Golf
The Fulwell greenkeeping team l-r:Chris Fogg, Alex Bueno, Robbie Lister, Sean Eckett, Sam Evans, Albi Richardson, John Hordlay and Will Turner. (Daniel Gray was on holiday for the photo).
Are you responsible for budgets or do you report to someone else - for example a greens chairman or committee?
I work closely with Greg (no relation) Evans on budgets, but he will report to the board.
What is the total acreage and how is this divided up?
136 acres: 1.3 hectares of greens/collars, 1.3 hectares of approaches, 11.5 hectares of fairways and one hectare of tees.
What additional staff do you have (names, ages, length of service)?
I am in a very lucky position as all the staff are skilled in a number of areas and I can feel comfortable having any one of them doing any task. This is great because, during projects or deadlines, I can have ‘all hands to the pump’ to get the job done.
Dan Gray - Deputy Head Greenkeeper (33 - 12 years)
Sean Eckett - Senior Greenkeeper/Irrigation Technician (26/9)
Chris Fogg - Senior Greenkeeper/Mechanic (29/12)
John Hordlay - Assistant Greenkeeper (58/12) Will Turner - Assistant Greenkeeper (24/5)
“ Alex Bueno - Assistant Greenkeeper (25/5)
Albi Richardson - Apprentice Greenkeeper (18/1)
Robbie Lister - Apprentice Greenkeeper (29/ 1)
Chris is our Workshop Mechanic. He has been at the club for twelve years - ten of those as a greenkeeper - but, in a relatively recent rejig of the department, he became mechanic in July 2015. In this time, he has achieved a mechanic qualification and has been on a number of dealer courses to improve his skills and knowledge.
We are trying to do as much servicing and machinery maintenance in-house as possible but, if required, we will outsource this.
Dan and Will are responsible for spraying tasks. Sean and Alex are normally working with irrigation, drainage or construction when not on the course.
John, Robbie and Albi are able to help out with projects, but will normally set the course up for play.
We have a part-time gardener between May and October to look after the beds around the clubhouse. We also employ weekend greenkeepers to assist with course
presentation during the season; Finn Hobbis (16 - 10 months) and Louie Edison - (16 - 6 months). I love working with the apprentices. It reminds me of when I started out in the industry and it gives me a huge sense of pride seeing them develop into great greenkeepers.
As previously mentioned, Greg Evans is employed as Head of Golf Course Development. He oversees all that we do in the greenkeeping team, helps plan projects and is a link between us and the members. It is working really well so far, and it is great to bounce ideas off him and use his previous experiences to ensure that we produce the best surfaces we can at Fulwell.
Are you and your staff compliant with current legislation?
Very much so. The club are welcomingly hot on this, and we offer ongoing training to ensure that remains the case. We have lots going on. For example, just this winter we have two on level 3, three on level 2, three on digger licence, one on trailer licence, three on CAT and Genny training and two on MS Excel courses. We also have CPR, defib, H&S courses and I had four members go up to BTME to attend seminars.
It is working really well, and it is great to bounce ideas off him and use his previous experiences to ensure that we produce the best surfaces we can
20 I PC FEBRUARY/MARCH 2017 Early morning and a hive of activity
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