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GroundsFest Academy scores success with synthetic surface event

GroundsFest Academy recently hosted another successful free educational event with its Synthetic Surface – Maintenance Best Practice day, delivered in collaboration with Replay Maintenance, Redexim UK…

Agrovista fertilisers support Hamilton Racecourse through the seasons

Maintaining a consistent, high-quality racing surface is a year-round challenge at Hamilton Park Racecourse, but Head Groundsman Prentis Russell believes a well-planned nutrition programme, supported …

Cobra expands further into the commercial lawn care market with first Zero-Turn and Stand-On mowers

Cobra has announced a major expansion into the estate and commercial lawncare sector with the launch of its first-ever zero-turn and stand-on mowers: the ZTR42L, and ZTR50L zero-turn mowers and ZTS32L…

Recognising excellence for the EFL Grounds Team of the Season Awards 2025/26

STRI would like to congratulate all winners and shortlisted clubs recognised in the EFL Grounds Team of the Season Awards for the 2025/26 season. The Grounds Team of the Season Awards play an importan…

Reesink’s BNPL offer allowed Stratford Oaks to do it all

Stratford Oaks Golf Club committed to another five years of course excellence and financial sustainability with a significant reinvestment in Toro machinery, facilitated through the hugely popular ‘bu…

PE and school sport get £1bn boost to end fitness postcode lottery

More young people will have access to high quality PE and school sport under the government’s new PE and School Sport Partnerships Network, which will bring national sporting expertise into every prim…

Abersoch Golf Club weathers coastal challenges with Johnsons J Sustain Fairway

Perched on the Welsh coastline, Abersoch Golf Club has always lived at the mercy of the elements. Managing those ever-changing conditions for the last 37 years is Head Greenkeeper Arthur Evans who, in…

London Stadium grounds team crowned Premier League Grounds Team of the Year

London Stadium’s Grounds Team has been named Premier League Grounds Team of the Year for the second consecutive season. Retaining the title is widely regarded as one of the toughest feats in the indus…

Independent FAIR WATER II trial highlights fairway drought performance

Independent research carried out at the NIBIO Turfgrass Research Center in Norway has highlighted ICL’s H2Pro TriSmart and Syngenta’s Qualibra among seven commercially available soil surfactant techno…

SIS Pitches unveils Bio-X – groundbreaking 100% biodegradable fiber for hybrid sports pitches

A new high-performance, 100% biodegradable fiber has been launched to help better manage end-of-life solutions for hybrid sports pitches. Bio-X is a revolutionary hybrid fiber introduced by internatio…

Baroness delivers over a decade of dependability at Reading Football Club

For Scott O’Nyons, Grounds Manager at Reading Football Club’s stadium and training ground, when it comes to their equipment longevity and reliability aren’t just ‘nice to haves’, it’s an operational n…

Strengthen rootzones for better playing surfaces

Maintaining consistent playing surfaces has become one of the biggest challenges in sports turf. With increased usage and higher expectations, pitches are under constant pressure to perform and remain…