GOLF What’s in the shed


Saxon pedestrian mowers x 4 Jacobsen HR 9016 wide area rough mower


John Deere 1200 sprayer John Deere 2500A triple mower John Deere 2653 Trilo scarifier/vacuum Saxon LM26 tees mower Case IH 125 MXU tractor


Jacobsen Groom Master II sand rake


Ferris IS 5000 zero turn mowers x 2


Charterhouse Verti-Core 1700 aerator Imants Shockwave 2.1m Imants Shockwave 2.2m John Deere 3245C rotary mower Allett scarifier


John Deere 4720 tractor x 2 Toro Workman 4300D Toro Workman 200 sprayer John Deere 4720 tractor


Jacobson Eclipse 2wd greens mowers x 3


Jacobson Eclipse 3wd greens mowers x 2


John Deere 3235C fairway mower x 2


Progressive TD15 wide area mower Dakota 440 material handling unit John Deere 8700A x 2 John Deere 2500EH x 2 Charterhouse Verti-Drain 2220


Massey Ferguson 5612 tractor with loader


John Deere Greenstar 6000 GPS system


Wacker Neuson E65 excavator


John Deere 9009A rough mowers x 2


Charterhouse Core Harvester 1200SP


Charterhouse Speed Brush Classen HSC185E Pro Hydro


Shelton Chain Trencher + Trimble Laser


John Deere Gators x 3 John Deere Pro Gator Dakota 410 Turf Tender


Bernhard Express Dual 3000 Grinder Bernard Angle Master 3000 Bernard Express Relief Grinder


History


In 1820, Thomas Pemberton demolished an old hall known as Ramside and built a new home which he called Belmont Hall. In 1900, John S G Pemberton lived there. He was MP for Sunderland where the family had many connections. In the 1960s, when the family sold the estate, it reverted to its original name of Ramside Hall and was converted to a hotel under the ownership of Michael Adamson.


As detailed in the article, Ramside Golf Club features two highly regarded courses; the Prince Bishop and the Cathedral.


The par 72 Prince Bishop Course, measuring 6,851 yards from its championship tees, has views of the world-famous Durham Cathedral, a


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UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Prince Bishops’ course is named after the warrior clergymen who ruled over the lawless north of England from Durham Castle after the Norman Conquest in the 11th Century.


The par 72 Cathedral Course, measuring 7176 yards from its championships tees, opened in September 2014 and was inspired by Durham Cathedral. It was built on rolling countryside between the villages of Belmont and Pittington with breathtaking natural features including ridges, becks and valleys. The course extends out over a broad hill-top with views of Durham Cathedral and as far afield as the Angel of the North in Gateshead.


of the season, we had a great coverage of grass. Then, in June 2014, we opened up nine holes of the Cathedral course for play and after a few more months of growing in we fully opened the course in September. We certainly saw two sides of the coin on construction though!”


Craig added: “Roger deserves huge credit for all his hard work whilst solely project managing the Cathedral course construction. He managed the enture build; dealing with all contractors on site on a daily basis ordering materials etc. which is no small task”


Helping Roger and Craig maintain the vast site to the highest standards is Nick Scott, Head Mechanic, 12 years at the club, 48 years old; Daniel Hardy, Qualified Mechanic, 3 years’ service, 21 years old; Andrew Shaw, Qualified Greenkeeper, 12 years at the club, 28 years old; Nick Mansell, Qualified Greenkeeper, 2 years at the club, 53 years old; Shaun Embleton, Qualified Greenkeeper, 1 year, 40 years old; Jonathan Flowers, Qualified Greenkeeper, 9 years, 43 years old; Victor Southwart, Qualified Greenkeeper, 3.5 years, 33 years


old; Chris Lumley, Qualified Greenkeeper, 1 year, 35 years old; Scott Lyons, Apprentice Greenkeeper, 2 years, 20 years old and Mick Dobson, Greenkeeper, 15 years’ service and 67 years old.


Roger and Craig feel there is a contrast between the two courses. “The new one is quite open, and it is definitely not a heathland. We have introduced a lot of tall grasses, some gorse has also self-sown and it is very windswept. A lot of our members call it an inland links because it can get so windy. It’s good to have as it gives the members two different options and a talking point.”


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