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Polaris World welcome FEGGA Scholarship Students

Polaris World recently welcomed our four new FEGGA scholarship students. The four greenkeeper students are Heleno Coelho Inacio - Portugal, Patrick Michel - Nigeria, Mark Anderton - England and Craig McCormack from Scotland. One of the first experiences they had was to attend a one day workshop, structured on water quality, set-up for them and delivered by the highly regarded and inspiring Dr Ronnie Duncan from USA.

A unique one Year Work Experience Scholarship Programme

The Scholarship programme will be based in the Murcia region of Spain in partnership with Polaris World and Ransomes Jacobsen. The Programme will be run over a period of one year.

The students will gain exceptional experience at Polaris World, working with some of the most qualified people and companies in golf course design and maintenance today. The unique work experience the students will have relates to the lecture programme that the students will have throughout the course of the year. The way that it will work is that they will learn skills and put those skills into valuable work experience. This helps the students not only gain the knowledge but also the experience of putting it to the test so that they don’t go away with just notes on how construction is carried out and what machinery is useful in different situations. Throughout this work experience, they will be overlooked by Sylvain Duval the Director of Construction and Maintenance at Polaris World.

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FEGGA Assists Development in Turkey

The Montgomerie Golf Club in Belek Turkey hosted the first ‘Turf Day’ conference on the 15th of May for the benefit of turf professionals of the region. An international line up of speakers agreed to visit Turkey for the event and give presentations during the day. Included were seminars by Dean Cleaver of the Federation of European Golf Greenkeepers Associations who talked on the work of the organisation; John Lockyer from Sports Turf Research Institute, UK, who discussed thatch monitoring and methods of reducing the associated problems. Mike Wood from Golf Environment Organisation explained the importance of environmental programmes and stewardship of golf courses. In the afternoon, Keith Kensett of Kensett Sports and Jon Proffitt of Tycrop demonstrated machinery and renovation techniques for golf and football pitch surfaces. The day was supported by all the key golf clubs in the area and has been agreed by all to herald a new era of co-operation and commitment to form a turf association in the near future.

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GEO Industry Forum drives sustainable golf in Europe

Edinburgh, United Kingdom - The Golf Environment Organisation (GEO) and its European Golf Partners came together last week to consolidate a shared positive vision for sustainable golf, drive forward environmental programmes, and to collectively evaluate progress to date.

The meeting of this ‘Industry Forum’, administered by GEO, represents another milestone in the way in which golf’s strategic leaders are mapping out a future in which golf will be internationally recognised for enhancing environmental quality and human wellbeing.

The European Industry Forum lies at the heart of GEO’s structure - alongside the organisation’s Advisory Council, Scientific Network and CSR Committee. Convening for the eighth time since 2005, the Forum continues to enable Europe’s major golf organisations to formally engage on social and environmental issues with the sector’s leading international non-profit body.

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A roadmap for Sustainable Golf Development

Landmark project moves into next phase

Ipswich, United Kingdom - Earlier this week, the group of organisations and individuals involved in producing a ground-breaking new suite of Sustainability Guidelines for Golf Developments met at the HQ of Ransomes Jacobsen – the exclusive corporate sponsor of the project.

The project is the brain-child of the Golf Environment Organisation, delivered in partnership with The R&A, the European Institute of Golf Course Architects, the European Golf Course Owners Association and the European Tour.

The guidance, which aims to set out a new and more sustainable model for golf facility planning, design and construction, is now mid way though completion, with all major chapters of the guidance drafted by the team of technical experts.

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Launch of New Golf Jobs Website

A new website for the golf industry - www.eurogolfjobs.com is dedicated to employment (job-finding/job recruiting) within the European Golf industry. Alan Lindsay, Managing Director says "There were very limited means available in regards to employment, for both golf job seekers and employers, which will change with this new source. It will be easily available and very user friendly."

As a Golf Professional and Greenkeeper for over 20 years, he has worked in several countries and built up many contacts as well as friends and associates who all agree about limited sources for employers who wish to advertise in a cost-efficient and beneficial manner.

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