Limagrain
UK has announced the appointment of Sam Horner as its new amenity seed
specialist covering the south of England.
Sam has been
involved in the sports turf industry for over twenty years and brings with him
a wealth of experience.
It all started at
his beloved Gloucester Rugby where he first became familiar with sports turf
maintenance. He then went onto study sports turf at college and after
graduating he landed a job at Tewkesbury Park Golf Club. Sam quickly rose
through the ranks and was promoted to deputy course manager before accepting
the position of golf course manager at Gloucester Golf Club.
Five years ago he
moved into a sales and marketing role within the amenity industry but continues
to ‘work on the tools’ by offering match-day support for the grounds staff at
Gloucester Rugby.
Commenting on his
new position at Limagrain UK, Sam said that the opportunity was just too good
to turn down.
“It was a very easy
decision – all the way through the process I knew that if I was offered the job
then I was absolutely going to take it. Limagrain is an outstanding company, in
terms of its product portfolio and its reputation – the way it conducts itself
is very professional. Limagrain has always been a leading company in the
industry working at the very high end of sports turf and opportunities like
this do not come along very often – I was always going to take it.”
With immediate
effect Sam will now be offering technical advice and full support on products
such as Limagrain’s leading brands of MM and Designer grass seeds and Colour
Splash amenity flower mixtures.
