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Queensbury GC Facing £10,000 Bill To Repair Damage

March 21, 2017/in Press Release/by Admin

“BRAINLESS idiots” on quad bikes have left a golf club facing a bill of up to £10,000 after badly damaging two greens. Queensbury Golf Club was targeted by three people on quad bikes on Saturday. Club secretary Richard Guest said: “We are absolutely distraught. They have destroyed the third green. They have also damaged the […]

Warrington GC Strikes It Lucky With Bailoy

March 21, 2017/in Press Release/by Admin

When Warrington Golf Club’s course was struck by lightning the voltage burnt out its 30-year-old irrigation controller and the club found itself in the market for a new system, which is where Bailoy stepped in. Warrington Golf Club course manager John McLoughlin explains: “The lightning picked up one of the irrigation cables and burnt out […]

Queensbury GC Facing £10,000 Bill To Repair Damage

March 21, 2017/in Press Release/by Admin

Warrington GC Strikes It Lucky With Bailoy

March 21, 2017/in Press Release/by Admin

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Queensbury GC Facing £10,000 Bill To Repair Damage

March 21, 2017/in Press Release/by Admin

“BRAINLESS idiots” on quad bikes have left a golf club facing a bill of up to £10,000 after badly damaging two greens.

Queensbury Golf Club was targeted by three people on quad bikes on Saturday.

Club secretary Richard Guest said: “We are absolutely distraught. They have destroyed the third green. They have also damaged the second green. It could cost in the region of £10,000 to repair.

“The third green will have to be completely relaid. Both greens are out of commission and in two weeks’ time the season starts.”

The club’s social and marketing chairman, Nigel Brunt, wrote on Facebook: “We would like to thank the brainless idiots who thought it would be fun to drive around Queensbury Golf Club on quad bikes causing serious damage to a number of the greens.

“Nearly 200 local people enjoy playing at the club and will now be penalised over the coming months due to this pointless selfish act! Not to mention how much time and money it will take the club to repair the damage.”

Mr Guest added: “I would say the third green is out of action for a minimum of six months. I don’t think we will play on it again this year.

“The second green, we might be able to play on it soon.

“They are rutted. They have been spinning around on them. They have rutted everything up.

“I am absolutely distraught, especially with all the hard work that has gone into the course by the groundstaff. It is soul-destroying.”

Mr Guest said he was at the club when the yobs struck at about 5.30pm to 6pm and could see them from a distance.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: “Police are investigating a report of a small group of quad bikes causing damage to land at Queensbury Golf Club at about 5.45pm on Saturday.

“Officers are also aware of a number of other reports relating to damage caused to land by vehicles in the Tong and Wyke area on Saturday afternoon and these are being looked into to establish if they are linked.

“It is possible that these vehicles may have been caught on people’s dashcams and anyone with similar footage which may assist this investigation is asked to contact the Bradford South Area Neighbourhood Team on 101, quoting crime reference 13170124827.”

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Warrington GC Strikes It Lucky With Bailoy

March 21, 2017/in Press Release/by Admin

Warrington Golf Club course manager John McLoughlin explains: “The lightning picked up one of the irrigation cables and burnt out the controller. The system we had was an original Bailoy SC3000, still going strong after delivering us 30 years of service, but it understandably couldn’t withstand the power of a strike from above!”

Investigating different manufacturers comparing price and products soon led John back to the original manufacturer, Bailoy and its latest GTI PC system, and John says it was the product’s straight forward operator experience and application precision that sealed the deal: “What impressed me most about the GTI PC was its adaptability. The team now irrigate in the preferred measurement of millimetres rather than minutes. We abstract from a pond and also have access to a mains water feed, so managing water usage in a sustainable manner is extremely important for the club. Better controlled water application via the new software and daily monitoring of the greens’ moisture levels has allowed for greater control of the greens playability in a, pleasingly, more sustainable manner.”

John and his greenkeeping team of seven are also finding the GTI PC incredibly easy to use. “Compared to the other products we looked at this one seemed the most user-friendly. We’ve had our first full season using the software and we can now vouch for this first hand.”

The club also opted for ongoing GTI Support, choosing the Gold level. This backup service, although not yet used by John, is reassuring to have. He says: “I’m glad we haven’t had to use this yet, as it of course means there’s no product, installation or setup issues! But having it means there’s no need to worry if something does go wrong, Bailoy will be available to investigate the situation.”

The GTI PC comes with Remote Access, which John is very much looking forward to using this year. “One of the other key benefits is that we will be able to manage the software remotely; with changeable weather patterns it is of the upmost importance we can make real time decisions at the push of a button. Controlling the system out in the field will also offer an operating exercise that had previously not been possible.”

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