Tag Archive for: Liverpool

GreenTek on the ball for Royal Liverpool

in , /by

GreenTek on the ball for Royal Liverpool: Leading turf care specialist GreenTek Solutions Limited has secured a deal with Royal Liverpool Golf Club to supply equipment to prepare for the 151st Open Championship this summer.

The agreement is the latest endorsement of the quality of GreenTek’s equipment – with 90 out of the UK’s top 100 courses currently using the company’s machines.

GreenTek on the ball for Royal Liverpool

GreenTek on the ball for Royal Liverpool

RLGC has chosen a Dyna-Seeder, Dyna-Corer, and Micro-Groomer from GreenTek’s extensive product range.

The revolutionary Dyna-Seeder allows the whole seeding operation on 18 greens to be completed in hours at any time of the season.

The Dyna-Corer’s rapid action enables you to micro-core a green in minutes – minimising disruption to play.

With the Micro-Groomer, laser-engineered blades with over 2,000 extra fine tungsten tips work in the upper leaf area. Spaced at just 6.55mm apart, they deliver approximately 39,000 surgically precise micro-cuts per square metre. Set by-feel micro-adjusters offer precision control to accurately adjust cutting height by 0.25mm.

Ian Ellis, GreenTek managing director, says: “We’re extremely proud to have been chosen by Royal Liverpool Golf Club in this way. It’s a very important year for the club hosting the Open Championship and the fact that they’ve come to us in preparation for this prestigious and high-profile event is a clear endorsement of the quality of our machinery and the trust they can place in us to deliver.”

James Bledge, course manager at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, adds: “I’ve used GreenTek products over the years and have always been extremely impressed with the results. When looking for a supplier who could help create perfect greens in the run up to such an important and prestigious event as the Open Championship, GreenTek was an obvious choice.”

GreenTek is recognised throughout the UK and around the world for high-quality, innovative turfcare equipment. Still driven by the same family passion that started the horticultural engineering business in 1969, GreenTek continues to innovate and provide solutions that are now established as essential tools by the best in the game.

For more information visit https://www.greentek.uk.com?utm_source=TM&utm_medium=mag_article&utm_campaign=home&utm_id=TM_RLGC+article

Micro-Groomer – https://www.greentek.uk.com/products/thatch-away-supa-system/micro-groomer-cassettes/?utm_source=TM&utm_medium=mag_article&utm_campaign=micro-groomer&utm_id=TM_RLGC+article

Dyna-Seeders – https://www.greentek.uk.com/products/dynamics/dyna-seeder/?utm_source=TM&utm_medium=mag_article&utm_campaign=dyna-seeder&utm_id=TM_RLGC+article

Dyna-Corer – https://www.greentek.uk.com/products/dynamics/dyna-corer/?utm_source=TM&utm_medium=mag_article&utm_campaign=dyna-corer&utm_id=TM_RLGC+article

For the latest industry news visit turfmatters.co.uk/news

Get all of the big headlines, pictures, opinions and videos on stories that matter to you.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for fun, fresh and engaging content.

You can also find us on Facebook for more of your must-see news, features, videos and pictures from Turf Matters.

Liverpool Groundsman Retires

in , , /by

Liverpool Groundsman Retires: Groundsman Allan Webster has retired from his role at Liverpool after more than 40 years working at the club.

The 64-year-old has tended to the famous Anfield pitch as well as the training ground at Melwood, and since 2005 he has looked after the lawns at the academy in Kirkby.

Liverpool Groundsman Retires

Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com Allan explained how he landed the role: “A job was advertised in the Liverpool Echo as a trainee groundsman at Anfield.

“I didn’t get it at first but the lad who got it never turned up.

“I was at Anfield in the queue for tickets for a big cup game and the foreman Bert Johnson picked me out and said I could have it on a month’s trial. I started the next day.”

Allan spent the first 28 years at Anfield and was there for Shankly’s final year at the helm, he said: “He’d talk to anyone. ‘All right, son?’ he’d say.

“I remember everyone’s shock when he stepped down.

“Bob Paisley took over. Bob didn’t know my name, he didn’t know some of the players’ names!

“He’d just say, ‘Here’s Dougie Doins’, that was his saying.”

It was a labour of love for Allan, a lifelong Liverpudlian, he added: “When the old standing Kop was singing during a night game it was absolutely brilliant – ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ moved you.”

In a special interview with the club the West Derby grandad revealed it would be a six mile walk every time the Anfield grass was cut.

His last shift was on Friday after 45 years of dedicated service, Allan added: “I enjoyed it. We took pride in the pitch – we were made up the players did what they did and what we were doing.”

Click here to read the original article

For the latest industry news visit turfmatters.co.uk/news

Get all of the big headlines, pictures, opinions and videos on stories that matter to you.

Follow us on Twitter for fun, fresh and engaging content.

You can also find us on Facebook for more of your must-see news, features, videos and pictures from Turf Matters.