Golf
W
hen a Chairman of Greens at a small South Wales Valleys Golf Club was approached by a female member who explained that
the High School in Cardiff, for which she worked as a bursar, was about to relay its artificial grass pitch and was actively looking for an outlet for the old pitch, the adage could not have proven more true. The old artificial grass pitch was of no
value to the school or indeed to the contractor that would otherwise have put the ‘waste’ into landfill, but it was being offered to willing takers who may find a possible use for it. On giving it further thought, the Chairman of Greens accepted the offer and planned on using it for pathways, buggy tracks, slip and high wear
areas and so on. What wasn’t foreseen at the time was the significance that one decision, the seizing of an opportunity, would have on his own and others lives, and the journey that has taken place since that day.
The chairman of greens was Rhydian Lewis, who went on to become the co- founder and Managing Director of Envirosports Ltd and, more recently, founded a successor company Durabunker Ltd; both companies successfully utilising waste material to develop a bunker solution that is revolutionising bunker construction and has now literally reached the other side of the world. Rhydian commented; “Life is made up of
moments which sometimes have a seismic influence on our journeys; we don’t always
see those moments as significant but, in hindsight, it is very apparent just how life changing they can be.” Following the delivery of the ‘waste’
material, it became very apparent to Rhydian that he had bitten off a little more than he and the club could chew and, as the reality began to dawn, there was a growing concern at exactly how the club would utilise the quantity of material that had been dropped on their front door. “As the artics kept coming and the rolls
kept piling up higher, I almost felt a bit queasy. By the end of it, there was an artificial grass mountain taking up half the car park and I could already feel the knives in my back! I quickly decided we needed a brainstorming session to come up with ideas as to how to use the material and what we
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