A 1,000 year old sweet chestnut appeared in the Domesday book
species and to add to the NCCPG collections.
Such is the diversity of trees, Andy
organises guided walks (tree tours) for school staff and pupils, local amateur and professional interest groups - around six a year - and these have proved very popular.
He is also charged with maintaining the
Tree Book, which lists every species in the arboretum. A large area of additional woodland separates the playing fields from the nine hole golf course, and was planted at two separate times. The younger, consisting of larch, beech, walnut and Norway maple, was planted in 1963. This part of the plantation is used by various school groups for activities, and for a small amount of timber extraction. The older section at the southern end, called Weasely Wood, is being thinned out to
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Andy Beale conducting one of his popular tree tours
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Looking after the golf course is Head
Greenkeeper, Ray Cooper, along with one full time assistant, Leigh Dickson, and Ian Mills, who works three days tending the course and two working on the sports pitches.
Ray has been at the school for close on
thirty-five years and is due to retire in 2013 - that’s if the school let him! He has been an integral part of the success of the golf course since the layout was put down on paper by a local golf professional in the late 1970s. Ray was responsible for modelling the land, creating bunkers, mounds and undulations, along with greens, tees and fairways. The par 68, 5787 yard course opened in 1980 and is a fantastic facility for the pupils and staff, along with a
buoyant membership of around 350. Different tees for the front and back
nine create a fairly challenging course. Kerry interjects; “Ray is very modest about his achievements. Basically, he created the whole course out of cow paddock!”
Jim Scammell is Deputy Head
Groundsman, and he has worked at Canford for twenty-nine years, the first six in the kitchens. “I originally wanted to be a chef,” he says, “but the lure of working outdoors soon won me over.” He has an NVQ3 in Sports Turf Management and has attended various industry training courses over the years to extend his knowledge.
One of the delights of his job is AFC Bournemouth using his facilities for training. As a passionate supporter, he has helped out on match days at the Dean Court stadium since 1997, and currently
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