http://www.pitchcare.com.au/ The most recent 20 articles of Pitchcare, the online magazine for Groundsmen and Greenkeepers Copyright 2010 Pitchcare mail@pitchcare.com.au mail@pitchcare.com.au en Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:00:38 +1100 Pitchcare's Custom Grown in House CMS 60 http://www.pitchcare.com.au/images/general/newlogo.png http://www.pitchcare.com.au/ 22 23 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Saturday Sunday Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT We continue to read the endless amount of stories of players complaining about "slow play" at our golf facilities. Just have a look at some of the golf forums on sites like www.iseekgolf.com and www.ozgolf.net and you hear the same story over and over again. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Mike Orloff) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1963 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT The selection and use of machinery for maintaining artificial sport surfaces has now become a major consideration for managers who are responsible for managing artificial training pitches (ATP). mail@pitchcare.com.au (Laurence Gale MSc) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1962 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT Parkland has begun 2010 with a bigger better product range for customers interested in turf renovation equipment. TOROs purchase of Southern Green in 2007 recent acquisition of TY-CROP Manufacturings turf division means Parkland can offer a complete range of mechanical renovation equipment. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Parkland Press) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1960 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:40:00 GMT An investigation by the Australian Government, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and the Victorian Governmen found that 0.7 hectares of the critically endangered natural temperate grasslands were destroyed during construction works at an industrial site in Victoria. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1961 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT As you sit down to work this morning, or perhaps you're sipping on a coffee in a cafe down the road, spare a thought for these two crazy golfers. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1958 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT former Geelong Golf Club site could house a 20 million state-of-the-art tennis centre and academy under an ambitious plan unveiled yesterday. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1957 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:35:00 GMT Troon Golf, the leader in upscale golf course management, development and marketing is pleased to announce it has been selected by Scottford Hospitality to oversee the improvement project at Makaha Resort Golf Club, nestled in the beautiful Makaha Valley near Honolulu, Hawaii. - mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1956 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:25:00 GMT As construction equipment owners seek lower operating costs, lower emissions and better returns on their machine investments, hybrid technologies like electrification are rapidly progressing from theory to reality. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Press Release) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1959 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT A month of torrential rain and four days of touch football action have left the Sunshine Coasts premier sporting fields trashed. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1954 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT Last week Pitchcare Oceania had the pleasure of attending the regional Victorian Turf Grass Association of Australia (TGAA) seminar hosted in Colac at Central Reserve. Have a read on how the day panned out. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Rob Jenkins) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1952 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT Vandalism in Wyong shires parks, gardens and ovals has already cost ratepayers more than 145,000 this year, and theres still nine months to go. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1953 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:45:00 GMT Footy fans, ETP have fired up for another competition to test your skill.... - mail@pitchcare.com.au (Grant Greenway) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1955 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT Turf Australia and the Sports Turf Association (NSW) invite you to join us in one of the biggest national Turf events to be held in our country. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1950 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:35:00 GMT 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. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1951 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:40:00 GMT Sanoplant was used in the construction of 2 new sports fields. mail@pitchcare.com.au (John Robertson) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1949 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:05:00 GMT Strobilurin fungicides trace there origions to a fungal antibiotic produced by the pine cone fungus Strobilurus tenacellus. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Greencast) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1948 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:55:00 GMT The Better Methods Core Scoop is a brand new development, designed specically for collecting cores o greens after renovation. It was the brainchild of a prominent mail@pitchcare.com.au (Rob Jenkins) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1946 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT The 90 million Torquay Golf Club redevelopment will not go ahead until the issue of piping stormwater from Duffields Rd to the course was resolved, the club's president says. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1944 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT Most new golf course irrigation systems nowadays are computerised and offer the same basic capabilities, whether they are field controllers out on the course or wall-mounted in the office. However, the latest controllers from John Deere have increased flexibility to meet greenkeeper's needs, and offer smart control options designed to save water and energy costs mail@pitchcare.com.au (Steve Mitchell) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1943 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT The second season in a row of plentiful runs on New Zealand pitches shows that New Zealand Cricket's efforts to build better batsmen are having at least some effect. mail@pitchcare.com.au (Editor) http://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/article/1942