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Royal Liverpool Golf Club chooses MJ Abbott


Saltex billionaires Independent visitor research


Jacobsen mower for


MJ Abbott Limited has begun the installation of a new irrigation system for the Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake. Working with the club’s Adrian


irrigation consultant,


Mortram from RHA/STRI Irrigation Services, they’ll install new mainlines, a 550m³water storage tank, a 85m³per hour pump station, an upgraded electricity supply and borehole transfer pipework which will provide water to the greens, approaches,


the four Open Championship tented village areas. The irrigation will be


operated using the revolutionary new Rain Bird ICS System and will feature a Rain Bird weather station and radio remote control. Contracts Manager,


Nathan


George said: “We’re delighted to be one of the first UK contractors to be installing the ICS system, especially at such a prestigious Open Championship venue as Hoylake.”


greens surrounds,


fairways, tees, rough, walkways, practice putting greens and to


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Austrian Multi-Use sports stadium Stadion is a compact stadium,


AZ Tech of Vienna, Ransomes


Jacobsen’s distributor for Austria, has supplied a Jacobsen Tri-King ride-on triple mower for maintaining the sports surface at the Wörthersee Stadium, a venue used for the Euro 2008 football championships and located on the outskirts of the city of Klagenfurt, close to the banks of Lake Wörthersee. The 32,000 seat Wörthersee


similar in design to St Jakob Park in Basel, Switzerland and due to its distinctive shape is affectionately known as the ‘UFO’


by the people of


Klagenfurt. Constructed as a multi-use stadium, it is the home ground of Austrian football club, FC Kärnten. Thomas Reiter of AZ Tech commented,“The Jacobsen Tri-


King is the mower of choice for many football clubs across Europe and has been used at major sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games for many years. It has the ideal width of cut for stadium pitch preparation and can collect the grass clippings.”


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undertaken on behalf of Saltex organisers has revealed that visitors could invest up to £1.6 billion on groundscare and open space products and services. The research also revealed


that over 1,000 visitors were from organisations that spend over £1 million each year on open space management products and services, more than 600 were from organisations that spend over £500,000, over 1,000 visitors spend up to £500,000 each year, more than 1,200 spend up to £150,000, and over 4,500 spend up to £50,000.


NEWS & PRODUCTS 5


Fountain takes pride of place A newly installed Otterbine


aerating fountain is helping to keep a Nottingham


Trent


University pond clean and clear. The ponds are prone to duckweed and silt build-up. A new Otterbine Gemini


aerating fountain with attractive spray pattern now has pride of place in the largest of the three


potential water stagnation. Otterbine


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ponds, which is approximately 20m in diameter. By introducing oxygen into the water,


the


fountain will effectively control algae,


aquatic weeds and


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