Jeff Lenihan - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ohio State Global Intern 2015 London is the location this week. Yesterday was a morning trip to Arsenal FC's Training Centre to meet with head groundsman Steve Braddock. With us, we brought an Air2g2 and a Koro with a Universe rotor. The staff there tested out the Air2 on a patchy area of [...]

Jeff Lenihan - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ohio State Global Intern 2015 Pitch renovation #1 was completed and we demonstrated all the equipment to local grounds managers. The field was seeded and then dragged with a drag mat to complete the renovation. The representative for NH-Koneet Oy, a machinery dealer we partnered with, informed us that the Finnish National Football [...]

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 and demo days. After a [...]

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 day long cricket match, and [...]

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 picture below shows Ian on [...]

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 with Charlie, the head of [...]

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 glimpsed a view of some [...]

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 how they developed a system [...]