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When it comes to the redevelopment of the course, it doesn’t stop there … they are currently undergoing a ten-year plan for the whole of the course. “We have asked all members to come forward with their ideas and, along with ours, we will collate all of the information to devise a new short, medium and long-term plan.”


I asked James what the club and its members will be looking at as a priority. “Continuing the changes and improvement


of the bunkering will be high on the list, as we have been getting good feedback for the ones we have completed so far.” James didn’t get into greenkeeping until he was in his twenties, starting his career working on the shop floor at BSA Foundry in Darlington where his dad was the manager. “I eventually worked my way up the ladder and moved to the region, so ended up travelling home every weekend to play cricket in the Derbyshire Central League,


staying at my grandparent’s house.” “In 1992, the foundry closed and I was looking for employment. Luckily, I wasn’t out of work for long as a friend of mine, who owned a butchers, offered me some part- time work butchering and delivering. I would deliver to the Hall Garth Hotel just outside of Darlington and, at that time, it was starting to build a nine-hole golf course. I went down and spoke to John Forbes who owned it, I got an interview and asked if he would train


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