News Archive 2011
- Steve Rouse Wins ECB'S Groundsman Achievement Award Sponsored by Ransomes Jacobsen
- 16 December 2011
- Steve Rouse, Warwickshire County Cricket Club’s long
serving head groundsman at their Edgbaston headquarters, is
the recipient of the English Cricket Board’s Achievements
in Cricket Groundsmanship Award 2011, sponsored by Ransomes
Jacobsen, a Textron Inc....Read more
- Smithco Sprayer Proves Its Worth at Beech Park Golf Club
- 16 December 2011
- Dave Callanan, course manager at Beech Park Golf Club near
Rathcoole, Co Dublin, is delighted with his Smithco Spray
Star 1000, which he purchased from local Ransomes Jacobsen
distributor, Kevin Broderick Ltd....Read more
- Jacobsen Equipment Provides University of South Carolina Baseball with Championship Playing Conditions
- 15 December 2011
- Carolina Stadium, home of the University of South Carolina
two-time NCAA Division I Championship baseball team, boasts
a seating capacity of 8,262 seats – each one with a clear
view of the field Clark Cox, USC’s sports turf manager,
and his team of seven work daily to maintain....Read more
- Golf & Turf Machinery Becomes Division of Platts Harris Ltd.
- 12 December 2011
- Grounds care equipment distributor Golf and Turf Machinery
Ltd (GTM), based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire has become a
division of Platts Harris Ltd, Ransomes Jacobsen’s dealer
for Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire....Read more
- Latest Hybrid Greens Mower Technology for Waterville Golf Links
- 09 December 2011
- Waterville Golf Links, one of the world’s most prestigious
golf courses, rated 34th out of the top 100 golf courses,
has purchased the very latest riding greens mower, the
Jacobsen Eclipse 322, from local Ransomes Jacobsen
distributor Kevin Broderick Ltd....Read more
- Jacobsen Named Turf Equipment Supplier to PGA Golf Properties
- 07 December 2011
- Jacobsen, a Textron Company (NYSE: TXT), has been named as a
“Turf Equipment Supplier to PGA Golf Properties” and
will serve as a Supporting Sponsor of the PGA Winter
Championships, Jan....Read more
- Jonathan Wall Presented with Ransomes Jacobsen Cup at Myerscough College Graduation Ceremony
- 30 November 2011
- Jonathan Wall, an assistant greenkeeper at the Royal Hong
Kong Golf Club, was the recipient of the 2011 Ransomes
Jacobsen-sponsored best student award, presented at the
college’s graduation ceremony recently....Read more
- Bishopsrigg Golf Club's Course Manager Wins iPad in Turfco's 50th Anniversary Giveaway
- 30 November 2011
- Graeme Lorimer, the course manager at Bishopsbrigg Golf Club
on the north eastern outskirts of Glasgow, is the lucky
winner of one of the six Apple iPads offered as prizes in
Turfco’s promotional campaign celebrating 50 years of
topdressing....Read more
- Richard Hall-Roberts Joins Ransomes Jacobsen as Finance Director
- 18 November 2011
- Richard Hall-Roberts has been appointed Finance Director at
Ransomes Jacobsen, the turf maintenance equipment
manufacturer based at Ipswich in Suffolk....Read more
- Jacobsen Equipment Performs at Portmarnock Golf Club
- 16 November 2011
- Gary Johnstone is the Links Manager at Portmarnock Golf
Club, situated 10 miles northeast of Dublin city centre on
the Irish Sea coast....Read more
- Excellent Scores By Students in Suffolk Schools' Golf Association Championship Sponsored by Ransomes Jacobsen
- 14 November 2011
- With an excellent round of 73 gross (68 nett), Jack
Nicholson of King Edward VI School in Bury St Edmunds was
crowned Boys’ Champion at the Suffolk Schools’ Golf
Association Championship hosted by Felixstowe Ferry Golf
Club and jointly sponsored by Ransomes Jacobsen and E-Z-GO,
both Textron Inc....Read more
- Cutting Edge Training's Successful Turf Equipment Technicians Forum
- 14 November 2011
- Cutting Edge Training, a division of Ransomes Jacobsen
Limited, invited golf course technicians from around the UK
to their international headquarters at Ipswich recently, to
participate in the inaugural Technicians Forum....Read more
- First Jacobsen Eclipse Riding Greens Mower in Western Australia Proves Its Environmental Credentials
- 14 November 2011
- Kwinana Golf Club, situated in a picturesque valley in
Calista, Western Australia, has purchased the latest
Jacobsen riding greens mower, which totally negates the
chance of an hydraulic oil spill in this pristine
environment....Read more
- Jacobsen Wins Environmental Stewardship Award
- 02 November 2011
- Jacobsen, the international turf maintenance equipment
manufacturer, has received the 2011 Environmental Excellence
Gold Award from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility
Department....Read more
- Ransomes Jacobsen Turf Maintenance Fleet for Brighton & Hove Albion's AMEX Stadium
- 28 October 2011
- With a view to signing a five-year preferred supplier
agreement with local Ransomes Jacobsen dealer, Ernest Doe
and Sons Ltd, a fleet of turf maintenance equipment was
delivered to Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club’s new
£93 million AMEX stadium, just prior to the beginning of
the new football season....Read more
- Refreshed Golf Course Maintenance Fleet and Golf Cars at Bowood Golf and Country Club
- 28 October 2011
- Bowood Golf and Country Club, situated in 200 acres of
rolling Wiltshire countryside near Calne, has recently
refreshed its golf course maintenance and golf car fleets
with a substantial investment in new equipment from local
Ransomes Jacobsen dealer, TH White Ltd....Read more
- Filton College Purchases Jacobsen AR-3 Mower for Prestigious Sporting Facility
- 10 October 2011
- Filton College, a centre of academic and sporting excellence
for the southwest of England based on the outskirts of
Bristol, has purchased a Jacobsen AR-3 three unit ride-on
mower from local Ransomes Jacobsen dealer, TH White Ltd....Read more
- Ransomes Highway 3 Triple Mower Maintains Immaculate Presentation of Lawns at Longleat
- 10 October 2011
- A Ransomes Highway 3 triple mower, supplied by local
Ransomes Jacobsen dealer TH White Ltd, is being used at
Longleat, the residence of the Marquess of Bath, to maintain
the lawns surrounding his magnificent English stately
home....Read more
- New Leadership Announcement at Jacobsen
- 21 September 2011
- David Withers has been promoted to president of Jacobsen,
effective October 1, 2011....Read more
- Historic Mower in Part Exchange for the Very Latest Greens Mowing Technology
- 15 September 2011
- In one of the strangest part-exchange transactions of the
past decade, a Ransomes Overgreen triple mower has been used
to help fund the purchase of a Jacobsen Eclipse 322 riding
greens mower, which represents the very latest in greens
mowing technology available today....Read more
- Ransomes Highway 3 Triple Mowers Perform for North East Derbyshire District Council
- 13 September 2011
- North East Derbyshire District Council is one of the growing
number of local authorities that are using the Ransomes
Highway 3 triple mower for maintaining grassed areas in
their local area....Read more
- Successful Jacobsen Asian and Pacific Distributors Meeting in Thailand
- 22 August 2011
- Jacobsen, a Textron Inc (NYSE: TXT) company, held a
successful meeting for its distributors from across the Asia
and Pacific regions at Royal Gems Golf and Country Club in
Thailand recently....Read more
- A Chance to Win One of 6 iPads and a Topdresser in Turfco's 50th Anniversary Giveaway
- 22 August 2011
- Celebrating 50 years of topdressing, Turfco, the
Minnesota-based manufacturer and inventor of the first
mechanised topdresser, has launched a promotional campaign
which offers the chance to win one of six Apple iPads and at
the end of the year, a Turfco topdresser....Read more
- E-Z-GO Donate Shuttle to the Suffolk Punch Trust
- 13 August 2011
- E-Z-GO, a Textron Inc (NYSE: TXT) company, has donated a
Shuttle 2 people carrier to The Suffolk Punch Trust, a
registered charity based at Hollesley Bay on the Suffolk
coast....Read more
- David Morgan Joins Ransomes Jacobsen as Product Manager
- 13 August 2011
- David Morgan has joined Ransomes Jacobsen as Product
Manager, reporting to Richard Comely, the company’s
Director of Marketing and Product Management....Read more
- Another Award for the Jacobsen Eclipse 322 Greens Mower
- 20 July 2011
- The Jacobsen Eclipse 322 hybrid-powered riding greens mower
from Ransomes Jacobsen, won the Innovation award at the
recent Suffolk Show which is held annually at Trinity Park
in Ipswich....Read more
- RXV Golf Cars for Ballards Gore Golf Club
- 20 July 2011
- Ballards Gore Golf Club, situated in 112 acres of mature
rolling countryside near Rochford in Essex , has taken
delivery of a fleet of eight E-Z-GO electric RXV golf cars
from local distributor, Ernest Doe & Sons....Read more
- Another Continental Landscapes' Flagship Contract Relies on Ransomes Equipment
- 15 June 2011
- One of Continental Landscapes’ premier grounds care
contracts in Borough of Poole, Dorset is supported by a
large fleet of mowing equipment from Ransomes Jacobsen, the
Ipswich-based turf equipment manufacturer....Read more
- New Fleet of Course Maintenance Equipment for Golfpark Groendael
- 14 June 2011
- The exclusive nine-hole private members’ club, Golfpark
Groendael, situated on the North Sea coast 30 kilometers
northwest of Rotterdam, has recently taken a fleet of course
maintenance equipment from Pols Groep, Ransomes Jacobsen’s
distributor for the Netherlands....Read more
- Cutting Edge Technology for Warren Golf and Country Club
- 14 June 2011
- Warren Golf & Country Club, situated off Choa Chu Kang Way
close by the Kranji Reservoir in Singapore has upgrade its
10-year old Jacobsen G-Plex III triplex greens mowers and
migrated to the new generation of hybrid greens mowers from
Jacobsen, the Eclipse 322....Read more
- Glenn King Joins Jacobsen as Marcomms Manager
- 10 June 2011
- Glenn King has joined Jacobsen, the Charlotte, NC-based turf
maintenance equipment manufacturer as Marketing
Communications Manager....Read more
- Jacobsen's Future Turf Managers Event a Hit with Students
- 08 June 2011
- Jacobsen’s headquarters in Charlotte, NC hosted 28
students from universities across the United States from
March 16-19, for this year’s Future Turf Managers (FTM)
program....Read more
- Ipswich Golf Club Juniors Play the RJ National, Ransomes Jacobsen's Three-Hole Golf Course
- 31 May 2011
- Eight Juniors aged 12 to 18 years old from Ipswich Golf Club
visited Ransomes Jacobsen early in April to practice and
play a couple of rounds on the turf equipment
manufacturer’s three-hole, par 9 golf course....Read more
- New Jacobsen Dealer for the South Florida and Caribbean Markets
- 31 May 2011
- Jacobsen, the Charlotte, NC based manufacturer of turf
maintenance equipment will rely on a new dealer for the sale
of its turf maintenance equipment in the South Florida and
Caribbean markets....Read more
- First Jacobsen LF 570 Lands in Australia
- 31 May 2011
- Carnarvon Golf Club, located in Lidcombe, Western Sydney in
close proximity to Homebush Bay, is the first club in
Australia to take delivery of the new Jacobsen LF 570 light
fairway mower launched earlier this year....Read more
- The Latest Jacobsen Hybrid Greens Mower for Oswestry Golf Club
- 31 May 2011
- Gareth Woosnam, head greenkeeper at Oswestry Golf Club, is
another fine turf professional who has appreciated the
benefits of the innovative hybrid greens mower from
Jacobsen, the Eclipse 322....Read more
- Li Meng Sheng joins Jacobsen's Asia Pacific Team as Technical and Training Manager for China
- 09 May 2011
- Li Meng Sheng has joined Jacobsen’s Asia Pacific division
as Technical and Training Manager effective May 3, 2011....Read more
- Ransomes Jacobsen Introduces 15-Blade Cutting Cylinder
- 09 May 2011
- Ransomes Jacobsen, the turf maintenance equipment
manufacturer based in Ipswich, UK, has introduced the
industry’s first 15-blade cutting cylinder, designed to
provide increased productivity, a superior quality of cut
and optimum turf health....Read more
- Ransomes Jacobsen to Exhibit at Bali Show
- 06 May 2011
- Ransomes Jacobsen, the Ipswich-based manufacturer of turf
maintenance equipment, will be exhibiting at the revamped
BALI Show, which is taking place at Stoneleigh Park near
Coventry on June 21-22....Read more
- Ransomes Jacobsen Sign Preferred Supplier Agreement with RFU at Twickenham
- 05 May 2011
- Ransomes Jacobsen, the Ipswich-based manufacturer of turf
maintenance equipment, has signed a preferred supplier
agreement with the RFU to supply equipment to maintain the
stadium pitch at Twickenham....Read more
- Continuous Improvement Drives Redesign of Jacobsen Website
- 25 April 2011
- Jacobsen, a Textron (NYSE: TXT) company, has redesigned its
website, offering a new look, improved navigation and
one-click access to important information....Read more
- Significant New Investment at Farleigh Golf Club in South Croydon
- 28 March 2011
- Farleigh Golf Club, situated on a 350 acre estate on the
North Downs in Surrey, has recently purchased a fleet of
turf maintenance equipment from their local Ransomes
Jacobsen dealer, Ernest Doe and Sons Ltd....Read more
- First All-Electric Jacobsen Eclipse 322 Greens Mower in Europe at Golfclub Soestduinen
- 28 March 2011
- Golfclub Soestduinen, a nine-hole parkland golf course in a
wooded setting adjacent to Hilton Royal Parc Hotel in Soest,
about 60 km southeast of Amsterdam, has taken delivery of
the first all-electric Jacobsen Eclipse 322 in Europe....Read more
- RXV Golf Cars for Consett and District Golf Club
- 15 March 2011
- Consett and District Golf Club, situated high in the dales
of Co Durham, has taken delivery of a small fleet of six
E-Z-GO electric RXV golf cars from local distributor,
Rickerby Ltd of Hexham....Read more
- Vollie Carr Wins 2011 IGCEMA Edwin Budding Award Sponsored by Ransomes Jacobsen
- 08 March 2011
- Vollie Carr, the former tournament support specialist at
Jacobsen, one of the leading manufacturers of turf
maintenance equipment, is the fourth winner of the
International Golf Course Equipment Managers Association
(IGCEMA) Edwin Budding Award....Read more
- Golf Ventures Inc. is Jacobsen's Dealer of the Year 2010
- 25 February 2011
- Golf Ventures
Walt McMahon and Debbie Nipper of Golf Ventures Inc with
their Jacobsen North American Dealer of the Year Award,
flanked by Ric Stone, Jacobsen’s VP Sales and Chuck Greif,
Jacobsen’s Regional Sales Manager - East
Golf Ventures Inc....Read more
- Ric Stone Joins Jacobsen as Vice President of Sales
- 18 February 2011
- Ric Stone
Ric Stone, Jacobsen's Vice President of Sales
Ric Stone has joined Jacobsen as Vice President of Sales
effective January 1, 2011....Read more
- The New GP400 Ride-on Greens Mower from Jacobsen
- 17 February 2011
- Jacobsen, a Textron Inc (NYSE: TXT) company and one of the
leading manufacturers of golf course maintenance equipment
worldwide, has announced the launch of the Jacobsen GP400
ride-on triplex greens mower....Read more
- The New Jacobsen LF550/570 Light Fairway Mowers
- 17 February 2011
- Jacobsen, a Textron Inc (NYSE: TXT) company and one of the
leading manufacturers of golf course maintenance equipment
worldwide, introduced two new fairway mowers at the Golf
Industry Show (GIS) in Orlando, FL in February....Read more
- RXV Golf Cars for Caesarea Golf & Country Club
- 01 February 2011
- Caesarea Golf and Country Club, founded by Baron James de
Rothschild and situated on the Israeli coast midway between
Tel Aviv and Haifa, has purchased a fleet of E-Z-GO electric
RXV golf cars from local distributor, A....Read more
- More E-Z-Go Golf Car Sales Success in Surrey
- 31 January 2011
- Three golf clubs in Surrey, situated just 18 miles apart,
have taken delivery of the latest E-Z-GO RXV golf car from
their local distributor, TH White Ltd, based in Reading....Read more
- New Jacobsen Hybrid Greens Mowers Move Into Southwest England
- 31 January 2011
- Sales of the latest hybrid ride-on greens mower from
Ransomes Jacobsen, the Eclipse 322, have begun to penetrate
into the southwest of England with deliveries to Wheathill
Golf Club in Somerset and Taunton & Pickeridge Golf Club by
local dealer, MST of Tiverton....Read more
- Jacobsen-Maintained Diamante Dunes Ranked Top New International Golf Course
- 31 January 2011
- The Jacobsen-maintained Diamante Dunes course at Cabo San
Lucas in Mexico has been ranked the best new international
golf course of 2010 by Golf magazine....Read more
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