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Wakef ield Golf Club


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Wakefield Golf Club is an undulating parkland course in West Yorkshire. It comprises two loops of nine holes, both of which start and finish at the clubhouse. This is where Lee Williams met with Matt Booth, the club’s Head Greenkeeper


att Booth has been Head Greenkeeper at Wakefield Golf Club for the last four years, after leaving Howley Hall Golf Club where his


career in greenkeeping first started twenty-six years ago. “I just fell into greenkeeping really; I was doing bits of all sorts beforehand. Then a job for a trainee came up at Howley. Over the years, I gained my NVQ Levels 2 & 3 in Sports Turf (studying through Askham Bryan College), chainsaw certificate and spraying licenses PA1, 2 and 3. After working my way up the ladder, I eventually became head greenkeeper; a role I performed for seven years before coming to Wakefield. Whilst I have been here, I have taken out a tree surveying course with Lantra.” One of Matt’s first priorities was to get


the team back up to speed with their qualifications and training. “Most of them had their NVQ Level 2 but, for one reason or another, had stopped any further education. One of them has been here for the last twenty-five years and not taken out any further training or qualifications for the last eighteen years. So, we have just got him through his Level 3, alongside one of the other lads, through Myerscough College. Most of them now hold their chainsaw licences, and one of them has been on a mole course, as you must be qualified now in the safe use of aluminium phosphide for vertebrate pest control. The club has been very supportive and not turned down any requests so far. All we ask is they put a letter of interest in, stating why they would like to take the course.”


Helping look after the course is James


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PC December/January 2020


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