Furious golf club owner blasts ‘mindless scum’ who wreaked havoc on his Chester course

Nov 3 2011 by Gary Porter, Chester Chronicle

A FURIOUS golf club owner has blasted the ‘mindless scum’ who wreaked havoc on his course causing up to £50,000 worth of damage.

Martin Redcup, who owns Pryors Hayes Golf Club in Oscroft, Tarvin, is fuming after yobs left a trail of destruction at the course over the weekend.

During Saturday night and into the early hours of Sunday, vandals drove golf buggies across the course damaging the greens before dumping them in ponds and ditches.

The yobs also wrecked a marquee, signage, fencing and other golfing equipment.

Staff were up at 6.30am clearing the greens so members could play on Sunday. The club is open as usual for functions.

Mr Redrup said: “They’re mindless scum. They make you sick.

"There is an elderly lady who has her own buggy and they’ve vandalised that too, she’s traumatised.

"We are a community club and we do a lot of charity work.

"It’s disappointing that a mindless few have done this.

"It’s a small village and people talk so hopefully someone can come forward. The police have been unbelievable helpful."

Inspector Keith Curbishley added: "The actions of those responsible for this crime can be described as nothing more than mindless and pointless.

"The area around the golf club and indeed Tarvin as a whole enjoys a relatively low level of crime and anti-social behaviour, and an incident such as this is not just unusual but causes anguish and concern amongst the wider community.

"I would ask for any local people who may know the identities of anyone who they believe to have been involved in this incident to come forward and assist us with this investigation."

If you have any information contact PC Steven Trow at Mickle Trafford Police Station on 0845 458 0000, quoting incident 402 of October 30.

Alternatively, call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.