Magazine

Storm Hits Moonee Valley
1 hour ago - Industry News - John Cann
Abel Sports have recently installed a set of Rugby League Goals at Cross Keys Reserve in Moonee Valley for the Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club.

Landmark Kingston becomes Agsafe Royalty
5 hours ago - Health and Safety - Agsafe
February 2012 has proven to be a month to savour for Landmark Kingston, with a national safety award helping staff to welcome in the New Year.

Golf Course Weeds Are Developing Resistance to the Herbicide Glyphosate
11 hours ago - Golf - Press Release
After years of management with the herbicide glyphosate, resistant biotypes of this weed have developed, which will make keeping a clean fairway more challenging.

Honda Blowing Prices Away
1 Day ago - Industry News - Honda Australia
Honda is delivering savings of $100 on its market-leading 4-Stroke Hedgecutter and $60 on its 4-Stroke Blower with the ‘autumn savers’ campaign. This offer is available on all new purchases of Honda’s powerful and quiet Blower and Hedgecutter between 1 February and 30 April 2012, or while stocks last.

ANZ Stadium set for $3 Million Upgrade to Cricket Facilities
1 Day ago - Cricket - Editor
Cricketers will soon be replicating the footsteps of Cathy Freeman when they use a tunnel to enter Sydney's ANZ Stadium.

Hazards as I See It
1 Day ago - Golf - Peter Thomson
Golf is the game that has evolved over humps, hollows, sand craters, ridges, dykes and clumps of heather and gorse. These features all come under the category of "HAZARDS", making up a game which is a trial of luck, temperament and ingenuity. How dull it would be to have no obstacles to dodge, or to have no need of "escape" shots in one's repertoire!

SCG Planned Tennis Court Closure One Year Ago
1 Day ago - Tennis - Editor
Management from the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust has been discussing plans to move tennis-playing members to neighbouring courts for up to 12 months.

How To lay Turf
2 Days ago - Consultancy - Bruce Stephens
Bruce Stephens from ANCO Turf takes a look at the correct way to lay Turf.

Research, Teaching, and Speaking in Tennessee
2 Days ago - Editorial - Micah Woods
I visited Tennessee this month, speaking at the packed Tennessee Turfgrass Association conference, meeting with faculty in the Plant Sciences Department at the University of Tennessee (of which I am an adjunct faculty member), learning about some of the turfgrass research projects now underway at the University.

The Never Ending Challenge of the WACA
2 Days ago - Stadia - Editor
In the coming days the man who led the Western Australian Cricket Association in clawing back a $13 million debt will pass on the baton, and with it the responsibility of a multi-million dollar grounds redevelopment and a newly-rebranded Perth team.

Honda Surpass Half a Million Mower Production in Somerton
2 Days ago - Industry News - Honda Australia
Honda Manufacturing Australia's (HMA) new premises in Somerton, Melbourne has recently surpassed the half-million lawnmower production milestone.

Les Burdet Pitch all Good for ANZ T20 International Debut
3 Days ago - Cricket - Editor
Curator Les Burdett fully expects the pitch for Wednesday's Twenty20 international at ANZ Stadium to be ready for the game between Australia and India.

Browntop Management Revisited
3 Days ago - Consultancy - David Ormsby & David Howard
The use of Colonial browntop (Agrostis capillaris) as a golfing surface has in recent years taken a backward step to other grasses, in particular Poa annua. However, in light of the environmental and financial pressures, which are becoming a reality for many New Zealand Golf Clubs, it is timely to revisit the use of browntop.

VGA Feb Newsletter Download
3 Days ago - Bowls - Editor
Welcome to 2012, we hope that everyone had a great Christmas and New Year and is ready for the coming months. Well what a difference a few weeks makes, after a wet start to the season, hot weather finally arrived followed by Christmas Day hail storms... Victoria’s weather unpredictable as always.

Flat Deck Expected for First NZ ODI
3 Days ago - Cricket - Editor
A flat deck's expected in Dunedin for the Black Caps first one dayer of the year against Zimbabwe on Friday.

Golf Green Attacked
3 Days ago - Golf - Editor
A "Gutless" act of vandalism has wrecked 12 months of hard work by Jon Love, Gympie Pines' greenkeeper.

Albert Bowls Club Covers Up
3 Days ago - Bowls - Editor
A New $122,000 shade cover is expected to improve playing conditions for Albert Bowls Club members for next summer.

Beneath The Surface
4 Days ago - Consultancy - Dr Alan Gange
Scientists have long regarded the soil as a "black box" in which it was best not to peer too closely. However, modern analytical techniques have opened up this world and have enabled us to understand the processes that govern life in the soil.

Knowledge and Patience Required to get the University Oval Wicket Right
4 Days ago - Cricket - Editor - 3 comments
Preparing a 20 metre long strip of grass to be very dry very hard and very flat during a fickle Dunedin January is no easy task.