News, at last “Agreement reached to avoid lengthy and expensive legal dispute” say FA
Wembley - Good
APEL holding on to hover mower
APEL Holdings to manufacture and market Allen Hover Mowers
THE Football Association has announced that an agreement has been reached with the builders of the new Wembley stadium, Multiplex, which ‘will avoid a lengthy and expensive legal dispute’ and ‘ensure that the stadium opens for business as early as possible in 2007’. The actual terms of the agreement are not being made public but it is believed an additional payment is to be made to Multiplex of around £35m, which is on top of the original overall contract cost of £757m, and is to take account of changes to the
design. The FA is still being cautious about an actual completion date, no doubt to avoid a repeat of this year’s embarrassing debacle when they had to re-schedule their 2006 fixtures to other venues after the completion deadline was moved and missed on several occasions.
The agreement should
allow completion of the work in time to stage a couple of test events in advance of the showpiece FA Cup Final, scheduled for the 19th May.
Wizards of Aus Respect down under for
pitchcare.com
THE Australian Golf Course Superintendents Association (AGCSA) was formed in 1981 and performs a similar roll to that of BIGGA here in the UK. Each week they publish an E-Newsletter called ‘The Cut’ which updates their membership on all things golf in Australia.
One section is, called
‘Have Your Say’, a weekly forum for its members. Recently they asked whether course superintendents and turf
managers regularly used the internet to aid them in their day-to-day turf management operations and which websites proved particularly useful.
Not surprisingly the Bureau of Meteorology website
www.bom.gov.au was at the top of many superintendents’ ‘favourites’ list. And who ran the weather a close second?
www.pitchcare.com For further info about the
AGSCA visit their website at
www.agcsa.com.au
WITH the trading company Allen Power Equipment Limited of Didcot, Oxfordshire now in administration, the parent company, APEL Holdings Limited, has taken direct control of the Allen Hover Mower production and worldwide sales. Commenting on the announcement shareholder Tim Allen said, “the Allen Hover Mower brand is very strong in the professional turf- care market, particularly on many of the world’s golf courses. It is the Holdings Company’s intention to continue to actively promote the complete range of Allen Hover Mowers, including the exciting and recently introduced XR44 model.” Allen Hover Mowers are currently sold in over thirty different countries, including new emerging markets in Poland, Russia, Vietnam and China.
Mr Allen added, “Obviously a major change in distribution
like this is understandably unnerving to our dealers, distributors and end users alike but we are making it a priority to ensure the continuity of supply of our mowers and spare parts around the globe.” The Allen family have been associated with the design and production of outdoor power equipment since the late 1800’s. For more information email Tim Allen on:
tim-allen@hotmail.co.uk Pitchcare in training
Training Coordinator appointed to head Pitchcare Training Programme
Following requests from members, Pitchcare have launched their own training programme, with a view to making a range of courses accessible to local club Groundsmen and Greenkeepers. To head up the programme, Christine Johnson has been appointed as Training Coordinator. Christine has over 30 years experience as a secretary/administrator responsible for the training of secretarial teams in the financial services industry and, more recently, as a training administrator in the corporate sector. The courses will be held at
Apology to John
In our last issue we published an article – Carbon, Climate, Us and Grass. This article was written and supplied by John Hughes of DLF Trifolium, and not John Haynes as printed.
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convenient locations around the country and will be undertaken by LANTRA and NPTC accredited trainers. The full range of operator training courses can be viewed in the Training section on the Pitchcare website.
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