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Aquatrols Europe appoints new distribution

October 16, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Aquatrols Europe appoints new distribution: Aquatrols Europe Ltd is pleased to announce that we have entered into a strategic agreement with Grashobber, who operate in Germany and Austria. Effective 1st October 2024, Grashobber has been appointed to distribute our EU portfolio of of soil surfactant and nutritional products within the German and Austrian turfgrass market. […]

A decade of grassroots pitch improvement

October 16, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

A decade of grassroots pitch improvement: Over the last ten years, the GMA’s skilled team of regional pitch advisors has been working with grassroots sports clubs to raise the standards of sports surfaces and train volunteers. In that time, almost 50,000 pitches have been improved across grassroots football, cricket, rugby league and union. The programme has worked […]

Aquatrols Europe appoints new distribution

October 16, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

A decade of grassroots pitch improvement

October 16, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

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Aquatrols Europe appoints new distribution

October 16, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Aquatrols Europe appoints new distribution: Aquatrols Europe Ltd is pleased to announce that we have entered into a strategic agreement with Grashobber, who operate in Germany and Austria. Effective 1st October 2024, Grashobber has been appointed to distribute our EU portfolio of of soil surfactant and nutritional products within the German and Austrian turfgrass market.

“Grasshobbers beliefs, mission statement and commitment to their marketplace perfectly aligns with how we at Aquatrols like to position our product portfolio. We are confident that this long-term partnership will help to provide easy access to Aquatrols products in both Germany and Austria.” – Graham O’Connor, Director of European Business at The Aquatrols Company.

Aquatrols Europe appoints new distribution

“Finding solutions has been our mission for many years. But we haven’t had such a diverse range of wetting agents so far. With Aquatrols, we now have a partner at our side who has the most experience in this topic, which will become increasingly important in the future.

We are proud of this and look forward to offering our customers the best product solutions in the field of soil moisture management solutions.” – Heiko Remmel, Founder & Managing Director of Grashobber GmbH

Grashobber finds sustainable solutions for the variety of challenges faced by greenkeepers and turf managers, accompanies customers and advises on their implementation in practice. Since its foundation in 2007, Grashobberhas stood for nature-conscious turf care that uses less nitrogen and, if possible, does not require any plant protection measures.

Grashobber’s customers are greenkeepers and managers of sports turf surfaces, those responsible for public greenery and private lawn professionals. The Grashobber mission: sensible, resource-saving lawn care, in harmony with nature.

More than 60 years ago, Aquatrols introduced the world’s first commercially available soil wetting agent. Since creating an entirely new product category to address water management challenges and opportunities, the company has remained a top innovator and producer of high-performance soil surfactants and related technologies. Aquatrols is the world leader in the development of cutting-edge soil surfactants and other specialty technologies used in the professional turf, ornamental, and agricultural industries. Aquatrols has committed itself to changing the way the world grows by developing and supplying innovative products and solutions for sustainably managing soil, water, and plant interactions.

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A decade of grassroots pitch improvement

October 16, 2024/in News, Press Release/by Admin

A decade of grassroots pitch improvement: Over the last ten years, the GMA’s skilled team of regional pitch advisors has been working with grassroots sports clubs to raise the standards of sports surfaces and train volunteers.

In that time, almost 50,000 pitches have been improved across grassroots football, cricket, rugby league and union.

A decade of grassroots pitch improvement

The programme has worked with more than 12,500 clubs and 14,500 volunteers.

The Pitch Advisory Service, formerly the Grounds and Natural Turf Improvement Programme, was launched in 2014 and is funded by Sport England and the Football Foundation, working in association with the FA, ECB, RFL and RFU.

Jason Booth leads the Pitch Advisory Service, he says: “This is a brilliant example of sporting bodies working together to raise the standards of sports surfaces and the understanding of sports turf management practices among grassroots sports clubs across England.

“There has never been more pressure on pitches. Whether that’s the effect of more extreme weather caused by climate change, or more demand as a greater and more diverse range of people want to play sport.

“We all want more people playing – it brings so many health and wellbeing benefits. To enable that, we need to make sure our grassroots pitches are properly maintained – grounds are literally the foundation of sport. We need to recognise that, value grounds teams, and invest in them.”

One of the clubs that have benefitted from the Pitch Advisory Service is the Ashton Bears Rugby Club in Wigan.

The rugby league outfit, which hosts a total of 25 men’s, women’s, and children’s teams, had been hampered by an unstable pitch that frequently became waterlogged throughout the season.

“Before support from the Pitch Advisory Service, our pitches would regularly have to close for player safety. One surface was only playable for three months of the year” says Club Secretary, Mark Webster.

The Pitch Advisory Service team carried out an assessment and made a number of recommendations, including reducing the height of the cut to 40mm from 70mm and to increase the cutting frequency to weekly. Decompaction, sand topdressing, weed killing, and overseeding were also recommended. Funding was secured to install a drainage solution for the pitches.

“We’re incredibly grateful for the support we received. It’s truly transformed our facilities at Bear Park. We now have some of the most resilient pitches in the area – staying open when others have had to close” Mark continues.

“Our girls’ teams can play concurrently and both men’s open-age teams can play at home. We host up to eight games on a Sunday. We’ve also been able to expand to create new women’s teams, something which previously was impossible due to the lack of capacity on the old pitches.”

Building on the success so far, the Pitch Advisory Service continues to offer support to grassroots clubs.

Any club in England looking for support can contact the Pitch Advisory Service to find out more: www.thegma.org.uk/services/pitch-advisory-service

There are also a host of free resources available with the Grounds Management Toolkit, essential grounds maintenance resources for volunteers from the GMA: https://resources.thegma.org.uk

The Grounds Management Framework is a good place to start to consider the surface quality a club is aiming for, and the investment and skills needed to get there: https://thegma.org.uk/GMF

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Aquatrols Europe appoints new distribution

A decade of grassroots pitch improvement

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A decade of grassroots pitch improvement

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A decade of grassroots pitch improvement

A decade of grassroots pitch improvement: Over the last ten years, the GMA’s skilled team of regional pitch advisors has been working with grassroots sports clubs to raise the standards of sports surfaces and train volunteers.

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