Jeff Lenihan - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ohio State Global Intern 2015 I traveled to Finland on Saturday and met up with Lee Morgado and David Stonier, two of Campey's employees. They had just driven from Sweden and taken a ferry over to Finland with all of Campey's equipment on a truck for the renovation [...]
Jeff Lenihan - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ohio State Global Intern 2015 I was on the road with Ian again today and we drove into Manchester and to Old Trafford, the cricket grounds that is, not football just yet. There we met Matthew Merchant, the head groundskeeper. They had just finished up with a four [...]
Jeff Lenihan - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ohio State Global Intern 2015 Today was a busy day, as I was out on the road with Ian Campbell, Campey's UK and Ireland Sales Manager. We first went to a new client of Ian's at nearby golf course to demonstrate a rough mower made by Baroness. The [...]
Jeff Lenihan - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ohio State Global Intern 2015 Today was my first day at Campey Turfcare Systems. They have a great office building as well as a spare parts building, lots of storage for equipment, and a workshop. After meeting almost everyone, the rest of my day was spent in the workshop [...]
Jeff Lenihan - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ohio State Global Intern 2015 After 5,300 miles of traveling in 24 hours, I am finally in the UK, more specifically, Manchester, England. Mr. Campey was waiting to provide a ride back to his house, where I will be staying for a few days. On the way back, we [...]
Jeff Lenihan - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ohio State Global Intern 2015 After two sleepless nights studying earlier this week, final exams at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are behind me and I am getting ready to fly to the UK tomorrow. I just finished up my sophomore year at Lincoln, where I am majoring in Turfgrass [...]
On April 14th and 17th 2015, Hydraparts (the Campey Imants dealer in France) organized its ‘Preparation Tour’ in Rennes and Lille. We were there at the latter to witness the techniques, products and machinery used to renew the sports pitches for the new season. François Brouillet (Managing Director) spoke about the principles of English groundsmen and [...]
The Campey European Pitch Renovation Tour began in earnest last month. Spanning three months, the tour will stop at eight different venues, starting in France, heading to Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark then back to The Netherlands for the final stop near Rotterdam on June 4th, 2015. Dates are; France Completed 2 pitch renovations in April. [...]
Campey Turf Care Systems has been officially appointed sole supplier to Australia and New Zealand of the innovative Air2G2 air Injector. Following the success with the Air2G2 in the UK, rest of Europe, South Africa and Asia, American manufacturer GT Air Inject Inc. has handed over responsibility to Campeys for the supply of its product [...]
Since introducing the Imants ShockWave aerator to his maintenance programme, Head Groundsman at Glasgow High School David Miller, has not had to cancel a single rugby match through water-logging. David is responsible for five natural grass pitches at the prestigious Glasgow High School where the predominant sport is rugby. This is appropriate in view of [...]
