GROUNDSKEEPING & EQUIPMENT
(Left to right) Dealers Paul Hodgson and Alastair Briggs of Greenlay with Seaton Carew Golf Club
greens chairman Jonathan Beaumont and John Deere territory manager Richard Charleton.
FINANCE PACKAGE
PAYING OFF FOR SEATON CAREW
Seaton Carew Golf Club near
Hartlepool will be celebrating its
150th anniversary in 2024 and the
club, which is the 10th oldest in
England, is determined to make sure
its course is in the best condition
possible for those celebrations.
Since being established with 14 holes
in 1874, not only has the golf course
undergone numerous changes –
today it offers an unusual total of
22 holes with five different layouts
– so has the way in which it is
maintained. In the early years even
the club’s professional would have
been expected to assist with cutting
fairways, probably using a horse-
drawn mower, and rolling greens.
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Today a team of six well-trained
greens staff led by acting
head greenkeeper Ian Stewart
work tirelessly to ensure these
championship links are kept in
the best condition, and the club
has recently invested more than
£200,000 in the latest advanced
technology from John Deere to
ensure they can achieve those goals.
A new John Deere Financial
lease package arranged by local
dealer Greenlay of Cramlington
in Northumberland includes a
ProGator utility vehicle with HD200
low-profile amenity sprayer, an
HPX Gator utility vehicle, a 4049R
compact tractor, three 220SL walk-
behind greens mowers, a 2653B
utility tees & surrounds mower and
a 2500B triplex greens mower, plus
ancillary equipment.
“With our previous lease
arrangement coming to an end,
we decided that a one-stop shop
approach, with all the new kit,
advice and back-up coming from
one business, would potentially
make a better deal for the club,”
says greens chairman Jonathan
Beaumont. “The equipment and
finance package from Greenlay,
who helped us to work out the deal
based on a mix of new and ex-
demonstration machines, proved to
be just what we were looking for.
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