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The chairman came up to us for a chat, and then he walked off as normal. It was only when he’d left we noticed he’d stuck this ‘The Jeremy Kyle’ sticker onto the tractor
next six months. They’ll be using our facilities. That is the nets and the outfield for training sessions.” At this point, the interview digressed as a
Kubota tractor just outside the window had apparently been dubbed ‘The Jeremy Kyle’. Upon enquiry, Terry stifled a giggle and said: “Two or three years ago, the club said they were spending that much money on the repairs of the old tractor that it’s just time to get it replaced.” “We got on to Kubota over the phone and
they sorted us out with this new tractor. The Chairman at the time was called Tony White. When the tractor got delivered, he came up to us for a chat, and then he walked off as normal. It was only when he’d left we noticed he’d stuck this ‘The Jeremy Kyle’ sticker onto the tractor.” “At 9:30am every day, you see, we take
our first break. And the joke is that’s when the Jeremy Kyle show - and I don’t watch it - is shown on the TV. They all take the mick and say that’s what we’re clocking off to go
and do. They’d done a little sticker to help us not forget the running gag.” Terry’s own individual involvement in the sporting world includes, other than some darts competitions in the winter months, a very successful turn as a crown green bowler. He won the ‘Champion of Champions’ competition in 2013 (winning in the final by a fairly convincing margin of 21-12), and makes the odd appearance on television in that capacity. He’s blatantly proud of this: “In my spare time, I like playing crown green bowls. I’ve been on telly a few times, on ITV4. I think my guilty pleasure is watching back the footage on DVD of when I won it [Champion of Champions].” “Last year, I got beaten in the semi-final of
the Waterloo, which is a big competition in Blackpool. And I’ve got a DVD of that one too. I’ve maybe watched them more times than I should have done. It’s a laugh too ... you get asked to choose your walk-in music, and I had ‘Too Sexy’ by Right Said Fred.”
Clearly being an integral part of the light-
hearted atmosphere here at the club, Terry lives on-site with his fiancée, Susan Noon. The not-to-shabby house overlooks the pitch directly and he jokes that his commute is around the region of thirty yards. He sees it like a garden, which helps him
to do his job correctly: “When I look outside my bedroom window and I can see something wrong, obviously that’s a constant reminder that I’m not doing my job properly, so I don’t let that happen.” “Out of your window, whenever there’s a
big event on, like the tennis tournaments, the cricket games or the rugby matches ... if you don’t get a buzz out of that, there’s something wrong with you, so that’s really good to help you enjoy what you’re doing.” “For that reason, presentation of the
surfaces ranks really highly. Nowadays, you’ve got to take that as a given. The reality is: if it doesn’t look good, it’s not good. Because it’s people’s opinions that matter really, and the outer presentation is the first
The reality is: if it doesn't look good, it's not good. Because it’s people’s opinions that matter really, and the outer presentation is the first or only thing they see
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