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Turfmate The first website dedicated to the Australian and New Zealand turf professional It’s finally here! The brand new turf industry online community and free news hub, turfmate, is up and running. Over time it has become clear that Australian and NZ turf professionals needed a website oriented to the southern hemisphere and its conditions. As a result Pitchcare Oceania has been discontinued, which relied on input from our English affiliate who ultimately controlled the website. But don’t fear Turfmate is going to offer all the same resources and information in a more user friendly and attractive way. As of September 2012, turfmate will provide enhanced services and products, suitable to, and focused on, local conditions. business listings for the turf industry? · Turf talk: an online forum in which our members can share information and connect with others in the turf community and general public. Our Vision is to deliver the turf industry access to all sorts of green news and product information in one complete online service, as well as allowing everyone to connect with each other through our state-of-the-art website and newsletters. We aim to bring a fresh, fun, interactive website that lives up to our billing as ‘your best friend for all things turf.’ www.turfmate.com.au It is free to become a member, and what we want to offer, is a website dedicated to them. · Timely, interesting, and informative turf information written by a dynamic team of writers. · A shopping facility focused on products for turf professionals whether they are running golf courses, council parks, school sports grounds, tennis courts or footy grounds at great prices. · Media mate: Our industry first media channel, namely video content. · Classified advertisements for machinery (new and used). · Jobs: an entire section dedicated to job listings for the turf industry, a must for anyone searching for their next employee. · Green Pages: which is soon to be the largest resource of Seeking a job in the Golf Industry? Interested in finding the right staff? We have a full range of job seeking and recruitment services. www.findagolfjob.com.au www.golfindustrycentral.com.au Golf Industry Central Spring 2012 3