Magazine

Nozzle Selection Mixed
4 Mar 2012 - Consultancy - Editor
Lucy Lightfoot talks to Syngenta Application Specialist Tom Robinson on how important the right nozzle selection is when spraying.

Nozzle Wear with Greencast
3 Mar 2012 - Consultancy - Editor
As sprayer nozzles wear application rates will change and could compromise the efficacy of all treatments. Syngenta Application Specialist, Tom Robinson, highlights what you should be looking out for, how to check sprayer accuracy and what to do about it.

Developer Joins Talks on Townsville Super Stadium
2 Mar 2012 - Stadia - Editor
The bid for a super-stadium in Townsville city is gaining momentum after leading developers asked for their prime creek-front site to be considered for the complex.

Trump Buys Another Course
2 Mar 2012 - Golf - Editor
The famous developer and avid golfer is paying $150 million to purchase the Doral golf resort out of bankruptcy. He promises to improve a “tired” property, and lengthen the signature course’s first hole by 100 yards.

Future Looking bright for Fitzroy Turf
2 Mar 2012 - General News - Editor
The future is finally looking bright for Central Queensland turf farmer Andy Cooper. After losing more than $200,000 during the 2010-11 floods and being struck down by leptospirosis, he is able to smile again, on the back of the Central Queensland construction boom.

Hoons Tear up Man's Prized Lawn
2 Mar 2012 - General News - Editor
A Fingal man was in disbelief after vandals destroyed his lawn last night. Eddie Kerker was at his Fingal Rd home when he heard a car revving hard on his front lawn.

The Royal Adelaide Treatment
1 Mar 2012 - Golf - Editor
I remember the first time I saw the Old Course at St.Andrews on TV. "Oh, they've got a road crossing the 18th like Royal Adelaide", I naively though to myself. This was the sort of opinion one had of Royal Adelaide if you grew up in the City of Churches.

Nicklaus New NSW Course
1 Mar 2012 - Golf - Editor
The NSW Hunter Valley has moved a step closer to becoming one of the state's premiere golf destinations with the announcement Cessnock City Council is set to approve a $150 million golf development at Rothbury.

A Wet Pitch puts WACA Back in Spotlight.
1 Mar 2012 - Cricket - Editor
A wet pitch just 24 hours out from WA's crucial Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria has again put the WACA groundsmen in the spotlight.

Otago Rugby Crisis
29 Feb 2012 - Rugby - Editor
All Black great Chris Laidlaw believes the crisis in Otago rugby highlights the need for provincial rugby to return to its amateur roots.

Full Steam Ahead for Pukekura Park's Controversial Cricket Nets
29 Feb 2012 - Cricket - Editor
It's full steam ahead for Pukekura Park's controversial cricket nets. Yesterday New Plymouth District Council parks manager Mark Bruhn said earthworks for the nets would start early next month and would be finished by the end of April.

Council Confident Robertson Oval on Track
29 Feb 2012 - General News - Editor
Wagga City Council is confident the Robertson Oval development is on track to be finished by the end of April. Project manager Jarrod Bryant yesterday denied speculation that growth of the new Robertson Oval turf would put the venue in doubt for the entire upcoming football season.

Latham Sports Ground Ruined
28 Feb 2012 - General News - Editor
Today we went to Latham playing fields to do some cricket practice in the nets with the kids. All was well, style improving etc., when I noticed near the playing pitch there were some unusual lumps of something.

Final Cost of Dunedin Stadium Unknown
28 Feb 2012 - Stadia - Editor
Six months after the project finished, the Dunedin City Council today admitted it still had questions about the figure, and would fund a $55,000 independent review of the issue.

Tony Brown to Delight Macarthur Golfers
27 Feb 2012 - Golf - Editor
He was hired by Kerry Packer to fix the Australian Golf Course in Sydney and he's also worked on top international courses designed by Jack Nicklaus. Now, Tony Brown is set to rejuvenate our own Campbelltown Golf Club in Glen Alpine.

Pavilion Boost for Queanbeyan Oval
27 Feb 2012 - Synthetics - Editor
It's a precinct that has witnessed unprecedented sporting success in recent months. And Queanbeyan's Freebody Oval will soon have a facility that reflects its status after the Federal Government gave final approval for the construction of a $1.3 million pavilion at a meeting on Wednesday night.

Households Using Fake Grass on their Lawns to Avoid Mowing
27 Feb 2012 - Synthetics - Editor
Time Poor households are resorting to fake grass to avoid mowing their lawn every weekend. The surge in artificial grass sales is being attributed to the growing number of Australians who are time-poor but cash-rich.

New Zealand's Hawkes Bay: Golf at Pebble Beach on Steroids
26 Feb 2012 - Golf - Editor
New Zealand — It should have been an easy chip shot, five yards to a big putting green with the Pacific Ocean right behind and the sun casting a golden glow over my left shoulder. It would have been easy except for one pesky detail: My golf ball fell off the side of the earth.

Synthetic Grass At Home in Patersons Stadium
24 Feb 2012 - Synthetics - Editor
Green Planet Grass is proud to install its hardwearing commercial synthetic turf on behalf of the WA Football Commission, giving AFL teams a top class surface to run out on even before they cross the boundary line. Patersons Stadium is home to AFL clubs West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers;

3 weeks until Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia
23 Feb 2012 - Shows and seminars - Editor
Three weeks from today, Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia 2012 will be getting underway at the 5-star Amari Orchid Pattaya.