Campey Turf Care Systems Winter 2019 - Issue 14 Campey News IN THIS ISSUE CAMPEY MACHINES USED TO PREPARE PITCHES FOR 2019 RUGBY WORLD CUP 20 countries battle it out in Japan. THE AIR2G2 BRINGS NON-DISRUPTIVE AERATION TO ASIA Air2G2 Air Inject has been an aeration revelation. THE ‘PHENOMENAL’ KORO® FTM® PERFECT Feyenoord head groundsman, Erwin Beltman at Rotterdam’s biggest football club. CAMPEY™ ON SHOW Campey™ exhibiting at trade shows in 2019 across the world. Wimbledon use Air2G2 Historically, there has been no solid tine aeration on The All England Lawn Tennis Club’s (AELTC) courts in the early part of the year, but that has changed with the Air2G2 Air Inject. CAMPEY NEWS WINTER 2019 - ISSUE 14 Dakota and Vredo Impress at The Irvine Golf Club A new Dakota 410 and Vredo Overseeder have produced impressive results at The Irvine Golf Club in Scotland. The Campey™ Turf Care Systems machines were supplied through The Double A Trading Co and their representative Adrian Gardner, to Derek Wilson who has been the head greenkeeper at the James Braid designed links for 33-years. The attributes of the Dakota and Vredo were the main reasons behind Derek’s decision but the service from Campey product specialist, Richard Heywood, was equally as important. Air2G2 Brings Non-Disruptive Aeration to Asia Since being introduced to the United Kingdom and Europe by Campey Turf Care Systems, the Air2G2 Air Inject has been an aeration revelation. It is being used across the world with “The compact size and weight of the “We’re very pleased with the two Royal Selangor Golf Club, Kuala machine has been especially beneficial machines, and we’re pleased with the Lumpur, Onwards Golf Club, Guam and when turning it in tight spots between back-up and how Richard has attended Doha Golf Club, Qatar, all using it to the green and the bunkers. Those two to us,” Derek explained. “We’ve noticed heighten their aeration programmes. factors also contribute to the minimal a difference in the spread, and we get disruption element, and that allows us to the greens done a lot quicker now. One use our machines regularly without fear Course superintendent at Royal fill does three greens, it’s quick to move of disrupting golfers, and that has meant Selangor Golf Club, Jack Cheong, around the golf course, and we can we can use it on a weekly basis.” has had two spells at the Malaysian spread light or heavy if we want to, so club totalling 15-years and has vast On average, Kuala Lumpur receives it gives us the option to do what’s best experience with the wet climate and now 2500mm of rainfall, making effective for the course. aerates his greens with the Air2G2 on a aeration vital to keeping the course open weekly basis. for golfers. A practice green (above) has “We had some first-hand experience been used for a long-term trial of the with the Vredo because we borrowed “We got our Air2G2 at the beginning of Air2G2, with the left side of the green one from a local golf course and I was 2019, and it’s mainly been used on our untouched and the right portion receiving really pleased with the results. The greens. They were quite compact under weekly aeration with the machine. seed came through quickly, and there the surface where the traditional hollow For Jack, it’s clear there’s been a was very little wastage. We’ve had tines could reach. The Air2G2 has definite improvement in the drainage our own one for six months now, and helped break up this zone and improved characteristics during heavy downpours, it’s been out on the course, and we’re the drainage throughout the profile and which has helped play resume quicker very pleased with the results on the improved plant health. after heavy rainfall. areas we’ve used it on.” CAMPEY NEWS WINTER 2019 - ISSUE 14 After assessing the TopDrain in drainage and we’re Esdav Experience Esdav director of operations, looking forward to seeing Lasse Jensen purchased a how the fairways perform Immediate Fairway machine through Campey throughout winter.” Portuguese dealer Torre Installing a secondary Drainage Improvements Marco – AlgarveEstrada drainage system is simple Nacional and proceeded with the TopDrain. It with work on the fairways. trenches, removes spoil, with the Imants “In the Algarve, we have injects sand and re-compacts French drains everywhere the surface in one operation. TopDrain1000 and, in some circumstances, The sand grid it creates The mixture of heavy spells of rainfall and warm we need to reinforce with drains exceptionally well on secondary drainage,” he said. its own and links the surface season grasses in the Algarve, Portugal, can make for challenging drainage conditions but landscape contractor, Esdav, has used the TopDrain 1000 with immediate improvements. Thatch is a common issue, the TopDrain 1000 might and it often causes problems be the ideal machine to with surface drainage, implement a secondary especially when there is a drainage system on their heavy downpour. It has been fairways. The renowned encountered many times by Portuguese golf resort hosts Esdav who has been building, three world-class courses in rebuilding and modifying local the North Course, which was golf courses since the mid- redesigned in 2014 by Beau “Our client, Quinta do Lago, to existing primary drainage. 80s, working all over Portugal Welling and Paul McGinley, had been having some issues The overall operation saves and southern Spain. the South Course that with drainage on their fairways labour time while providing overlooks the Ria Formosa and expressed an interest in faster processing times and Recently, one of their clients, National and the award- using the TopDrain and after less surface contamination Quinta do Lago, suggested winning Laranjal Course. assessing the machine, we than conventional methods. were happy to use it. The machine works to a “It’s a quick machine to depth between 15-225mm operate, and we definitely and uses three 40mm thick saved a lot of labour time. blades at 100cm spacings The turf also recovers during operation. The sand very quickly, so overall it slitting method prevents makes installing secondary sinking and shrinkage in hot drainage a straightforward weather, making it perfect and easy process. for use in the Algarve and “After using it, we noticed during the summer in the immediate improvements United Kingdom. New Product Announcement Campey™ Uni-Scratch™ What is it? Potential Users: Tractor mounted, Contractors, football artificial decompactor clubs, sports clubs, / rotary scarifier tennis, cricket and more! Key benefits: Available from: Now Decompacts rubber crumb, thins out grass Product literature available without leaving lines at campeyturfcare.com CAMPEY NEWS WINTER 2019 - ISSUE 14 Heybroek, Erwin and his team used the machine for the first time themselves on a hybrid first-team pitch before using it on the amateur pitches, and the results across all surfaces have been impressive. “Last summer we did the first pitch at 1908, the first team training facilities, and it was the first one we did by ourselves with the machine. It was very exciting, but we were very nervous about how the machine works and how we would do it, but the results were very nice to see. It was easy to use, and we got a lot of good advice from Heybroek, and they spent a lot of time with us ® and advising us – I know ® a lot about grass but not ‘Phenomenal’ Koro FTM about the machines so that combination was good. “After that, because we Perfect for Feyenoord haven’t finished building the For six years Feyenoord head groundsman, Erwin Beltman, new academy, we renovated two amateur pitches. We has evolved pitch maintenance at Rotterdam’s biggest football were able to do both in one ® ® ® club, and having his own Koro FIELDTOPMAKER (FTM ) day starting from half six and with Universe® Rotor is the latest part of his plan. ending at five, and they were cleaner than they’ve ever During his time at the club, would be in six years. We had developed for renovation use been before. The results he and his team have been fewer machines, and we did on natural and Desso pitches were phenomenal. awarded the Eredivisie Pitch everything using contractors, leaving a perfect surface to of the Year five times in a that included, using the Kroo carry on with the rest of the row from 2014-2018 for the FTM, aerating and seeding. renovation processes. As we surface at De Kuip. When he I’d have to call a contractor have three Desso pitches it’s 40 or 50% better joined the club, after spending and hope that it would be and three natural, we can “ eight years at the Royal good weather to do the job now do our own work on than last year and for Hague Golf and Country and it really irritated me them. Last summer we did that pitch, it’s really Club, a majority of work sometimes. If you say you three, but in the future when including renovations was want to do the work on a the new academy is finished, satisfying done by contractors. Monday you have to call we will use the Koro® on up the week before, and six pitches. We can start “One of the amateur pitches This caused certain the weather in Holland isn’t whenever we want, go as is a really, really old Desso irritations around scheduling predictable, so for me, it was late as we want and do two and it was quite satisfying to and often left his plans at the ® a problem.