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Two new members have been welcomed onto the Victoria Golf Course Superintendents Association Board following the recent Annual General Meeting.

 

The Victorian turf management community last week farewelled respected industry practitioner Stewart Grimmer.

The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney has committed to an ‘Enforceable Undertaking’ which will result in $50,000 being paid to Randwick City Council for environmental works following a NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) investigation into pesticides use in 2012.

New Zealand-based television production company Sportsinc has produced a series of videos highlighting a number of South Australia’s metropolitan and regional golf clubs.

 

The official app of the 29th Australian Turfgrass Conference and Trade Exhibition has been launched this week! Simply type 2013 AGCSA Turf Conference into your app store and install. The FREE app is compatible on both Apple and Android devices and contains everything to enhance your conference week experience.

 

The AGCSA is lending its support to the 2013 Campus on the Green conference to be staged in Jakarta, Indonesia from 3-5 November. The conference will be hosted by the Indonesian Golf Course Superintendents Association and precedes the 2013 Asia Pacific Golf Summit (5-7 Nov).

The 29th Australian Turfgrass Conference and Trade Exhibition is gearing up to be a fantastic event and the AGCSA wishes to thank all those that have already registered.

The 2013 AGCSA Annual General Meeting will be held at 3.15pm, Wednesday 26 June, 2013 during the 29th Australian Turfgrass Conference at Twin Waters Resort on the Sunshine Coast (PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER START TIME THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS).

 

The course maintenance crew at Kogarah Golf Club in Sydney were last week mourning the loss of one of their own following the death of apprentice greenkeeper Bradley Kheirallah (pictured).

 

Last Friday marked the end of Craig New’s tenure as course superintendent at Lakelands Golf Club in Perth, WA. The long-term AGCSA and GCSAWA member (pictured) tendered his resignation in early March and the crew farewelled him last Friday after nearly 19 years’ service at the club.