TENNIS What’s in the shed
John Deere 4100 tractor 3 tonne JCB digger Toro Greens Triplex 11 blade
Toro Greensmaster 1000 21” cut 11 blade x 2
Dennis G860 with 8 blade cylinder cassette, verticutter cassette, scarifi er cassette and soft brush cassette
Bargam 200 litre 6m wide tractor-mounted sprayer
EvenSprey professional pedestrian sprayer
Toro HoverPro Toro Allen 440 Hover Trim Hayter pedestrian mowers x 2 Masport pedestrian mower SISIS Multislit Allett BJB42 scarifi er Karcher B60w scrubber dryer
Karcher KM 75/40 W indoor courts brush sweeper Stihl BR 600 leaf blower Makita RBL600 leaf blower
SGG Pellicano brush PTO tractor-mounted SISIS topdresser
Everris broadcast pedestrian spreader
Stihl strimmers x 2 Mitsubishi strimmer
Shindaiwa long-reach brushcutter GTM Elephants Trunk Fleet Tim transfer linemarker Fleet Kombi Classic linemarker
thinks I am older than I am!”
“Whilst Will was on furlough, I had some help from one of the tennis coaches, who used to be on the groundstaff many years ago; he came down and helped from 10.00am until 3.00pm each day, so I wasn’t on my own. I will be honest; it was nice to not have the members around for eight weeks; it made it easier to get some jobs out of the way. I have not really been aff ected by COVID-19 personally as I have still been able to come in and work and my job hasn’t changed at all, but I’m aware that I have been one of the lucky ones.” Richard went into
landscaping straight from school as he did not want to work in an offi ce. “I wanted to work outside and prefer manual work. I was not fond of going to school; it was the time when all the teachers strikes
were going on. So, this meant no sports activities after school and no team sports, so school just was not enjoyable. I ended up doing a Certifi cate of Pre-Vocational Education, which was a course for people who did not know what they wanted to do. Halfway through that, I got an off er to become a landscaper with my girlfriend’s uncle. I did that for four and a half years, until I was made redundant. I spent a year on the dole, then did some labouring until a job came up here as an assistant. I stayed for seven and a half years before setting up a landscaping business with my friend, which I did for fi ve years. Then the phone call came asking if I would come back here as a groundsman again. That was in 2007. So, I have been back here thirteen years, with six years as head groundsman.
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