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We have done what we can to work with the changing weather patterns and to try and keep the course open as much as possible. If the golfers cannot play golf, they do not rejoin, and we do not get paid


Club. He applied and got the position, where he spent twelve months on a YTS scheme. “Sadly, when the year was up, there were no jobs available, so I ended up working in a factory in Bodmin. Twelve months later, a job opened up, and I came back as an apprentice/assistant greenkeeper. Through the years, I have worked my way up to my current position which I have been in for the last eight years.”


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Like so many of us who started out in the sports turf industry as an apprentice, he was given many of what would be classed as the menial tasks like raking bunkers, strimming etc. But this never put him off wanting to pursue a career as a greenkeeper. “When I fi rst arrived, they were building the fi rst and second greens,


fter leaving school, Vince Vosper was looking through the local paper when he saw an advert for an apprentice greenkeeper at St Austell Golf


and the guy who was in charge back then had me screening soil for weeks on end. Then, of course, I did not get a job, but when I returned, I was doing everything, and I have enjoyed every minute of it.” Vince attended horticultural college in Devon and gained all the relevant qualifi cations, including NVQ Level 2 and 3 in sports turf management, spraying, chainsaw and tractor certifi cates. Always on hand and consulting Vince on all things turf is David Bevan, Technical Sales Area Manager for Agrovista Amenity. “He lives local to the course, so he is always on hand to come in and have a chat. Dave gives us advice on what chemicals and fertilisers to use. He is an ex-greenkeeper from Bodmin Golf Club, so it is handy to pick his brain. You should not be too proud to ask for advice here and there, especially in this job. He is terrifi c; he’s literally at the end of the phone. He will also take soil samples for us every two years, which I fi nd is good enough.”


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