Having recently renewed their Toro agreements, city rivals Manchester United and Manchester City are united in their praise for Toro equipment. United’s head groundsman, Tony Sinclair, estimates that 70 per cent of the club’s turf maintenance machinery is Toro...

A SR72 Soil Reliever is helping to relieve the pressure on the sports and amenity areas in Peacehaven. Head Groundsman, Kevin Bray, is very pleased with the results. ‘I have a small team which looks after 4 football pitches, a bowling green and other play and amenity areas.

Matched to a 30hp tractor the Sandcat pads lightly over the turf, with 21 blades of 8mm thickness penetrating the sward to 150mm deep at 150mm centres. Sand can be applied from the 800 litre hopper into the slits to improve drainage and...

Synthetic pitch maintenance specialists Technical Surfaces have secured a major industry coup, winning the maintenance contract for the FIFA 2* approved artificial Ligaturf pitch at Welsh Premier League club The New Saints FC.

The Met Office said the beginning of October would bring conditions condusive with a lot of dew. “The trouble is,” says Martin Hucklesby,  “that at this time of year the plant is weak...