During his 26 years at Ashley Wood GC in Blandford Forum, head greenkeeper, Mark Sherwood, can count the snow days there on the fingers of both hands. With high elevation and fast draining chalk soil, extreme weather rarely halts play…
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Out front Wiedenmann Whisper Twister perfect set up for Coxmoor GC’s leaves
Coxmoor Golf Club, an accredited England Golf Championship venue, is in its fourth year of a major ten year redevelopment, working closely with architects, Creative Golf Design. The progressive Nottinghamshire club has an innovative programme of bunker and tee improvements…
Aldwickbury Park GC exchanges one Wiedenmann XF for another
A Hertfordshire golf club having had 14 years of success with an existing Wiedenmann Terra Spike XF has replaced it with a newer version. Craig Betts, Course Manager of Aldwickbury Park GC, Harpenden, said he had no hesitation in making…
Through-the-season Wiedenmann wins it for Nelson GC
Head greenkeeper Gary McKie at Nelson Golf Club, Lancashire had a very specific reason for choosing a Wiedenmann Terra Spike GXi8 HD in April. “The main attraction was to be able to aerate during the season knowing it caused little…
Wiedenmann kit moves Bolton Old Links GC rough management up a gear
When it comes to cutting and collecting, greenkeepers at Bolton Old Links GC confidently go about their business. Purchase in spring 2017 of a Wiedenmann Super 500, a 1.7m Terra Rake and a Whisper Twister blower kick-started a programme of…
The West Lancashire GC delighted early adopters of the Wiedenmann Terra Float Air
In a previous life Stuart Hogg, Course Manager at The West Lancashire GC was among the first to own the Wiedenmann Terra Float & Terra Seed. Last year, more by coincidence than by design, he found himself back in the…
Thirsk & Northallerton GC pilot venue for UK’s first machinery bank
Sports administrators are closely watching a revolutionary project which if takes off has potential to be rolled out country wide. An innovative pilot scheme offering sports clubs access to affordable quality pitch maintenance advice, labour and machinery is up and…
Double quick Wiedenmann day at the races
South Wales contractors Peter Villars Sportsgrounds Maintenance (PVSGM) have doubled their aerator fleet. In January the Cwmbran-based family business added a Wiedenmann Terra Spike XD6 to their existing Wiedenmann Terra Spike GXi8 HD. Director, Iestyn John said: “We need to…
Take a bow Cumberwell Park GC’s 45-hole aeration programme
Few course managers have the challenge of creating an aeration programme for 45 holes. Step forward Matt James at Cumberwell Park GC who oversees five nine hole courses at Bradford-on-Avon, eight miles south of Bath. The original courses – the…
Fairways Sportsgrounds wins Glasgow City deep tining contract
Scottish contractor, Fairways Sportsgrounds has won a contract to deep tine 60 football pitches and six golf courses operated by Glasgow City Council on behalf of Glasgow Life. Each of the pitches will enjoy four separate visits across a 12…