After a week in Ireland it was time to leave and fly to Manchester where I would meet the rest of the Campey team. It has been a very busy week. First up was a trip around Manchester with Ian Campbell, where we went to Old Trafford Cricket Ground. At the time there was [...]
After flying 22 hours from Sydney I arrived in Dublin. The first thing I noticed was the harsh difference in weather. Leaving Australia in 32’c heat arriving in Dublin where the temperature was meant to reach 9’c and numbing winds. In Dublin I was greeted at the Airport by Brian O’Shaughnessy, who took me [...]
Campey Turf Care Systems Mini Pitch Renovation Days give Greenock Morton Fans chance to see production of prize winning pitch. The pitch was rated as one of the top-four in the Scottish Championship with a score of 4.6 out of ten as part of the Scottish Professional Football League licensing scheme in 2016, giving [...]
Small things make a big difference on and off the pitch in football, and for Real Madrid the small machines making a big difference are the Dakota 310, Air2G2 Air Inject and two Martin Lishman Micro Sprayers. Los Blancos represent the pinnacle of modern football. Their white shirts are famous the world over and [...]
In this feature he discusses his experience of using an aerator at his course. “After a visit to the Congress of Spanish Greenkeepers Association in Malaga, I arranged a demonstration day to find out more about Campey Turfcare’s Air2G2 aerator.” The demo took place on the putting green and at first I was surprised, [...]
Compaction on greens is a common issue on many golf courses, but for Ruddington Grange Golf Club the extent and depth of the compaction was preventing any water filtration at all on many parts of the course. A solution was essential to restore this great course to the level of play expected of it. [...]
Judges Contracting Ltd has opted to extend its seven-year use of the Vredo seeder range because of the direct contact approach the machines uses to plant the seed. Remarkably the decision to upgrade wasn’t to replace the existing model, but instead to add some more width and a larger hopper size to the current [...]
Richard Peel Groundcare has purchased a Dakota 440 Turf Tender, KORO® FIELD TOPMAKER® with UNIVERSE® Rotor, KORO® Recycling Dresser, IMANTS SandCat and Air2G2 from Campey Turf Care Systems as they continue to stay at the cutting edge of maintenance equipment. Over the last 15 years Richard Peel Groundcare has grown. Originally their service was [...]
Knotty Hill Golf Centre has adopted a different way of thinking when it comes to personnel and machines, and the 2.75 meter IMANTS ShockWave fits their ethos perfectly. You’d be forgiven for thinking an army of men would be spread across the 660-acre site that offers 54-holes of golf, 27 of those being foot-golf [...]
With the advancements in turf technology and hybrid pitches the scope for improvements has been considerably narrowed, and Stoke City Football Club head groundsman, Andy Jackson, has turned to the GT Inject Air2G2 and Campey UniRake to target his marginal gains. At the top level of English football perfect playing surfaces are becoming the [...]
