EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS What’s in the shed
Kubota L5240 tractor with loader for bucket and snow plough Kubota L1361 compact tractor Kubota G26 low dump ride-on mower Kubota hand mower
John Deere 7700 fairway mower John Deere 2653B triple mower John Deere TX Gator x 2 John Deere pedestrian scarifi er Toro workman electric SISIS Truspred SISIS Quadraplay SISIS Multitiner SISIS Litamina SISIS Zig Zag brush
Allett C34E with cylinder and verti-cut
Allett C24 with 10 blade cylinder, brush, verti-cut and turf rake cassettes
Allett Uplift 86 Allett BJB scarifi er Allett Shaver 20 Turfco Belt topdresser Trimax ProCut Tornado leaf blower Tractor mounted fl ail mower Tractor mounted sprayer Tractor mounted fertiliser spreader 4ft Autoroller
ICL Acupro 2000 spreader EvenSprey professional sprayer Stiga hand mower Billy Goat Little Wonder Wheeled Blower Wiedenmann Terra Spike
before becoming an apprentice gardener when I left school - attending college one day a week. I then moved to a private hotel that off ered a small amount of sports turf mixed in with my gardening. From there, I moved to Warminster School as Head Gardener, but also helped on the grounds. During this time, I took my Level 2 in Sports Turf and realised that was the direction I wanted to take. Eventually, I became grounds manager and then moved to my current position at Hazlegrove Preparatory School and I have recently been appointed as Director of Grounds for both Kings Bruton and Hazlegrove.”
No one person has inspired Graham throughout his career so far, but he has had a lot of help along the way. “I have received some great advice from my local reps, who are now good friends of mine, and I take a lot of inspiration from the quality pitches I see every week on TV, produced by my fellow professionals. Comparing those pitches to the state of some of the ones I was playing on as an amateur has motivated me to do my
best and achieve the best.”
Graham feels that our industry is struggling in many ways. “From what I see and read on social media and in Pitchcare magazine we are all struggling. Trying to fi nd qualifi ed staff is becoming harder, and salaries are not the best throughout the industry. I have heard about people leaving our sector to work in factories so they can earn more money. New machinery is costly, and second hand seems to be what people can aff ord. I think there is an enormous gulf between the big pro clubs and the rest when it comes to budgets, staffi ng and salaries.”
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