http://www.pitchcare.com.au/ The most recent 20 articles of Pitchcare - Serving the Turfcare Industry Copyright 2012 Maxwell Amenity Ltd dave@pitchcare.com (Dave Saltman) al@pitchcare.com (Alastair Battrick) en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:22:56 +1100 Pitchcare's Custom Grown in House CMS 60 http://media.pitchcare.com/static/images/general/newlogo.png http://www.pitchcare.com.au/ 22 23 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Saturday Sunday Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:42:00 +1100 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. mail@pitchcare.com.au (John Cann) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/storm-hits-moonee-valley.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/storm-hits-moonee-valley.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:39:00 +1100 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. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Agsafe) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/landmark-kingston-becomes-agsafe-royalty.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/landmark-kingston-becomes-agsafe-royalty.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +1100 After years of management with the herbicide glyphosate, resistant biotypes of this weed have developed, which will make keeping a clean fairway more challenging. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/golf-course-weeds-are-developing-resistance-to-the-herbicide-glyphosate.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/golf-course-weeds-are-developing-resistance-to-the-herbicide-glyphosate.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:24:00 +1100 mail@pitchcare.com.au (Honda Australia) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/honda-blowing-prices-away.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/honda-blowing-prices-away.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +1100 Cricketers will soon be replicating the footsteps of Cathy Freeman when they use a tunnel to enter Sydney's ANZ Stadium. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/anz-stadium-set-for-3-million-upgrade-to-cricket-facilities.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/anz-stadium-set-for-3-million-upgrade-to-cricket-facilities.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +1100 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! mail@pitchcare.com.au (Peter Thomson) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/hazards-as-i-see-it.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/hazards-as-i-see-it.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +1100 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. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/scg-planned-tennis-court-closure-one-year-ago.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/scg-planned-tennis-court-closure-one-year-ago.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:31:00 +1100 Bruce Stephens from ANCO Turf takes a look at the correct way to lay Turf. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Bruce Stephens) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/how-to-lay-turf.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/how-to-lay-turf.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +1100 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. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Micah Woods) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/research-teaching-and-speaking-in-tennessee.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/research-teaching-and-speaking-in-tennessee.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +1100 Horticulturalists the world over have been encouraging earthworms in the soil for years, but the turfgrass industry has always seen them as a pest. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Mark Bartlett) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/earthworms-friend-or-foe.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/earthworms-friend-or-foe.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +1100 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. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/the-never-ending-challenge-of-the-waca.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/the-never-ending-challenge-of-the-waca.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +1100 Honda Manufacturing Australia's (HMA) new premises in Somerton, Melbourne has recently surpassed the half-million lawnmower production milestone. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Honda Australia) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/honda-surpass-half-a-million-mower-production-in-somerton.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/honda-surpass-half-a-million-mower-production-in-somerton.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:45:00 +1100 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. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/les-burdet-pitch-all-good-for-anz-t20.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/les-burdet-pitch-all-good-for-anz-t20.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +1100 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. mail@pitchcare.com.au (David Ormsby & David Howard) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/browntop-management-revisited.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/browntop-management-revisited.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +1100 mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/vga-feb-newsletter-download.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/vga-feb-newsletter-download.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +1100 A flat deck's expected in Dunedin for the Black Caps first one dayer of the year against Zimbabwe on Friday. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/flat-deck-expected-for-first-nz-odi.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/flat-deck-expected-for-first-nz-odi.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +1100 A "Gutless" act of vandalism has wrecked 12 months of hard work by Jon Love, Gympie Pines' greenkeeper. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/golf-green-attacked.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/golf-green-attacked.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +1100 A New $122,000 shade cover is expected to improve playing conditions for Albert Bowls Club members for next summer. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/albert-bowls-club-covers-up.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/albert-bowls-club-covers-up.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:30:00 +1100 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. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Dr Alan Gange) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/beneath-the-surface.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/beneath-the-surface.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:02:00 +1100 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. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/knowledge-and-patience-required-to-get-the-university-oval-wicket-right.html http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/knowledge-and-patience-required-to-get-the-university-oval-wicket-right.html