GOLF


I was a million miles


away from being ready, but I will always be grateful to Mickleover for taking a punt on a young lad


attempt to apply 80-100 tonnes before the start of May. Then, we generally have a renovation week in the first or second week in August (depending on fixtures), where we will apply another 50-60 tonnes. The remaining tonnage will be applied little and often, generally on a Monday, throughout the playing season. I think it is so much easier now to get high quantities of topdressing into your greens without too much disruption to your membership. We use the Dakota topdresser and the sweep and fill brush.”


In April 2016, the club invested in a new


Toro fleet of machinery to help improve the course. Each machine (in the £300,000 deal) was chosen by Mark, with a particular purpose and anticipated result in mind. For example, the two Reelmaster Sidewinder 3100-D mowers were selected to increase productivity, which they have done by halving the time taken to do the same job of the previous machines. “We have just paid our final payment, so all the machinery is now ours. Machinery, such as the tractors and Verti-Drain, we bought outright. We have also purchased a couple of second- hand pieces of kit this year from GGM; an Amazone Profihopper and a Toro Workman from Cheshire Turf Machinery. Also, a great piece of kit (which we invested in last year) is the Bernhard Grinder which is being used far more often than I anticipated. It’s all about what fits in with the business model of the club and the finances available for that year - the club has been pretty flexible as well.”


Ecology in and around the course is important to the club. The members have created an ecology committee whose first


Bailey keeping watch 48 PC June/July 2020


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