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It’s great when you see the wildlife; we have been lucky enough to see badgers and deer. Moving forward, we are looking to introduce heather in some areas around the course


of cutting we do and the hours we can put on the machines, we are looking at a three or four year deal with either Toro through Yorkshire Turf Machinery, or John Deere through Balmers GM, who are just down the road. We invested in some new Toro kit when I first started in 2016, and now it’s a matter of keeping up to date and adding to it as required. It will be about what best suits the course, and if it can cope with the heavy amount of work we put on them. I


have always leaned towards Toro, but I must admit the John Deere machinery has come a long way.”


Matt is lucky to have two of his lads who look after the general servicing on the machinery in-house. “John Hampton has been messing about with engines since he was a little lad. He amazes me with what he can fix and has just been made up to first assistant/mechanic He’s supported by James Heaton aka Shaggy! They both


see something once, and they are away; there’s no scratching their heads thinking how do we do that again. The dream would be to invest in our own grinders as, with the amount of sand we put down, the cylinders, are being sent away five times a year to be reground. In the long run, our own grinders would give us more flexibility and, over time, save us money.”


Matt and his team are set to continue with their bunker programme this winter, to try


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