The unique setting of Newquay Golf Club makes it an iconic coastal landmark. With Cornwall’s glorious surfing destination, Fistral Beach as backdrop, it sits high atop the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. For Dan Kendle, Course Manager, at the Harry…
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Wiedenmann Terra Spike XD8 central to efforts to upgrade Bellahouston Events Arena
Fairways Sportsgrounds, sister company to Wiedenmann UK, has been employing one of its Terra Spike XD8s to good effect. Over the last year, the Glasgow Airport based firm has had a contract to upgrade drainage and re-establish the natural turf…
Terra Spikes twice as nice at Burnham Beeches GC
Lee Bishop, Course Manager at Burnham Beeches GC, has a adopted a simple way to highlight the need for renovation to his club members. He does a dummy run of the work on two practice putting and chipping surfaces to…
Portlethen GC chooses Terra Spike GXi8 HD & 4.05 m wide Terra Brush
An Aberdeenshire golf course has added a 4.05 m winged Wiedenmann Terra Brush to its fleet at the same time as updating its Terra Spike GXi8 HD. Portlethen GC, six miles south of Aberdeen, made the double investment during early…
Wiedenmann UK going to BIGGA’s Festival of Turf, July 21-22
Wiedenmann UK will bring some of their top kit to stand 122 at the Warwickshire Event Centre, Leamington Spa later this month. Chas Ayres and Andy Kerr will be accompanied by a team from local dealer Farol, who represent Wiedenmann…
New logo for Wiedenmann UK
The Wiedenmann UK logo is changing. Over the next few months we’ll be introducing our new look name style. Wiedenmann GmbH and Wiedenmann USA will also adapt the new design. The style replace the previous logo which has been running…
Broomieknowe GC secures Wiedenmann & Maredo kit
Broomieknowe Golf Club at Bonnyrigg, Mid Lothian, has welcomed a new golf course manager, a host of new members and some top-rated maintenance equipment, all in the space of a few months. Allan Duncan joined the parkland club in April…
Wiedenmann UK dealers introduce the NEW STrac 700
Occasionally an ingeniously simple machine comes along which becomes instantly indispensable. Welcome the Maredo STrac 700, a pedestrian power unit which supports four different groundcare operations – scarifying, aeration, seeding and fraise mowing with more to come. The ‘access-all-areas’ STrac…
Dundee’s Downfield GC choses Super 500 for all round excellence and Maredo for tricky tight spots
The resourcefulness and positivity of head greenkeeper, John Watson, and his team of three, at the parkland course of Downside GC, Dundee, saw them through a tough ‘stop-start’ winter. “You can only worry about what you can control,” said John…
Whisper Twister on twice daily school run at John Lyon
Since taking delivery of a Wiedenmann Whisper Twister in October last year, Chris Lynch, Grounds Manager at John Lyon School, Harrow-on the-Hill and his team have coined their own twice daily school run. Their site, at Sudbury Fields in North…