Magazine

Mark Perham's Major Headaches
28 Feb 2010 - General Sports - Editor
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.

Stadium Southland Manager Nigel Skelt Lays Down Challenge
27 Feb 2010 - General News - Editor
Stadium Southland manager Nigel Skelt has laid down a challenge to the province's community funders to get international flights into Invercargill.

Hills/Forrest Breaks Ground on First Korean Design
27 Feb 2010 - Golf - Press Release
The architects at Hills/Forrest and Associates have staked a claim in South Korea where ground has been broken on the first 18 of the 54-hole Sanyosoo Resort in Chuncheon.

Club Invests in New Turf
27 Feb 2010 - General Sports - Editor
Decades of running weekly sausage sizzles and meat raffles is finally paying off for the Mt Albert Ramblers Softball Club

Berndt joins Environmental Turf
26 Feb 2010 - General News - Stacie Zinn
Environmental Turf, Inc., an environmentally friendly turfgrass company with licensed sod producers world-wide, announced today that Dr. William L. “Lee” Berndt joined the company as Vice President, Research & Development.

Ballarat Golf Course Officially Open
26 Feb 2010 - Golf - Helen Perrett
Ballarat Golf Club is now open and is being enjoyed by Members.

The Mini MAIT
26 Feb 2010 - General News - Press Release
The affordable, upgradable feature packed data collection system.

Etihad Stadium better than MCG
26 Feb 2010 - A.F.L - Editor
Ten years after the birth of the once-maligned Etihad Stadium, Ian Collins has declared it a better place to watch footy than the MCG.

Toro MyTurf Management Tool
26 Feb 2010 - Industry News - Parkland Press
TORO myTurf is designed to make it easier to efficiently manage your fleet of TORO vehicles.

New Zealand Women's Open & The Pegasus Golf Course
25 Feb 2010 - Golf - Editor
It seems fitting that the second New Zealand Women's Open should find a new home on a golf course designed by a New Zealand woman.

La PRIMA at Hothlyn Reserve
25 Feb 2010 - General News - Press Release
The City of Hume in the Northern Region of Metropolitan Melbourne have been a big supporter of our range of LaPrima Couch Blends.

STA NSW Update
25 Feb 2010 - General News - Jenny Zadro
We are pleased to be able to provide you with an update on what's happening at STA in 2010. Below are details of our coming events and you can check more info on STA via our website: www.sportsturf.asn.au

E-Z-GO Fleet Helps Celebrate Re-Launch of Abu Dhabi City Golf Club
25 Feb 2010 - Golf - Peter Driver
Desert Turfcare, E-Z-GO’s distributor for Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE, has delivered a fleet of E-Z-GO golf cars and shuttle vehicles to the newly renovated Abu Dhabi City Golf Club, which re-opened last December. E-Z-GO is a Textron Inc.

Golf Industry Show a hit in San Diego
24 Feb 2010 - Shows and seminars - Mike Orloff
Surpassing show organizer projections, more than 7,000 qualified buyers attended the Golf Industry Show, Feb. 10-11 in San Diego .

Three Men Went to Mow!
24 Feb 2010 - Golf - Kevin Munt
Generally speaking, in the UK, golf green swards are dominated by three main grass surface types: Poa Annua, Bent/Fescue and Creeping Bent Grass. Admittedly, there are often any number of combinations of the four named species but, usually, Course Manager are aiming to maintain their greens with a dominant sward made up of one of the three types listed.

Tank Mixing
24 Feb 2010 - Consultancy - Frank Fielding
In today's compensation culture, the public sector, for example, is fearful of any repercussions following inappropriate application of pesticides, or other chemicals, on its sportsturf and amenity areas.

Rain plays Havoc at Bundaberg Golf Course
24 Feb 2010 - Golf - Editor
An eight-inch deluge put four holes of the Bundaberg Golf Course under water last week and brought a halt, yet again, to Burnett Cup competition.

The Benefits of Sanoplant
23 Feb 2010 - General News - John Robertson
SANOPLANT is a granulated soil amendment, which stores water and nutrients and promotes healthy plant growth. Using SANOPLANT, about 50% of irrigation water can be saved! and in addition, the application of SANOPLANT renders any fertiliser use more effective.

UWA Suburban Turf Talk: A Dry Argument
23 Feb 2010 - General News - Brendon Cant
As the major managers of turfgrass in suburban Perth, local government authorities are under increasing pressure to reduce water use and improve water use efficiency, while still providing and maintaining quality community recreational and sports facilities.