Sustainable Saints
Southampton Football Club is the first club in the Premiership to invest in Toro’s all-electric Greensmaster eTriFlex 3370 riding mower. Investing in two machines, they are the first lithium triples to be sold into a Premiership football club and could pave the way for an industry to invest in sustainable fleets.
Problem solving at Hurlingham
As a repeat Otterbine customer The Hurlingham Club in Fulham, London, has turned once again to the pond and lake aeration specialist for three new machines to tackle water quality problems in its two-acre lake.
Lithium-ion key in brand choice
Radley College has chosen to replace its fleet of utility vehicles with STAR EV’s Capella Work Machines stating the lithium-ion energy source as the key reason for choosing the new brand to the UK market.
Toro's ProCore 648s aerator
Toro takes a machine that won over UK greenkeepers and adds even more innovative features to the time-tested classic. The ProCore 648s picks up where its predecessor, the ProCore 648, left off. The s means superior – and superior it is.
Toro irrigation for UK clubs
In the year the irrigation division was rebranded to Reesink Hydro-Scapes, golf clubs the length and breadth of the country made the red choice when it came to their irrigation.
Cold weather tips for maintenance
With driest summer in 40 years and a ‘triple dip El Nina’ expected to bring continued dry, cold weather into the winter months, the best thing turfcare professionals can do is be prepared when it comes to machinery maintenance – and for that Toro Parts and Reesink Turfcare have got customers covered.
Mortonhall joins hybrid ranks
The latest club to join the hybrid machinery ranks with Toro is Mortonhall Golf Club in Edinburgh.
The true cost of electric machinery
Electric turfcare machinery is, as we know, the future of the industry. It’s the reality we’re moving towards. Many greenkeeping professionals are understandably concerned about how electric turfcare machinery will impact their business, especially economically.
Here Lee Rowbotham, service manager here at Reesink UK, considers the comparisons and crunches the figures.
Ratho Park Golf Club in Edinburgh
Ratho Park Golf Club in Edinburgh, Scotland, has a long history with Toro and has recently acquired one of the brand’s bestsellers: the Reelmaster 3100-D cylinder mower featuring its innovative Sidewinder technology.
Dealers become STAR pupils
Reesink e-Vehicles hones product knowledge by inviting all its dealers, service managers and engineers from its three branches to attend technical training on the STAR EV range at the Cambridge Belfry.
Golf manager and mechanic united
Ardfin Golf Club’s golf manager and mechanic were in complete agreement that the club’s hybrid machinery purchases should be Toro.
STAR Capella Work Machine
James de Havilland is a technical freelance writer hailing from Banbury in Oxfordshire. A well-respected journalist, he has accrued over 30 years’ experience operating, testing and writing about turfcare machinery.
The last tee
Management update
Reesink starts 2023 in a strong position after a management restructure and navigating a challenging year. Alastair Rowell is now managing director of Reesink UK after David Cole’s retirement last summer. Jon Cole moved from the Reesink South West branch to the role of divisional business manager for Reesink Turfcare and David Timms, previously regional sales manager for the midlands is now national accounts manager. Gillian Haverson joins as marketing and communications manager for Reesink UK. A very positive start to the year!
Student Awards
After a record number of entries, the Student Greenkeeper of the Year Award 2022 winners were announced at Goodwood Estate in West Sussex. James Gaskell from Ripon City Golf Club scooped the main award and Peter Pattenden from Carden Park Golf Club won the Young Award. Entries can be made now for the 2023 event will be held at Carden Park in Cheshire and as always there are educational, international, all-expenses-paid prizes for the winners, runners-up and nominators. Employers and lecturers can make nominations by clicking here.
Knowledge is power
Spruce up your team’s knowledge in just two days. Reesink’s range of training courses are held at the customer’s venue and focus on getting the best from Toro equipment in just two days. Choose from the Safe Use of Ride-On Mowers, Turfcare Mechanics, Level 1 Hydraulics and Electrics fundamentals and Professional Sprayer and rest easy that Reesink offers competitive prices and flexible dates so you can book training ahead of time, safe in the knowledge you are getting the best deals possible. Find out more about Reesink’s range of training courses by clicking here.