A team of greenkeepers are planning on walking 60 miles in two days in aid of the BIGGA Greenkeepers Benevolent Fund.


Martin Brown, Wayne Lazenby, Mal Mitchell and Dave Collins

The team will begin at Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire on the morning of Saturday 3 October and trek through Barnsley and Pontefract to the midway point of Castleford, stopping overnight.

They will then complete the walk – whatever the weather – on Sunday 4 October, arriving at BIGGA House in Aldwark, North Yorkshire.

One of the team is Wayne Lazenby, Greenkeeper at Stocksbridge & District Golf Club, and the upland heath course will be the starting point.

The greenkeepers have set a target of £1,000, and to donate please visit https://www.justgiving.com/david-collins20

Others in the group include Wayne’s colleague Richard Marshall, Martin Brown, Deputy Course Manager at Aldwickbury Park Golf Club, Dave Collins, Course Manager at Lickey Hills Golf Course and Mal Mitchell, Head Greenkeeper at Patshull Park Hotel Golf & Country Club.

They are also being joined by two members of the trade. Geoff Fenn, Technical Sales Manager for Countrywide and Ryan Anderton, Business Development Manager at Highspeed Group.

Dave said: “We wanted to do something for those members who have fallen on hard times and the Benevolent Fund is a great charity for a great industry.”

The BIGGA Greenkeepers Benevolent Fund is a Registered Charity and the official charity of BIGGA. It exists to assist current or past members and their dependents who have suffered hardship, financial or otherwise.