August 26th 2010 Posted at Fineturf News
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Cameron Clark, last years Fineturf Midlands Professionals Champion is oncourse to retain his title following two 6 under par rounds in the first day of competition at Belton Woods.
Please see the PGA press release for more information.
Full results and photos from the 3 day event will be available from Tuesday.
August 25th 2010 Posted at Fineturf News
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The PGA Midlands Pro Championship tee'd off today at Belton Woods Hotel, near Grantham. Fineturf alongside sister company Lakeland Specialist Earthworks are sponsoring the event for a fifth consecutive year.
The Midland Pros Championship is the oldest professional golf tournament in the world and takes place over 54 holes between 25-26th August.
The build up to this exciting event in both Fineturfs and the PGA calendar can be seen in the following articles:
Belton Woods ready for Midlands Finest (PGA Website)
Smith leads the challenge at Belton Woods for oldest title (This is Nottingham Website)
August 25th 2010 Posted at Fineturf News
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In recent years, sports grounds have faced smaller budgets with increased pressure to deliver a great playing surface. Fineturf have always been proactive in offering customers various programs of maintenance and specialised advice to ensure sports clubs can maintain the best possible playing surface within their budgets. In a quest for additional customer savings, while improving the quality of the playing surface Fineturf have been on the lookout for new machinery and techniques that could offer a solution.
August 17th 2010 Posted at Fineturf News
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The PGA Midland Region and leading sports turf contractors Fineturf have renewed their association for a further twelve months.
Lincolnshire based Fineturf, specialise in the construction, installation and maintenance of sports turf surfaces and are delighted to be supporting the Midland Pros Championships along with Sister Company, Lakeland Specialist Earthworks, at nearby Belton Woods for the fifth consecutive year.
Whilst based in the region and proud of their support of golf, Fineturf operate nationally and count venues and facilities such as the Millennium Stadium Cardiff, Manchester United, Lords and The London Golf Club amongst their growing client list.
Within golf, Fineturf and Lakeland are building reputations as the go-to companies for all course maintenance, renovation, installation and construction work. Owning and operating their own specialist machinery they are able offer a competitive service catering for council run facilities through to the most exclusive private members clubs.
With the additional support of sister Company Lakeland Specialist Earthworks, the 2010 Fineturf Midland Pros Championships sees an increased prize fund and promises great excitement for the penultimate Order of Merit event of the season.
PGA Midland Secretary, Jon Sewell, commented: “We are delighted to extend our partnership with Fineturf. Simon Hutton has always been a great supporter of golf within the region and sponsorship of one of our flagship events provides the perfect platform for our two organisations to work together.”
The 2010 Fineturf Midland Pros Championships takes place over three days from the 24-26th August and will see Shirland professional Ian Walley defend his title.
August 12th 2010 Posted at Sports Turf Industry News
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Turf experts are asking homeowners to think twice before laying "fake" grass in their gardens.
Their message is echoed by BBC Radio 4 Gardeners Question Time panellist, Pippa Greenwood, who told the Independent newspaper this week that it was "unbelievably revolting".
"I hate artificial grass from the depths of my heart. The lawn is a vital part of the English landscape and with basic maintenance, it looks good, smells good and is a joy to walk, sit and play on."
Tim Mudge, from the Turfgrass Growers Association, says natural turf has many benefits and that synthetic grass can harbour hidden 'nasties'.
July 2nd 2010 Posted at Fineturf News
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Goal One…
Fineturf, one of the country's leading sports ground contractors, specialise in the construction, maintenance and installation of natural sports turf surfaces. With 16 years experience, Fineturf have successfully completed contracts for golf courses, football and rugby pitches, cricket pitches, bowling greens, race courses and local authorities both at a local and national level.
A new partnership formed in 2009 between Fineturf and Lakeland Specialist Earthworks presented opportunities to expand the national role of the company to compete for larger more technical earthwork construction contracts. These contracts presented new challenges especially relating to health and safety.
Following the formation of the partnership, directors Simon Hutton and Wayne Freeman felt a complete review of all health and safety procedures was necessary. The next 6 months saw a vast amount of review and assessment with new processes put in place to ensure the correct health, safety, training and up skilling were achieved.