free-draining, sand-based greens.

“We took a bit of a risk the first year trying it through the winter, but we noticed the ball roll was so much smoother,” he explains. “Coming into the season the surfaces were already in a much better position.”

Another key factor behind the programme’s success has been the support from Agrovista Amenity’s Technical Sales Manager Stewart Carbray. The relationship has developed to the point where the club now operates a full course programme with Agrovista as its sole supplier.

“We’ve got a full programme with them now for greens, tees and everything else – granular fertilisers, wetting agents, fungicides, the lot,” says Jordan. “Using Agrovista as a sole supplier just makes sense for us.”

More importantly, Jordan values the advice and honesty he receives from the team.

“Stewart is fantastic, he’s a huge help. Because he’s been a greenkeeper previously, he understands what you’re going through. It’s not just a sales relationship.”

He adds: “Stewart isn’t going to sell you something just for the sake of it. If he doesn’t think you need a product, he’ll say so. That level of trust is massive.”

With a growing portfolio of products and continued technical support, Agrovista Amenity is helping Jordan ensure that Airdrie’s historic course continues to move forward.

“As a course manager you need products that perform and people you can trust,” he says. “With Agrovista Amenity, we’ve got both.”

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