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Pittodrie Pitch To Be Relaid For European Qualifiers

May 4, 2017/in Press Release/by Turf Matters

Pittodrie pitch to be relaid for European qualifiers. Aberdeen will relay their Pittodrie pitch ahead of this summer’s Europa League qualifiers. The Dons will use the close season to rip up the current surface, which has been criticised by both players and management in recent weeks. Time is of the essence for Derek McInnes’ men, with […]

STRI Group Bolster Agronomy Team

May 4, 2017/in Press Release/by Turf Matters

STRI Group bolster agronomy team. STRI Group has strengthened its UK regional consultancy operation with the addition of two new turfgrass agronomists. Michael Boyes joins STRI after a distinguished career in greenkeeping where he worked in Spain, Dubai and over five years at Loch Lomond Golf Club. He’s an R&A scholar, with a BSc (Hons) in […]

Pittodrie Pitch To Be Relaid For European Qualifiers

May 4, 2017/in Press Release/by Turf Matters

STRI Group Bolster Agronomy Team

May 4, 2017/in Press Release/by Turf Matters

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Pittodrie Pitch To Be Relaid For European Qualifiers

May 4, 2017/in Press Release/by Turf Matters

Pittodrie pitch to be relaid for European qualifiers. Aberdeen will relay their Pittodrie pitch ahead of this summer’s Europa League qualifiers.

The Dons will use the close season to rip up the current surface, which has been criticised by both players and management in recent weeks.

Time is of the essence for Derek McInnes’ men, with the last match scheduled against Celtic on May 12 before they start the 2017/18 season on June 29.

Aberdeen’s final two matches of the season are away from home to allow staff to start work on laying new turf.

The current pitch has been in place since the summer of 2013 with McInnes admitting the time is right to make a change.

He told local newspapers: “The whole surface will be dug up. We kept waiting for it to get better but unfortunately it is not going to get better now until we rip it up.

“We will have a better pitch next season just because we will be allowed the time to do the work that is needed.”

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STRI Group Bolster Agronomy Team

May 4, 2017/in Press Release/by Turf Matters

STRI Group bolster agronomy team. STRI Group has strengthened its UK regional consultancy operation with the addition of two new turfgrass agronomists.

Michael Boyes joins STRI after a distinguished career in greenkeeping where he worked in Spain, Dubai and over five years at Loch Lomond Golf Club. He’s an R&A scholar, with a BSc (Hons) in turfgrass science and will be based in Milton Keynes covering the south of England and south midlands

Meanwhile Gary Walters will be based out of STRI headquarters in Bingley, West Yorkshire. Walters arrives from Myerscough College, where he worked as a full-time lecturer. Before Myerscough he had stints at The Belfry, Norwegian Golf Clubs Miklagard and Larvik, as well as the Vail Golf Club in Colorado, USA. Walters graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Sportsturf Science and Management and as a member of the R&A’s Greenkeeping Scholarship Programme.

Boyes and Walters, join fellow new agronomy recruit Richard Wing, who started in STRI’s new Scottish office in early March.

Over the past five years, STRI has bolstered its position as a market leader in the sports surface industry. Recently joining forces with Auburn University in the USA, as well as setting up a joint venture in China. This is in addition to recent significant investments made at its facilities in the UK, Australia and Qatar.

Head of agronomy at STRI, Alistair Beggs, said: “I am delighted to welcome Gary and Michael to the agronomy team. They bring with them a combination of practical experience and high level greenkeeping expertise which will enable them to deliver at a high level for our clients. Their recruitment gives us capacity to expand the services we offer to the market in the UK and Europe.”

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