SHOW PREVIEW
IOG SALTEX allows you to shape your space
programme, this year’s Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) SALTEX, at Wind- sor Racecourse from 6 to 8 September, promises to grab the attention of those involved in the care and upkeep of out- door sports and leisure facilities. Addressing the needs of the open-
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space industry, the event will showcase new and existing products and services for fine turf and sports surfaces, turf maintenance, outdoor leisure, facilities management, software solutions and security equipment. To add to the at- traction, this year’s show will also offer a number of special features, including the Education Zone.
Zoned in The zone will offer visitors the valuable resource of back-to-basics turf skills, a series of demonstrations of best-practice machine servicing plus a showcase of industry-specific college courses. It will pro- vide beginners in the groundscare industry
More than 400 exhibitors will display products and services within 50 acres
ith more than 300 ex- hibitors, a host of special feature areas and a com- prehensive education
with useful snapshots of everything need- ed to ‘get started’, while more experienced visitors can extend their knowledge with updates of modern practices. As well as advice on equipment main-
tenance, visitors to the zone can also obtain comprehensive information re- garding training courses and further education by organisations such as Bad- ger Hill Training, City and Guilds Land Based Services, Ian Gower Associates, Merrist Wood College, Myerscough College and Writtle College, alongside the training and education expertise of the Institute of Groundsmanship. While Hadlow College, MWMAC and the In- stitute of Horticulture can be found elsewhere within the showground. Back by popular demand, the zone will
also include the Sports Turf Skills Village, within which a daily programme of dem- onstrations will include basic natural turf maintenance skills – featuring equipment and products supplied by exhibitors and supported by The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) pitch advisors and IOG training instructors.
Further education Away from the show floor, a series of free, educational seminars will be hosted in the racecourse Grandstand.
Devised to appeal to a wide range of visi- tor interests, the extensive programme will include sessions on sustainability, contracting, grass seeds and pesticides, as well as up-to-date information on funding and industry apprenticeships. On each day of the show Adam White
CMLI – an RHS Gold Medal and BBC Peoples Choice Award-winning chartered landscape architect – will present ‘design management and maintenance of playful landscapes’, which will look at how early design decisions can help reduce the chal- lenges of everyday maintenance. Other speakers include urban designer Liz Kes- sler, whose talk on ‘green networks and the importance of planning at a local lev- el’ will look at the challenges arising from the emerging policies of localism and neighbourhood planning. While ‘how to survive your toughest maintenance bud- get ever’ is this year’s theme of the panel debate hosted by Horticulture Week. Another first at this year’s show is
professional football’s Playing Surfaces Committee’s bi-annual conference. This day-long programme of informative semi- nars and debates will include a range of topical issues of concern to groundsmen from the 92 professional clubs in the Pre- mier League and the Football League’s Championship and Leagues One and Two.
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