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Spearhead Turf LTD
Growers of natural & rootzone sports turf using the very best STRI cultivars
• Custom grown turf • ‘Instant play’ sports pitch turf • Reinforced fibreturf
•Washed turf available in all turf grades
• Nationwide delivery at a time to suit you
• Forklift offload • Contracting service • Overseas supply
Tel: 01724 855000
email:
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Specialist growers of turf for sport & amenity
Mixtures available for all areas of the golf course including revetting turf and greens turf on USGA rootzone.
Winter sports turf for football & rugby on soil or with fibre reinforced rootzone.
Specialist growers of sportsturf and golf turf with a wide range of grades, rootzones, thick and fibre reinforced turf
Tel: 01904 448675
sales@turf.co.uk
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Thick cut & 1.2m wide big roll. Supply and lay service available.
www.tillersturf.co.uk 01652 678000
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The Fleetwood pitch in various stages of renovation
Renovations and demonstrations as Fleetwood Town and Campey Turf Care both benefit from a joint venture
A CAMPEY demo day is almost a thing of beauty (presenters excluded), as the latest machines from the company’s portfolio are put through their paces in an almost choreographed manner.
No hassle… No wasted time… No repairs.
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USED MACHINERY
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• Compact Tractors • Ride-On Rotary Mowers • Ride-On Cylinder Mowers • Chippers • Trailers
• Attachments • Accessories • Mini-diggers • Pedestrian Mowers • Hand-held Equipment
The largest stock of second-hand turf care machinery in the UK
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So, when Ian Campbell, the company’s Product Specialist, put in a call to Dale Frith, Head Groundsman at Fleetwood Town FC, asking if he would be interested in hosting one of their demo days, he jumped at the chance, on the understanding that the company would undertake his pitch renovations.
And so it was that, on a Wednesday afternoon in late May, the Campey team - along with contractors from the north- west who had brought their existing Koro, Dakota and Imants equipment - began work on the pitch in preparation for the following day.
The plan was to get a good proportion of the work started on Wednesday, leaving enough time to put the machines through their paces on Thursday - in front of over one hundred turfcare professionals who turned up on the day - and complete the work on Friday.
“Our renovations this year needed to focus on improving the drainage because, like many clubs with piped and slit drained pitches, we have suffered,” explained Dale.
“Through much of the winter, the water was perched and not able to get away. The cause of
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this was that the existing secondary drainage was not intense enough, coupled with the amount of rainfall we had. To hopefully solve these issues, we have now installed Koro Topdrain slits.”
“The work consisted of ‘Terraplaning’ off the existing surface, topdressing with 150 tonnes of sand and installing the Topdrain slits to a depth of 200mm, ensuring an adequate connection to the lateral drains.”
“We then tickled the new sand into the top of the existing surface before levelling with Koro Speed Harrows. Everris Sierrablen Plus Renovator 20:20:8 was applied, before seeding using a Raycam Aeroseeder and Vredo Super Compact. We seeded with Barenbrug Bar 7 RPR.”
Contractor Carl Pass of Premier Pitches is the first to
acknowledge the benefits of the Terraplanes having trialed these new machines for the past two years. “We have worked with the machine for the past two seasons and the results have been outstanding. Surface levels are improved with no tine corrugation present; hygiene is paramount when fraise mowing, and the machine offers excellent
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