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Another Two GreenFields Pitches for Top Club Charlton Athletic

May 3, 2017/in Press Release/by Admin

After the successful installation of their stadium and training pitches, top English football club Charlton Athletic F.C. has once again selected GreenFields for two more 3G pitches, both at their training ground. Work is now underway on the new pitches which form part of Phase II of the multi-million pound development at Charlton’s Academy. The […]

Pink Spider seen on Mountain slopes in switzerland

April 29, 2017/in Press Release/by Peter Driver

Pohled Czech Republic (28 April 2017) It was enough to have arachnologists around the globe in a state of high tension when a giant pink Spider was seen on the mountain pastures in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. However, it was not some previously undiscovered species, but a Spider 2 remote-controlled mower that was […]

Another Two GreenFields Pitches for Top Club Charlton Athletic

May 3, 2017/in Press Release/by Admin

Pink Spider seen on Mountain slopes in switzerland

April 29, 2017/in Press Release/by Peter Driver

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Another Two GreenFields Pitches for Top Club Charlton Athletic

May 3, 2017/in Press Release/by Admin

Work is now underway on the new pitches which form part of Phase II of the multi-million pound development at Charlton’s Academy. The four-phased development of the training facilities began in 2015 and once completed will provide facilities to benefit Charlton Athletic, Charlton Athletic Community Trust, Charlton Athletic Women’s Team, Footscray Rugby Club and the local community.

The redevelopment which is being fully funded by the football club will also include new changing rooms, classrooms, a consultation area, increased parking and an access road.

Charlton Athletic CEO Katrien Meire commented on the ongoing developments: “The improvements to the training ground will benefit the club and the local community for many decades to come.”

GreenFields attended the official launch of Phase II of the development at the beginning of March along with Eltham MP Clive Efford, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich Cllr Denise Hyland along with Charlton Athletic and Footscray Rugby Club representatives.

GreenFields UK Sales Manager, Colin Lyons said: “We are extremely proud that Charlton have once again selected us for the next stage of their redevelopments. To be part of such an impactful project for both the community and professional sport fits in with the very ethos of GreenFields as a company.”

During Phase I where GreenFields installed two 3G state-of-the-art woven MX pitches, the club used Footscray Rugby Clubs facilities. As part of Phase II of the project, GreenFields are installing a new 3G pitch for the rugby club. Club Chairman, Andy De Lord said: “At a time when rugby clubs are struggling to develop and get players in, the facilities will help us to attract the people who want to get involved in rugby.”

The new 3G pitches and access road (also being developed by GreenFields) are expected to be complete by September of this year.

Pink Spider seen on Mountain slopes in switzerland

April 29, 2017/in Press Release/by Peter Driver

However, it was not some previously undiscovered species, but a Spider 2 remote-controlled mower that was being used by a local contractor to maintain the grassed slopes on local farms in the Swiss alps.

His partner’s favourite colour is pink and, where possible, all his farm contracting equipment is painted pink, the plastic coverings for his silage bales are pink, the bells around the cows’ necks are pink and he wears pink shorts during the summer months.

Lubor Hladik, international sales manager at Dvorak, the manufacturers of Spider machines explained,

“We took an enquiry from our Swiss distributor for a Spider 2, but unusually they wanted it painted bright pink; we later discovered that it was the customer’s partner who is obsessed with the colour and it needed to match other equipment on the farm. As the customer is always right, we found the correct colour pigment and fulfilled their request. We’ve produced Spiders in black livery previously, for the Daytona Speedway track in the USA, but never in pink. That was a first!”

About Dvorak

The Dvorak – svahove sekacky Ltd. was founded on July 1, 2004 by Lubomír Dvořák. The patent protected radio controlled Spider slope mower is the principal product of the company. The revolutionary design of the Spider product range created a new sector into the groundscare market when introduced in 2004. During the past 13 years the product portfolio has expanded and a sales network now covers over 40 countries around the world.

Spider mowers can be used in multiple applications on golf courses; local authority open spaces; national, regional and local parks; water and river management; roads, rail and highways; waste management sites, airports and military installations; power generation utilities; vineyards and orchards; national heritage sites; skiing and sport resorts; motor sport arenas and solar farms.

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Another Two GreenFields Pitches for Top Club Charlton Athletic

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