We have continued our quest throughout Europe, with our team just about to conclude the penultimate week of our demo tour.  After completing last week's event at Golf Course Trnovo in Ljubljana, Slovenia, we headed north through Austria into Germany where we carried out three complete pitch renovations at The Rosenau Stadium, Augsburg, FC 1 Nurnberg, before heading to FC Koln.

At first the visitors seemed a tad apprehensive as they observed the Koro by Imants Topmaker stripping off the heavily poa annua-infested surface.  Once it was lifted, one hundred tonnes of sand was loaded and spread by the Dakota 414 Turf Tender and Raycam Speedresser 24.  The Koro by Imants Recycling Dresser 1900 was then run through the pitches relieving compaction and bringing 60 tonnes of rootzone to the surface in one pass without disturbing the surface levels.

Next the pitches were levelled with the Koro Speed Harrows before being seeded with the Raycam Aeraseeder and Vredo disc seeder.  To complete the operation, the Imants Rotoknife with its mini discs seta at 40mm apart and 40mm deep with dual rollers was ran over the surfaces, which were left clean and perfectly flat.

The visitors were stunned that the complete operation could be carried out by just three men with three trucks in less that twn working hours, agreeing that it proved what can be achieved with well built, high work rate machinery. 

To download the press release as a pdf please click here - PITCH RENOVATIONS AT THEIR BEST IN GERMANY