Melbourne's New Stadium now officially called AAMI Park
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By Editor (16 Mar 10 9:35)
Melbourne's new "bubble" stadium will be christened AAMI Park in an eight-year naming rights deal. The insurance giant has signed a multi-million-dollar deal for the stadium. - Read Article
Watch the New Rectangular Stadium as the Grass is Laid.
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By Editor (01 Mar 10 21:35)
Watch the grass literally grow before your eyes with this timelapse of the turf laying at Melbourne's new Rectangular Stadium. - Read Article
Mark Perham's Major Headaches
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By Editor (28 Feb 10 7:00)
Pity the poor groundsman when sports overlap their seasons. Add in the vagaries of Auckland's four-seasons-in-a-day weather and the stress level rises further. - Read Article
Club Invests in New Turf
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By Editor (27 Feb 10 6:00)
Decades of running weekly sausage sizzles and meat raffles is finally paying off for the Mt Albert Ramblers Softball Club - Read Article
Tickets to New Melbourne Stadium on Sale
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By Editor (22 Feb 10 16:00)
Tickets to the rugby league Test between Australia and New Zealand that will be the first event at Melbourne's new rectangular stadium go on sale next week. - Read Article
25 Years of MCG Night Sport
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By Editor (17 Feb 10 12:00)
Australia’s iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has notched up another milestone, with today marking 25 years since the first sporting event was played under the MCG’s famous light towers. - Read Article
Sports fields in Qatar
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By Cameron Henley (15 Feb 10 13:05)
Wayne Holmes, ex Eden Park, is now plying his trade in Qatar where C4 (warm season) grass species are the common surface. - Read Article
Queen Elizabeth Oval's Returfing to Cost up to $2m
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By Editor (15 Feb 10 8:10)
The Victorian Government has indicated it is prepared to work with authorities to fix chronic playing surface problems at central Victoria's premier sporting oval. - Read Article
The Sustainable Issue
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By PILA Group (08 Feb 10 12:00)
You now have a sustainable choice when it comes to sports equipment and streetscape products. PILA's sustainable fibreglass and 100% recycled composite wood products. Your decision matters. Make it a sustainable choice. - Read Article
Croke Park - In the name of love!
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By Richard Bailey (29 Jan 10 17:40)
Remove your pitch mid season, host the world’s biggest rock concert, returf the pitch in just two days, host six fixtures 24 hours later, go on to play over forty fixtures of GAA, football and rugby in the following three months and change the pitch from international football to international rugby in just twelve hours! That's how the team at Ireland's biggest Stadium do it. - Read Article
Tools of the Trade - Infiltrometer
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By Laurence Gale MSc (20 Jan 10 6:00)
This is a simple, inexpensive method for determining permeability of soils - Read Article
Surface Interaction
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By Professor Darren J. Stefanyshyn (30 Dec 09 6:00)
Sport surfaces are designed and installed with various factors in mind: cost, maintenance, durability, aesthetics, etc. Undeniably one of the most important factors is the playability of the surface, or the interaction of the surface with the athlete. It is commonly believed that sport surfaces can influence both injuries and performance. - Read Article
Strwberry Grower Picks Kubota's X Series
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By Press Release (23 Dec 09 5:55)
To grow and maintain four million strawberry plants and prepare 200 acres of ground, tractors often do more than 12 hours per day. - Read Article
PILA to Post
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By Sarah Gibson (03 Dec 09 20:25)
What goes into making goal posts and how did Australia's biggest name in the goal post industry come about? We have all the answers from our trip up to Sydney to visit PILA's fabulous factories. Managing Director Reece Wooldridge takes us back to the beginning from the Sydney Olympics to the thriving family business it has become today. So take a few minutes and we will take you back from PILA to Post! - Read Article
Festivals, Concerts and Fairs
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By Steve Gingell (30 Nov 09 6:00)
This article looks at the successes and problems often associated with such events and builds on our experience of the aftermath of large festivals. The article focuses more on open space sites rather than those hosted in sports stadia. - Read Article
TigerTurf – The Schools’ Expert
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By Jo Prothero (30 Jun 09 6:00)
TigerTurf Schools Division has been the pre-eminent provider of synthetic playground surfaces to schools in Australia since 1983. - Read Article
Fertiliser Efficiency
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By Hugh Frost (29 Jun 09 6:00)
'Rising fertiliser prices and tighter budgets, together with seemingly more variable and challenging weather conditions'. This scenario probably sounds familiar to most people, at a time when we are all being encouraged to be more efficient in our use of inputs, as well as paying more attention to our environment. - Read Article
Soil Sampling
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By Laurence Gale MSc (01 Apr 09 6:00)
Understanding what is going on below the surface is critical for successful turfgrass management. Visual inspections, backed up with a professional analysis of soil properties, will give vital information about the condition of the soil and help to produce a more productive environment for plant growth and sustainability. - Read Article
Concert Compaction
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By Lee Jackson (19 Mar 09 17:25)
Just what impact does a herd of George Michael fans, heavy plant equipment and Rola-Trac covers have on the compaction levels across a football pitch? - Read Article
TV Times II
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By Laurence Gale MSc (01 Mar 09 12:45)
When it comes to televising sport, horse racing and cricket present differing challenges for grounds managers and staff.In part two of TV Times, Frank Fielding looks into how grounds and venues prepare for televised coverage. - Read Article
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