SPECIALIST MOWERS
ISEKI and Ipswich Town FC: A Winning Combination for Over 20-Years
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Ipswich Town Football Club has trusted Iseki to help maintain pristine playing surfaces, ensuring every team at the club trains and plays on world class pitches.
This long-standing relationship has been built on quality, customer service, and a collaborative approach to finding the best solutions to evolving ground care demands. As Grounds Manager Ben Connell explains, Iseki’ s proximity to the club has strengthened the bond, but the machines’ performance and reliability keep Ipswich Town coming back.
“ The relationship with Iseki began before my time here, but it’ s a strong working relationship that’ s been going on for over 20 years,” Ben explains.“ We’ re not just using Iseki because they’ re local, but because we’ re very happy with all of the machinery and the versatility and quality it provides.”
From routine pitch maintenance to major renovations, ISEKI’ s versatile range of tractors and mowers ensures Ipswich Town can maintain the highest standards across Playford Road training ground and at Portman Road.
SXG327: Elevating Presentation and Efficiency One of the latest additions to Ipswich Town’ s fleet is the Iseki SXG327, chosen specifically to enhance the presentation of areas surrounding the pitches at the training ground.
Ben explains:“ We wanted a slightly different approach to tidying up the off-pitch areas. We’ ve been using the TXG for many years with the under-slung mower, which doesn’ t collect, and we really wanted to improve the presentation.
“ So, we’ ve gone for the SXG327 with the collector on the back, and the suction is fantastic. It keeps everything very tidy when we’ re cutting, and it can get into every area we need it to. The team was thrilled when we got one, and they were all really happy to work with it.”
Beyond aesthetics, the SXG delivers significant time savings, especially during peak growth seasons.
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