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Cricket renovations “went quite well!”
This means that I get two artisans every morning, whilst one works evenings; 104 hours each over twenty-six weeks. The system works a treat. They get an insight into our daily working lives and also learn new skills
Yorkshire Golf Club. “From there, I went to Thornhurst Park in Doncaster, where I was eventually appointed Head Greenkeeper and, after gaining an HNC in Golf Course Management from Elmwood College, was appointed Course Manager. Incidentally, I was Elmwood’s nominee for the Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year award. I was also a successful candidate for the BIGGA/Bernhard visit to the GCSAA show in Orlando.” Other training and education that Graham
has completed include C&G Engineering (Wakefield Tec), PA1, PA2 and PA6a (Askham Bryan), Cricket Maintenance & Renovations, Briggs & Stratton warranty courses, a Hayter maintenance course and PAT testing. Graham joined the Phoenix just over two
years ago and, as well as team of five highly experienced greenkeepers - Adi Glossop, Steve Cruise, Dave Maude, Mick Parry and Mark Smith - who, between them, have 117 years of knowledge, he is the manager/coordinator for eleven artisans, each of whom works four hours per week performing various tasks and have their membership fees adjusted accordingly. “This means that I get two every morning, whilst one works evenings; 104 hours each
over twenty-six weeks. The system works a treat. They get an insight into our daily working lives and also learn new skills.” Graham describes the soil across the site
as clay/loam which generally just requires standard aeration techniques, although several areas have drainage issues which he and the team are addressing. “I have prioritised these areas and started installing drainage schemes that have been designed by myself.” “We have four full size football pitches that
are in constant use. They are kept at 30- 35mm using our Toro 4700-D Groundsmaster. Slitting and rolling is carried out during the season and slow release urea fertilisers are applied. Weed control is undertaken in spring. We overseed and renovate the goalmouths in May and apply a pre-seeder fertiliser. Marking out is normally bi-weekly.” “The cricket square has ten strips. Each
wicket lasts two weeks, thanks to verti- cutting, cutting and rolling. The square is kept at 10mm using either a Ransomes pedestrian or a Toro 3100-D and wickets are cut out to 5mm using a Ransomes pedestrian.” “The square gets regular light foliar feeds
I PC JUNE/JULY 2015 One of the artisans at work
Toro machines are preferred
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