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Avant Dealer Awards 2025

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Avant Dealer Awards 2025: The 2025 Avant Tecno Dealer Awards brought together the top-performing dealers and sales teams from across the UK to celebrate their outstanding achievements.

Hosted at the All Saints Hotel in Bury St Edmunds, the event highlighted the pivotal role that dealers play in Avant Tecno UK’s continued growth and success.

Avant Dealer Awards 2025

Avant Dealer Awards 2025

The Awards followed an exciting day where dealers were given an exclusive tour of Avant Tecno UK’s brand-new headquarters in Bury St Edmunds, offering a glimpse into the company’s ambitious future.

The newly opened Avant HQ is a testament to the company’s forward-thinking approach. Designed to enhance operations, the state-of-the-art, 32,200 sq ft facility boasts modern offices, a spacious showroom, dedicated training spaces, an advanced warehouse, and a cutting-edge technical workshop.

The evening Awards ceremony was a celebration of the hard work, dedication, and achievements of Avant’s dealers over the past year. This year’s winners showcased remarkable success across various categories:

  • Dealer of the Year: Essener Equipment
  • Recognition Award: Coppards
  • Most Machines Sold: Essener Equipment
  • Sales Competition Winner: Chris Slane, Essener Equipment
  • Best Newcomer Award: Lister Wilder
  • Marketing Award: Global
  • After Sales Support: Avant Southeast Ltd
  • Leguan Dealer of the Year: Coppards
  • Best Newcomer of the Year Award: DM Forklifts
  • Leguan Sales Person of the Year: Francisco Wingrove

Essener Equipment stood out as a top performer, earning both Dealer of the Year and Most Machines Sold, while their Managing Director Chris Slane secured the Sales Competition Winner title. Coppards also made a significant impact, winning the Recognition Award and Leguan Dealer of the Year.

Avant Tecno UK Managing Director Raimo Ala-Korpi emphasised the importance of Avant’s dealer network. “Our dealers are more than just partners,” he said. “Their expertise, dedication, and passion for our products are what enable us to grow and deliver exceptional value to our customers. These awards are a way of acknowledging their tremendous efforts.”

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2025 Johnsons Sports Seed range

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2025 Johnsons Sports Seed range: In their pursuit of high performance, sustainable seed solutions, DLF have introduced a number of new mixtures and formulations across the Johnsons Sports Seed range – all outlined in the brand-new 2025 catalogue.

In a particularly exciting expansion of their fine turf range, 2025 brings two new mixtures and seven new formulations, while research across DLF’s global breeding centres has contributed to their strongest ever line-up for sports turf.

2025 Johnsons Sports Seed range

2025 Johnsons Sports Seed range

Building on the success of Johnsons J Ultrafine Rye 100, 2025 brings increased versatility with the introduction of J Ultrafine Rye 25 and J Ultrafine Rye 50 – new 25% and 50% perennial ryegrass mixtures ideal for close mown applications such as greens, tees, and bowling greens, as well as high-traffic areas like fairways, pathways, tennis courts and cricket outfields. Blending highly ranked ultrafine ryegrass cultivars on the STRI close mown table, the range offers multiple benefits including fineness of leaf, wear tolerance, quick recovery, rapid establishment and sustainable performance.

Other highlights from the updated golf range include the new formulation of J Green which includes 20% Sybille, a new, No.1 ranked slender creeping red fescue for close mown turf. With its high density and disease tolerance, Sybille helps to supress unwanted weeds and diseases, reducing the need for pesticides. Sybille is also incorporated in the 2025 formulations of J Fescue, J Links and J Premier Tee.

For sports turf, the 2025 Johnsons range utilises the latest global research on disease trends and resistance to give turf managers mixtures that help to protect their surfaces by choice, not by chance. Demonstrating exceptional disease resistance from Brown Patch and Grey Leaf Spot in trials, along with superior drought tolerance and reduced requirements for water and fertiliser, 4turf® mixtures remain a trusted and reliable partner to high performance maintenance programmes. 4turf® is available in 25, 50 and 100% formulations within the 2025 Johnsons Sports Seed range.

Johnsons also continues to lead the way with class-leading mixtures for cricket. The new 2025 formulation of J Premier Wicket promises to deliver class leading wear tolerance, rapid establishment and high disease resistance for village squares to county quality cricket squares.

In addition, DLF have invested heavily in their in-house production of native-origin wildflowers. A dedicated area at their Inkberrow site now spans over 80 acres, helping to sustain the increase in demand for mixtures from their ProFlora range.

More details on all the new additions are available in the new 2025 Johnsons Sports Seed brochure, or by visiting the website www.johnsonssportsseed.co.uk

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ICL & Syngenta Launch Ultimate Offers for 2025

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ICL & Syngenta Launch Ultimate Offers for 2025: ICL and Syngenta are excited to announce the return of their Ultimate Offers for 2025, providing turf managers with cost-effective packages designed to deliver exceptional turf performance.

Each package includes Primo Maxx II, a proven growth regulator, along with other high-quality products to ensure reliable results. These offers deliver significant savings and allow turf managers to earn up to 15 Turf Rewards points.

ICL & Syngenta Launch Ultimate Offers for 2025

ICL & Syngenta Launch Ultimate Offers for 2025

The 2025 range includes the following packages, all featuring Primo Maxx II:

  • Ultimate Offer NK – earns 5 Turf Rewards points
    • 1 x 5L Primo Maxx II
    • 1 x 200L Greenmaster Liquid NK
    • 13 x Syngenta XC 04 nozzles
  • Ultimate Offer High N – earns 5 Turf Rewards points
    • 1 x 5L Primo Maxx II
    • 1 x 200L Greenmaster Liquid High N
    • 13 x Syngenta XC 04 nozzles
  • Ultimate Offer S&S – earns 5 Turf Rewards points
    • 1 x 5L Primo Maxx II
    • 1 x 200L Greenmaster Liquid Spring & Summer
    • 13 x Syngenta XC 04 nozzles
  • Ultimate Offer CalMag – earns 5 Turf Rewards points
    • 1 x 5L Primo Maxx II
    • 1 x 200L Greenmaster Liquid CalMag
    • 13 x Syngenta XC 04 nozzles
  • Ultimate Offer WSF/18 – earns 10 Turf Rewards points
    • 1 x 20L Primo Maxx II
    • 18 x 15kg Sportsmaster WSF High N
    • 13 x Syngenta XC 04 nozzles
  • Ultimate Offer WSF/36 – earns 15 Turf Rewards points
    • 2 x 20L Primo Maxx II
    • 36 x 15kg Sportsmaster WSF High N
    • 1 x Syngenta Art of Application Kit
  • Ultimate Offer Iron – earns 5 Turf Rewards points
    • 1 x 10L Primo Maxx II
    • 1 x 200L Sportsmaster Liquid Fe
    • 13 x Syngenta XC 04 nozzles
  • Ultimate Offer SMX – earns 5 Turf Rewards points
    • 1 x 5L Primo Maxx II
    • 8 x 1kg Sportsmaster WSF SMX
    • 13 x Syngenta XC 04 nozzles

The Ultimate Offers for 2025 have been carefully designed to meet the needs of greens, stadia, fairways, roughs, and multi-pitch surfaces. With Primo Maxx II at the heart of every package, these offers provide turf managers with reliable, cost-effective solutions that combine quality, value, and rewards.

To learn more about the 2025 Ultimate Offers visit www.icl-growingsolutions.uk or contact your local distributor.

Please contact ICL on 01473 237100 or visit www.icl-sf.co.uk or www.icl-sf.ie if you are in Ireland.

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Leguan Lifts Reports Rocket Start to 2025

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Leguan Lifts Reports Rocket Start to 2025: The global market leader in all-terrain spider lifts, Leguan Lifts, has kicked off the new fiscal year with a rocket start, with order intake up nearly 60% compared to the same period last year.

The company’s latest achievements underscore its commitment to market leading innovation, customer-centric product development, and its growing influence across global markets.

Success in new and established markets

Leguan Lifts is making significant inroads in sales growth on key market areas such as North America and Asia where the adoption of spider lifts is on the rise. Customers in these regions are discovering the efficiency of spider lifts as both a superior alternative to traditional methods and a complementary addition to their existing bucket truck fleets.

Leguan Lifts Reports Rocket Start to 2025

Leguan Lifts Reports Rocket Start to 2025

Leguan has also kept securing major contracts with significant key accounts in Norway, Austria, Germany and Benelux countries. This continuing success was made possible with the factory’s committed co-operation between importers, dealers and end-customers alike.

“It is great to see the results of our product strategy that has been improved constantly with the help of our international customers. We have been able to launch multiple market-redefining all-terrain lifts with unmatched speed and ease of use. Automatic functions not only make work more efficient but also eliminate operator errors, making these lifts great equipment for larger fleets.”, Jori Mylläri, Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Strategic dedication to developing and implementing technological innovations

Leguan’s strategic commitment to invest in developing and implementing user-friendly technological innovations in the spider lift industry has been identified as one of the key drivers in their success.

Recently finalised operating system the Leguan EDX (Efficiency Driven Experience) seamlessly combines safety, speed, user-friendly automation, and intelligent diagnostics into one cohesive framework.

Leguan Lifts Reports Rocket Start to 2025

Leguan Lifts Reports Rocket Start to 2025

The Leguan EDX operating system, which is now fitted in every Leguan All-terrain spider lift models, integrates advanced features that address key aspects of performance, usability and maintenance:

  • Technological Aspect: The EDX is an intelligent, self-learning operating system that enhances efficiency and reliability.
  • Operator Aspect: The system redefines the operator experience with intuitive controls and automation, making it easier and safer to use, with minimal training.
  • After-Sales Aspect: Automated diagnostics and proactive fault detection streamline maintenance and minimise downtime.

Scaling Up to Meet Demand

To keep pace with growing global demand, Leguan Lifts is investing in expansion of production capacity. The company also plans to launch their biggest spider lift to date early 2025.

Leguan Lifts continues to lead the industry with its forward-thinking approach, proving that innovation, customer focus, performance-driven design and investment in professional dealer network are the keys to long-term success in the competitive spider lift market.

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Finalists for 2025 US Open technician volunteer opportunity

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Finalists for 2025 US Open technician volunteer opportunity: The Bernhard Academy is pleased to reveal the three finalists for its sponsorship programme, offering one lucky equipment technician the chance to travel to Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania, USA to volunteer as part of the 125th US Open support team.

The finalists are:

James Breeze – Huddersfield Golf Club

Paul Spencer – Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Paul Colebatch – The Worcestershire Golf Club

Finalists for 2025 US Open technician volunteer opportunity

Finalists for 2025 US Open technician volunteer opportunity

Each has demonstrated exceptional skill and dedication to their chosen career as equipment technicians. To select the eventual winner, the Bernhard Academy team will visit each of the finalists at their clubs in early January to conduct the final interview phase.

The winner will be announced on Monday, 20th January 2025, as part of the Bernhard Academy’s Reception evening at BTME, BIGGA’s annual turf management exhibition in Harrogate. This marks the conclusion of a rigorous selection process to identify the best candidate for this unique career-development opportunity.

Sami Strutt, Education Director for the Bernhard Academy, said: “We’re proud to announce James, Paul, and Paul as our finalists. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for equipment technicians based in the UK, and highlights the work the Academy is doing to promote the crucial role of technicians, and offer opportunities for them to further develop their skills.”

The winner will join Oakmont Country Club’s volunteer team for the third major of the year in the men’s game, the US Open. There, they will work with industry professionals and the Oakmont team to prepare the course for the world’s best players to compete. They will also attend a preparatory training workshop at a Bernhard Academy venue before their visit.

In partnership with the Turf Equipment Technicians Organisation (T.E.T.O), this sponsorship underscores the Bernhard Academy’s dedication to recognising and advancing the role of equipment technicians, fostering skill development, and driving innovation in the sports turf industry.

For further information about the competition, please visit: https://bernhardacademy.co.uk/tournamentvolunteer/

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