Golf Tell us a bit about the club
Les Ormes is built on top of a sand dune system, which a lot of people would say should make it a Links style course. Whilst some holes are very Links looking, others are not so much. So I call it a coastal course type.
What is the history of Les Ormes? “
Living on an island puts costs up dramatically as all materials have to be brought over from the mainland
In January 1989, the late George Bisson transferred the Les Quennevais camp site and the surrounding properties to the Bosdet Foundation. The principal aim of the foundation is to help people in need in Jersey. The funds are distributed to local charities, which have since been raised via the Les Ormes Leisure Facilities and the revenue from the property portfolio. The portfolio currently includes sixty-eight
responsible for all garden areas on the resort
The team are also
self-catering units (with 142 bedrooms). These units can sleep up to 348 people. We also have seven two-bedroom staff units and nine residential houses. Over the last few years, we have donated
funds to the sum of £500,000 to the redevelopment of Maison St Brelade residential home and the Jersey Marine Lake, which was built in Queen Victoria’s Jubilee year and is one of the largest seawater pools in the British Isles. Les Ormes has also donated to the Women’s Refuge, the Youth Big Band, Sea Cadets, Jersey Cheshire Homes and many others. We have recently reviewed our long term
strategy in light of anticipated increased funds, which will be available to distribute from this year onwards, which is a reward for all the hard work put in by all the staff at Les Ormes and the continued success of the sporting facilities and the self-catering units. Les Ormes offers lots of activities, such as
The Les Ormes greenkeeping team l-r: John Pinto, Oliver Pennington, Carlos Cancela and Sergio Miguel
a high rope adventure centre, Jersey Sports and Injury Clinic, indoor club fitting system and teaching bay, golf pro-shop, hair salon and swim school. There are three indoor football pitches, four netball/tennis courts, a gym and we also offer climbing, abseiling and coastering.
Can you tell us about the golf course set up? Stunning sea views all around the course 34 I PC AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015
The course is a 9-hole, par 33 off the white tees (measuring 5012 yards, par 66 for 18 holes). Our staff for the whole site are myself as head greenkeeper; Sergio Miguel, greenkeeper/gardener; Bradley Bell, apprentice greenkeeper for the past four months; Carlos Cancela, grounds and internal handyman (seasonal); and John Pinto, who has just been given the job as a mechanic. He was trained in Portugal and will be further trained as a mechanic here in Jersey. His main responsibilities are to record and keep a well maintained fleet, which includes the course machinery, the housekeeping buggies and vehicles, all maintenance vehicles, course buggies and the two activity busses. We have used a local dealer to service all machinery in the past but, with John now onboard, we hope to keep the majority of the work in house. This includes the irrigation, which I am now up to speed on how the full system works, and will be able to carry out a lot of the works associated with watering myself.
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