Loch Lomond Golf Club has been announced as the overall winner
of the 2011 Golf Environment
Awards. The Club was highlighted for its outstanding results
with nature conservation and way it has successfully balanced the
management of turf, water and waste. Loch Lomond has exemplified
how environmental sustainability and outstanding aesthetics can
work together hand-in-hand to enhance the playing experience.
David Cole, the golf course and estate manager commented: "The
team at Loch Lomond Golf Club is thrilled
to receive this most prestigious award. It's great to be
recognised for our efforts in achieving best practice in the
environment and to receive the overall UK award makes us very
proud.
"The Club aspires to be at the forefront of environment
management and this award is testament to the sheer commitment and
passion shown by the entire team towards achieving this goal."
The Conservation Greenkeeper of the Year Award was won by Antony
Wainwright, assistant head greenkeeper at Turton Golf Club, near Bolton,
Lancashire. The judges reported he stood out from the extremely
competitive entries due to his passion to develop an effective
environmental management plan and his successful engagement of the
club's members to help achieve their objectives.
Antony said this award will help to raise the profile of Turton
Golf Club within the golfing industry and the local community. "I
believe all golf clubs should play a vital role in helping to
reverse the trend of our declining species and important habitats.
I'm extremely happy that the Golf Environment Awards recognises
some of the ecological achievements made by golf clubs throughout
the UK," he added.
The Golf Environment Awards is managed by STRI and sponsored by Syngenta, Everris, Ransomes Jacobsen, Campey Turf Care Systems and County Turf. It attracted entries
from golf clubs across the UK, demonstrating that the awareness of
the awards is growing and that a significant number of golf clubs
are currently working on projects that make a real difference to
the environment and their local surroundings.
The awards highlight the 'greener' golf clubs in the UK and
showcase the creative projects they are implementing that both
enhance their golf course and have a positive impact on the
environment.
Each of this year's ten winners (listed below) has achieved
outstanding results in each of the respective categories and
provides an excellent example of how to manage effective and
sustainable projects that improve both environmental and ecological
areas across their courses.
Overall Achievement Award - Loch Lomond Golf
Club
Conservation Greenkeeper of the Year Award - Antony
Wainwright, Turton Golf Club
Scottish Regional Award - Royal Aberdeen Golf Club
Northern Regional Award - Wilmslow Golf Club
Welsh Regional Award - Bull Bay Golf Club
Southern Regional Award - Thorpeness Golf Club
Nature Conservation Award - The Manchester Golf Club
Turfgrass Management Award - Aldeburgh Golf Club
Waste Management Award - New Malton Golf Club
Water Management Award - Lymm Golf Club
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