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The turfcare industry’s number one platform for turf news, product information, world-class events, profiles and interviews in both printed and digital formats.

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@TurfBusiness
Turf Business
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Want to win a place at the Turf Business Summit 2024? Complete the survey to have your say and be in with a chance of joining us in Bulgaria ➡️➡️
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@TurfBusiness
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A word from Steve Braddock @oldskool91to93 @DPSGOLF
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An absolute privilege to catch up with Steve Braddock and cover David Snowden presenting him with his Top Turf Influencer 2019 trophy. A truly well deserved accolade voted for by the industry. Congratulations Steve and we look forward to hearing more from you very soon!!!👏👏👏😉
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The time has come to crown your #TurfsTopInfluencer of 2021! Thank you to all who nominated/voted as well as our sponsor @DPSGOLF . Congratulations to our 2021 winner 🏆 ⤵️ Read the full coverage in our Jan issue Let the Top 10 countdown commence ...
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@TurfBusiness
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6 years
The industry has spoken and it’s time to reveal who won the 2018 Top Turf Influencer of the Year award sponsored by @DPSGOLF . Let the countdown begin…
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@TurfBusiness
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The results are in! Nearly 3000 of you voted for your Top Turf Influencer of 2019! For more info click the link Sponsored by @DPSGOLF
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Turf Business were proud to give a special industry thank you to @oldskool91to93 by presenting him with the Top Turf Influencer Award for 2019, as voted for by you. Steve is joined by David Snowden, the Managing Director of @DPSGOLF , who sponsored the award.
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🚨 New Grassroots initiative incoming 🚨 Turf Force brought to you by Turf Business and @johnledwidge , more information to be revealed soon! With thanks to our sponsors – @BarenbrugUK , @AgrigemLtd , @HSportsturf , @TotalAmenity and @LCFC_SportsTurf .
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Is Steve Braddock from Arsenal FC your Top Turf Influencer of 2019 place your vote now! Sponsored by @DPSGOLF
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@TurfBusiness
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6 years
A huge thank you to all our delegates, sponsors and of course @paul_pburgess for making the first Turf Business Summit at Real Madrid such a success. Time to turn our discussions into actions.
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@TurfBusiness
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A big thank you to everybody at AS Monaco for taking us round their amazing training centre
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@TurfBusiness
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3 years
With attracting and retaining staff continuing to be a prominent issue within the industry, we’d like to do our bit to help out. We are now offering grounds-people and greenkeepers a free opportunity to post vacancies on our website. Find out more ↘️
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@johnledwidge of Leicester City FC has been included in the shortlist for our Top Turf Influencer Award 2019 will you give him your vote? Sponsored by @DPSGOLF
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And that’s a wrap on the Turf Business Summit 2023! A big thank you to everybody who attended and supported this years event
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@TurfBusiness
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WIN OVER £150 WORTH OF @RansomesTurf WET WEATHER GEAR! RT & Like this post to enter... Full T&C's apply - #turfcare
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@TurfBusiness
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1 year
Delighted to see that Steve’s family are proud of his Turf’s Top Influencer Award. The industries respect for Steve means a lot to them. We look forward to presenting them with the award soon. @DPSGOLF
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@TurfBusiness
Turf Business
4 years
We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas from us here at Turf Business! Thank you to everyone who has supported us during this especially difficult year. Here's to 2021 and hopefully a Summit, see you all soon! 🎄🥂
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@TurfBusiness
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3 years
Well that’s the #TurfBusinessSummit wrapped up for another year! Thank you to our delegates for bringing your passion and dedication to our workshop groups and sewing the seeds to help make the industry a better place for all. Great things happen when we all get together 👏🏼
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@TurfBusiness
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NEWS: Groundstaff vacancy at Arsenal’s training ground –
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I’m a Turfie get me out of here! The turf industry’s very own Ant & Dec 🤔🤩🐛
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@TurfBusiness
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8 years
So here they are – the top five most influential figures in the turf care industry – as voted by you…
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2 years
Steve Braddock: 1964-2022 - Turf Business RIP Steve you were an inspiration to the turfcare industry and will be greatly missed.
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@TurfBusiness
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Honoured to be with @RoyRIgby1 celebrating his upcoming retirement. Wish you all the very best with your next adventure at the FIFA Women’s World Cup this summer. Enjoy the experience Roy and the times ahead you have certainly earned it.👏👏🍻
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@TurfBusiness
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8 months
We really pulled out all the stops with this sunset 😉
@JackPercival99
Jack Percival
8 months
A fantastic day at the @TurfBusiness summit. A day of networking, ideas and education followed by a vist to AS Monaco training ground…. State of the art facilities 😍 Now for some dinner in Monaco 🇫🇷 🌱 ⛳️
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@TurfBusiness
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4 years
Another great interview shining a light on the Turfcare industry! We’re loving seeing these Groundsmen getting the recognition and exposure they deserve 👍🏼
@MotherwellFC
Motherwell FC
4 years
That pitch doesn't become the best in Scotland by itself. The man behind it is sharing some of his secrets.
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@TurfBusiness
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The Turf Business Summit 2023 is officially underway! Don’t forget to follow our instagram to keep up to date with our stories over the next few days! Just search for Turf Business if you’re not already following us
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@TurfBusiness
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3 years
Fantastic day today at @Edgbaston hosting our Summit Focus Group! Some great discussions and topics raised that will help us in shaping the agenda for this year’s Summit. Thank you to all who attended, @barnstonworth for having us and to our sponsors! 👍🏼
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@TurfBusiness
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TBTV were privileged to get a close up look at Wembley’s new pitch thanks to @karl_standley for his help and time in the madness of building up to a cup final. #TTAD
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🏆 The shortlist for this years Turf's Top Influencer award is now live! The earlier nomination round has been used to compile a shortlist which we are now handing back to you, the industry, to vote for your winner. Click here to vote 👉🏼 @DPSGOLF
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@TurfBusiness
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6 years
We have teamed up with @haix and @GORETEXeu Footwear to offer five lucky readers the chance to win a pair of HAIX Black Eagle Safety mid boots worth £129.90! To enter re-Tweet this tweet with #SafeHAIXFeet and follow @Turfbusiness . Full details –
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Will @tingers_123 from Watford FC get your vote for Top Turf Influencer of 2019? Vote now! Sponsored by @DPSGOLF
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@TurfBusiness
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A fab & insightful couple of days at the @linksclub246 meeting of which we’re honoured to be invited along to. Including an interesting talk from @striturf ’s @StellaRixon on the course tour. Great to catch up with everyone! Thanks again to @paullarsenrsg & the Links committee ⛳️
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@TurfBusiness
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2 years
Striking Camp Nou stadium to complete our Barcelona summit 2022
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@TurfBusiness
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8 years
Win a brand new iPad! Follow us & RT this post or view link to see other ways to enter – T&C's apply. #TurfBusiness
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Turf Business are on the way to our first Summit in Madrid. Looking forward to two days of discussion, debate and touring the world-class facilities of Real Madrid.
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@TurfBusiness
Turf Business
4 years
What amazing exposure for our industry! Great interview with Paul, we hope to see a lot more of this recognition 👏🏼
@Harlequins
Harlequins 🃏
4 years
🌱 The Grass Chronicles, volume one. 🚜 Fascinating insight from the one and only Paul Sykes - head groundsman at The Stoop. #COYQ
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5 years
Big thank you to all our delegates at today’s TBS Focus Group held at the Etihad Stadium. Special thank you to @WackoJacko1974 and all the team at @ManCity for helping us pull the event together. Great discussions and valuable input from everybody!
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Looking forward to the final morning of the Turf Business Summit! Ready to hear what the workshop groups have been coming up with
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4 years
NEWS: Steve Braddock ( @oldskool91to93 ) named newest member of @thegma_ 's Hall of Fame –
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@TurfBusiness
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David Snowden from @DPSGOLF caught up with Real Madrid's @paul_pburgess to present him with his 2018 Top Turf Influencer award! Nominations will be open soon for this years Top Turf Influencer. Who will you choose?
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@TurfBusiness
Turf Business
8 years
Congratulations to Colin James, Head Groundsman of @leytonorientfc for winning our recent iPad competition! Enjoy Colin! :)
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@TurfBusiness
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2 years
Turf Force is well underway! This new initiative focuses on helping out grassroots clubs. We're kicking off at @HighfieldRange1 , undertaking a full pitch renovation. Thank you to: @LCFC_SportsTurf , @HarrodSport , @AgrigemLtd , @TotalAmenity , @BarenbrugUK , @HSportsturf , @MansfieldSand .
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@TurfBusiness
Turf Business
3 years
#TurfNews : Based at @LCFC 's new training facility in Seagrave, the @LCFC_SportsTurf Academy is being maintained by a new fleet of 32 @JohnDeere sprayers, mowers, compact tractors and Gator utility vehicles supplied by local dealer @FarolLtd . Read more 👉🏼
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@TurfBusiness
Turf Business
3 years
Fantastic second day so far at the #TurfBusinessSummit . Workshops and tours well under way!
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NEWS: Announcement from @CampeyTurfCare on the sad passing of David Briggs – We would also like to extend our condolences to David's friends and family from us all at Turf Business, following this extremely sad news.
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@TurfBusiness
Turf Business
5 years
To win an all-expenses paid trip to the Turf Business Summit at the 5* Quinta do Lago resort, all you have to do is complete our survey. Participants will be entered into a free draw to win a place at this unique event and have their voice heard!
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Leyton Orient's Colin James on his career and the pressure of working at a club who’s existence is under threat. –
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#TurfPeople : Liam Nicholson, greenkeeper at @GullaneGolfClub , saved the life of a golfer who was having a heart attack on the course earlier this month, heroically resuscitating them using one of the club’s three defibrillators. 👏🏼 Read more ↘️
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@TurfBusiness
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Looking forward to a great morning of workshops here in Nice! 🇫🇷
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6 months
Your Turf's Top Influencer for 2023, as voted for you by, is Meg Lay. Meg made history in 2023, leading the first all-female team to prepare an international cricket wicket. A trailblazer for women and young people in the Turfcare industry. Congratulations Meg 🏆
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In celebration of @thegma_ 's #GroundsWeek , we’ll be sharing interviews with some fantastic Turfcare professionals across a variety of sectors this week. Today is @adgray13 , Head of Grounds & Estates at @FA 's #StGeorgesPark , @England . Watch here 👉🏼
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@TurfBusiness
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2 years
We’re here at @LCFC ’s Training Ground and Sports Turf Academy today, ready to go for today’s #EducationGroup meeting! Looking forward to today’s discussions 🌱
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NEWS: For @EastleighFC Head Groundsman @DanBarnes08 , managing a high wear pitch, on a relatively tight budget is made slightly easier by getting the right seed in the ground first & foremost. For this, he turns to @QualitySeed J Premier Pitch. Read more 👉🏼
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@TurfBusiness
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Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club’s course manager, @JamesBledge , will be on the panel at the Turf Business Summit Question Time event at St George’s Park. Taking place on June 25th, this event will be a great opportunity to ask panel members all your turf-industry questions.
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We’ve arrived in Nice 🇫🇷Looking forward to another inspiring and educational few days at this years Turf Business Summit! If you’re not coming along, keep your eyes on our socials to see what we’re getting up to
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@TurfBusiness
Turf Business
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NEWS: @BrokenhurstGC , one of Hampshire’s finest woodland/heathland courses, have recently signed their first ever fleet package deal using a @JohnDeere Financial contract lease arrangement. Read more 👉🏼
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The 2019 Turf Business Summit built on the success of 2018’s Madrid event, and really delivered on possible solutions to some of the industry’s leading talking points. But it brought so much more in terms of engaging the great and the good of the turf professional world.
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NEWS: @SomersetCCC 's head coach Jason Kerr has praised the work of @ScottH4wkins and his grounds team, as the Somerset squad got the chance to train outside for the first time in 2021 this week. Read more 👉🏼
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Could the Top Turf Influencer of 2019 be @karl_standley from Wembley Stadium? Place your vote now! Sponsored by @DPSGOLF
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Hope you’ve all packed your suncream 😎 Beautiful weather here in Nice this morning! See you all soon ✈️
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3 years
#TurfBusinessSummit2021 Thanks to all of our delegates and sponsors who made our Summit 2021 event truly special. Your ideas are invaluable and the time you invested will make the industry a better place.
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#TBTV : We visited @LCFC 's brand-new Sports Turf Academy recently, where we caught up exclusively with Head of Sports Turf & Grounds, @johnledwidge . He told us more about the this new facility and the 4 fundamental ‘pillars’ that make it. Watch here 👉🏼
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Turf Business
4 years
Is @J_J_Dempsey your Turf's Top Influencer of 2020? This award recognises the industry’s most influential figures & organisations. Click here to cast your vote from our 28 nominees, as chosen by you:
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2 years
📢 We are delighted to announce the start of an exciting initiative following discussions at last year's Turf Business Summit, focusing on the #education sector. We hope that this meeting will be the start of something set to make a real difference. Keep an eye out for updates!
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Will @johnledwidge be your choice for Top Turf Influencer 2017 sponsored by @KubotaUK . To cast your vote follow the link . #TurfInfluencers
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A fantastic day at our Question Time event today at @Eton_College ! Some great debates had and a wide range of topics covered. Thank you to all who attended, our tagged sponsors as well as @leemarshallsay and the team for hosting insightful tours of Eton 🌱 Coverage to follow!
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NEWS: @EnvilleGolf aims high with new fleet finance deal – @JohnDeere
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🚨 GIVEAWAY! After a tough year we’ve decided to give away a Turf Business ‘Thirst Aid Kit’ containing 6 exclusive ‘Half Cut’ beers. To be in with a chance of winning follow ALL the steps listed below (we will check!) You have a week to enter, good luck!🍻
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Lots of exciting demos going on today! @CampeyTurfCare
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Wimbledon weighing up controversial move to install artificial playing surface –
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3 years
Waking up at the superb Belfry this morning, ready to go for this year’s Turf Business Summit! We are looking forward to seeing our delegates and sponsors later today ⛳️
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8 years
We asked Real Madrid's Paul Burgess is British best when it comes to groundsmanship...
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3 years
We are thrilled to be at the @linksclub246 annual meeting hosted at @RoyalStGeorges1 this year! Thanks very much to @PaulLarsenRSG for inviting us along, we’re looking forward to walking the course tomorrow and talking all things fescue 🌱
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3 years
NEWS: During #GroundsWeek (1-7 March 2021), a celebration week for the turf care sector, @thegma_ has released new research that highlights the crisis the UK is facing without the next generation of grounds staff and volunteers. Read more 👉🏼
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@DarrenBaldwin40 from Tottenham Hotspur FC could be the Top Turf Influencer of 2019 place your vote now! Sponsored by @DPSGOLF
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NEWS: @wembleystadium the very heart of English football, is now the home for five 34” @Infinicut FL mowers. The functionality of the floating head units coupled with the quality of cut is what sealed the deal for @karl_standley . Read more 👉🏼
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#TurfNews : David Daly, Golf Course Superintendent at @HogsHeadGC , has long relied on a wide range of @ICL_Turf products, from the initial grow-in to now helping him maintain the award-winning 18-hole course to a consistently high level. Read more 👉
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#TBTV : When we last caught up with @PaulLarsenRSG , Head Greenkeeper at @RoyalStGeorges1 , the 149th @TheOpen was inevitably cancelled. Given the green light for 2021, Paul updated us on this years preparations. Watch the full video here 👉 @RandA
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@JamesBledge from Royal Cinque Ports GC has been nominated for our Top Turf Influencer Award 2019 does he get your vote? Sponsored by @DPSGOLF
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Is @mowermanjimmy your Turf's Top Influencer? This award recognises the industry’s most influential people and organisations, with voting carried out by fellow professionals across the field. Click here to cast your vote:
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Here's an insight into what went on at yesterday's Education Group meeting, an interesting and beneficial day had by all. Keep an eye out for further updates online and in print! We'd like to thank everyone for attending as well as @johnledwidge , @PAPACALLSOP and the @LCFC team.
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What an amazing room to be holding our final session of the day in, a Q&A!
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3 years
#TurfNews : BREAKING – A @BIGGALtd spokesperson has confirmed to Turf Business that discussions are taking place around looking at an alternative date in March for BTME 2022. Find out more ↘️ @BIGGA_Events
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We're excited to announce that this year's Turf Business Summit will visit AS Monaco's Training Center La Turbie. We caught up with Declan Robinson, pitch manager for AS Monaco, to find out more. Watch now ➡️
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Congratulations to @GJRobertsTurf on winning our @RansomesTurf wet weather gear competition! We are sure they will get plenty of use!
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Turf Business
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NEWS: With effective teaching, learning and support from both @MyerscoughColl & @TheBelfryHotel , four recent apprenticeship completers have all achieved distinctions in the Level 2 Golf Greenkeeping Apprenticeship Standard. Read more 👉🏼
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Thanks Octavi for a superb visit to @FCBarcelona great to catch up and looking forward to seeing you again soon!😉
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Overseeding greens? @gord_mckie and his team are seeing great results on the Old Course @TheHomeofGolf from @BarenbrugUK All Bent applied with the @WiedenmannUK Terra Float Air.
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Turf Business
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Here's a little snippet of what went down at our Summit Focus Group earlier this month! Hosted at @Edgbaston , attendees participated in interactive live polls & discussions that will help shape the agenda for the Summit in October. Thanks to all who attended & to our sponsors! 👏🏼
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And the winner is…Turf’s Top Influencer 2017 -
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TBTV: The Emirates to Eastbourne –
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NEWS: @consolidateTurf appoint Anthony Asquith as Technical Manager –
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We’re ready to go here at #SALTEX21 ! Looking forward to seeing everyone, come and see us on stand L057 🌱
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The votes have been counted! Who will be crowned Turf's Top Influencer 2023? 👑
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#TurfPeople : @AlastairHiggs has been promoted to the role of Europe Service Manager by Rain Bird. Alastair’s responsibilities will include developing and driving forward service activities for @RainBirdCorp across Europe. Read more 👉🏼
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