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Special shoes that help establishing field quality
March 5, 2021
What if you could measure the quality of a field during maintenance and in a way that is very close to what the player experiences?
Paul Burgess leaves Real Madrid
December 24, 2020
Real Madrid’s chief groundsman, Paul Burgess, has announced that he is leaving the club with immediate effect. The Brit had been in charged of conditioning the
The technology that converts LaLiga fields in a carpet
November 16, 2020
Field management has been professionalized so much that the goal is for it to go unnoticed during the match. Regulation sets the tone. Mud, so-called
Greenkeeper academy delivers first graduates
October 30, 2020
Students at the Greenkeeper Academy in Warth wrote their final exams in October to become a state-recognized sports ground manager. After a year of training,
Hybrid fields discussed
September 2, 2020
As the list of hybrid fields solutions is growing rapidly, it is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. This article provides some background
Saltex 2021 set for March
August 24, 2020
The plan to host the 75th edition of Saltex at the NEC, Birmingham on 3 and 4 March 2021, are well-received. SALTEX has been serving the
Grant available for purchase maintenance equipment
August 4, 2020
The Württembergische Landessportbund e.V., the umbrella organization for sports clubs and sports associations in Württemberg (Germany) has made money available to assist clubs in buying
NVWA adopts new intervention policy
August 3, 2020
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) will take stricter action against violations in the marketing and use of plant protection products and
Almost 3000 clubs benefitted from UK Pitch preparation fund
June 8, 2020
Almost 3000 clubs in England received a slice of the cake worth close to GBP 10 million that was made available by the Premier League,
FA Pitch preparation fund
May 7, 2020
The Premier League, The FA, the Government and Sport England have come together through their Football Foundation to launch the new ‘Pitch Preparation Fund’. Almost