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Mansfield Sand’s Turf Solutions at BTME

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Mansfield Sand’s Turf Solutions at BTME: From January 23 to 25, 2024, Mansfield Sand invites you to explore Stand 242, where a comprehensive array of innovative products for sports, landscaping, and equestrian applications will take centre stage.

A Legacy of Innovation

With a rich history spanning over 170 years, Mansfield Sand has consistently pioneered the development and production of premium silica sand-based products. As the market leader, the company has supplied its high-quality solutions to some of the most prestigious sporting venues across the UK and Europe.

Mansfield Sand’s Turf Solutions at BTME

Mansfield Sand’s Turf Solutions at BTME

The Mansil Silica Sand Sports Range

Step into the world of Mansil Silica Sand Sports Range, sourced from the Two Oaks Quarry in Mansfield. These silica sands play a pivotal role in constructing and maintaining various sports surfaces, including winter sports pitches, golf courses, bowling greens, and amenity turf areas.

Tailored Solutions for Fine Turf

Mansfield Sand’s Soil Top Dressing, crafted for the fine turf market, is a homogenous product made from premium silica sands and top-quality soils. Sterilised and screened to a 3mm size, this dressing is easy to spread, stone-free, and pebble-free. Mansfield Sand also offers bespoke dressing blends and the flexibility to incorporate soil amendments into any product.

Precision in Rootzone Blends

Understanding the demands of turf managers, Mansfield Sand’s rootzones are crafted with only the highest-quality materials. Whether for renovation or construction, the Mansil 40 Silica Sand, blended with quality screened topsoil, ensures the perfect start for a flawless surface.

Sand Compost Rootzones for Sustainability

Mansfield Sand boasts a range of premium sand-organic material blends, ideal for creating rootzones requiring organic-rich profiles. These blends aid in nutrient retention and enhance drought resistance, contributing to sustainable turf management practices.

Reinforced Rootzone Technology

To meet the rigorous standards of the sports turf industry, Mansfield Sand offers a range of reinforced rootzones. Featuring technologies like polypropylene fibres and flexible elastane fibres, these solutions provide stability and durability, ensuring consistent drainage and performance.

Visit Mansfield Sand at BTME 2024

Don’t miss the opportunity to explore Mansfield Sand’s solutions at BTME 2024. Head to Stand 242, where the experienced team will guide you through how these innovative products can significantly enhance your turf.

For more information visit www.mansfield-sand.co.uk

You can also follow the company on Twitter – @MansfieldSand and Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/MansfieldSandSportSurfaces/

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Winner of DLF BTME competition

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Winner of DLF BTME competition: Rhys Butler, Links Manager at Royal St. Davids Golf Club in Wales has been announced as the winner of the DLF Sustainability Seed competition held at BTME 2023. Regional Technical Manager Stuart Yarwood MG recently visited Rhys to present the prize of a Greenstester – the perfect tool for monitoring speed, trueness and greens performance.

The winner was randomly selected from those that entered across the three-day event, with Rhys the recipient of a Greenstester – a simple monitoring tool supported by the R&A. When used on a regular basis, the Greenstester can provide a bank of meaningful data relating to putting performance, yielding information on firmness and speed that can be tracked and monitored over time.

Winner of DLF BTME competition

Winner of DLF BTME competition

On receipt of his prize Rhys commented, “BTME this year was a really informative and enjoyable experience and to win this competition is just the icing on the cake. On top of the Greenstester which will be used by my team to track greens performance, it was great to catch up with Stuart and talk all things links turf on his visit.”

Together with testing visitors on some of the new cultivars and changes to mixture formulations across the Johnsons Sports Seed and MM Seed ranges, the questionnaire was also designed to find out the most pressing topics currently experienced in the industry, which will be used to shape future research and education programmes available from DLF.

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Baroness dealer awards presented at BTME

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Baroness dealer awards presented at BTME: Baroness dealer awards were presented at the recent BTME exhibition in Harrogate.

George Browns Ltd

WE’VE WON! Baroness – Highest Overall UK Sales.  Pictured here is Tim Mason, Group Sales Manager (Groundcare), collecting the award from Stuart Gray from Baroness UK. We’d like to thank all our customers for trusting in us and we hope we can continue into 2023 for another positive year.

Baroness dealer awards presented at BTME

Baroness dealer awards presented at BTME

Lister Wilder

This week our sales team have been attending the #BTME show in Harrogate, where David Gray collected the Sales & Service award on behalf of the team presented by Luke Collins from Baroness UK.

Phill Hughes (Sales Director) commented – “It’s always an honour to receive awards, it shows the huge efforts put in by our Sales, Parts and Service departments to ensure that we deliver great customer service across our core franchises. Baroness mowers are now widely accepted as offering the best cut in the business, and providing low cost of ownership with proven reliability – they are a pleasure to work with and a manufacturer that has a clear vision for the future”

Gibbons Garden Machinery (GGM)

Awarded at the 2023 BTME show, The GGM team were awarded the Rising Star Award presented by Andy Darley from Baroness U.K.

The Rising star Award is presented to the fastest growing dealer for sales performance, and we’re very pleased that the continued hard effort put in by the team is being recognised & awarded by a manufacturer as prestigious as Baroness.

The whole team here at GGM is looking forward to seeing what we can achieve in 2023!

Adam Butler Director Baroness U.K. adds: The Baroness Dealer Awards provide a superb stage on which we can showcase the hard work and dedication our multi branch dealers continue to produce year on year. We are extremely proud of all our dealers and especially the 2022 winners. We produce world leading machinery in which we require world leading backup. That’s what we have and that’s what we will continue to do. A big thank you from TEAM Baroness goes out to all our dealers and customers alike for their continued support.

More info on the Baroness range visit: www.baronessuk.com

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John Deere launches hybrid innovations at BTME

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John Deere launches hybrid innovations at BTME: John Deere has launched two battery-powered, walk-behind greens mowers and announced further hybrid innovations to its existing product range.

The 185 E-Cut and 225 E-Cut greens mowers will be shown for the first time in the UK at the British and International Golf Greenkeepers’ Association’s BTME event in Harrogate from 24-26 January.

John Deere launches hybrid innovations at BTME

John Deere launches hybrid innovations at BTME

The two specialist machines are packed with the same quality components and technology that existing John Deere customers have become familiar with, but are powered by a 58-volt, 3.2kwh lithium battery.

The 185 E-Cut has an 18-inch (457mm) cutting width while the larger 225 E-Cut takes a 22-inch (559mm) cut.

With near-silent operation, the walk-behind machines can cut approximately 50,000 square feet of grass on a single charge, making them 30% more productive than similar models in their class.

John Deere announced the products in America last year and has been putting them through their paces on courses for the past 12 months.

Greenkeepers in the UK and Ireland will be able to order the machines later this year.

Chris Meacock, John Deere’s Division Sales Manager for Golf and Turf, said: “Battery-powered innovations in the golf and professional sports turf markets have been moving forward apace for the past few years.

“With the introduction of our first lithium battery-powered machines, we are able to provide a solution for our customers who are looking for a more favourable environmental profile, have on-site energy generation, or who are seeking significant reductions in the risk of leaks and spills.”

Industry exclusive three-wheeled hybrid mower launched

John Deere is also using BTME to showcase its industry-exclusive three-wheeled fairway mower with brushless electric reel motors.

This is the first time customers can choose a three-wheeled fairway mower fitted with five, brushless electric reel motors. The same hybrid technology has also been applied to the four-wheeled 7700A E-Cut.

This hybrid solution minimises 90% of the risk of hydraulic leaks by eliminating over 150 leak points.

Users can experience fuel savings of up to 30% by operating at reduced throttle when mowing compared to PrecisionCut fairway mowers. Noise levels are also reduced by up to 3dB at reduced throttle.

The alternator, controllers, and motors are designed to allow the machine to perform rigorous verticutting applications.

The 6700A E-Cut and 7700A E-Cut will be available to order this year.

“These two models have been two of our most popular products on golf courses for many years, so it’s an exciting step to be able to further develop our hybrid drive to offer greenkeepers reduced risks and more efficiency,” Mr Meacock said.

John Deere connected technology to be demonstrated

Visitors to the John Deere stand can take part in a demonstration of the company’s OnLink technology, showcasing the state-of-the-art fleet management system for greenkeepers.

Utilising proven satellite technology from John Deere’s agriculture division in tandem with the integration of cloud-based management software and connected machines, OnLink allows users to automatically synchronise any machine and operator working anywhere on the course, managing activity remotely.

For managers, this means tasks can be allocated days in advance, as well as increased accountability from operators. On top of these efficiencies, machinery maintenance schedules are simplified by using OnLink to track working hours remotely.

“At John Deere, we believe the future of golf course maintenance is about connectivity, sustainability, autonomy, and intelligence, while embracing electric,” Mr Meacock said.

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Record numbers ahead of BTME

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Record numbers ahead of BTME: The BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME) doesn’t kick off until tomorrow (Tuesday 24 January), but the 2023 edition of the influential event has already broken multiple attendance records.

The British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) organises and hosts the annual trade show and education conference at the Harrogate Convention Centre in North Yorkshire. BTME 2023 takes place this week (24 to 26 January) and is the first time the event has returned to its regular January timing since prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

Record numbers ahead of BTME

Record numbers ahead of BTME

With 24 hours to go until the doors of the convention centre open, BIGGA has reported that 4,930 attendees have pre-registered for BTME, marking a significant increase on previous years. The previous record was set in 2019, when 3,344 visitors pre-registered to attend.

This number includes 900 registrations from exhibitors themselves, who play a vital role in the success of the event.

The number of pre-registrations also does not tell the full story, with visitors able to sign up for the show upon arrival at the Harrogate Convention Centre. In previous years pre-registration has accounted for around 50% of the total attendees and so BIGGA is confident that this year’s event will be among its most successful ever.

Alongside BTME, BIGGA also hosts Continue to Learn and this too has seen incredible numbers. With 1,055 tickets sold, this year’s programme will provide more education hours than ever before across the various education formats, which includes a two-day conference and full and half-day classes. Free-to-attend seminars are also taking place during Tuesday and Wednesday and no pre-registration is required for these.

Continue to Learn brings together speakers from a wide range of disciplines to provide practical learning, management advice and other topics that this year include mindfulness, leadership, personal health and wellbeing.

BIGGA Chief Executive Jim Croxton said: “The BTME pre-registration and Continue to Learn booking numbers are cause for celebration for everyone across the BIGGA community. BTME plays a significant role in setting the agenda for the coming year for the association and our members and we’re delighted that so many people continue to support us in this way.

“It’s clear that for our members and supporters, BTME is the event they enjoy, in the timing and the location that they want, and we’re delighted to be able to offer that to them once again. Where else can you meet the hosts of this year’s Ryder Cup and various other major championships alongside people discussing a sustainable future for the game or providing solutions and opportunities for every golf club in the country?

“BTME is a wonderful event and I’m incredibly excited to discover what this week holds. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the event as we couldn’t do it without you.”

For more information about BTME 2023, visit www.btme.org.uk

Throughout BTME, people are encouraged to discuss the show on social media using the hashtag #BTME2023.

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