‘Cutline Is King’
T.E.T.O, also known as Turf Equipment Technicians Organisation held their most recent gathering at Leicester City’s Training Ground thanks to Chris Minton, Head Mechanic at Leicester City and James Wilkinson Workshop and Equipment Manager and the Buckinghamshire GC.
T.E.T.O was founded by Chris Minton, James Wilkinson and Matt Axton.
T.E.T.O has been formed as a WhatsApp group where Turf Equipment Technicians from around the world can join together, sharing experiences, knowledge and information to solve problems that are being faced within the group. From the most common mechanical issues to requesting a more structured path for Equipment Technicians to join the industry and to gain qualifications. Keep your eyes peeled, we’ll have more information coming in a future article telling you more about T.E.T.O and the challenges they face. IGFH are part of the T.E.T.O WhatsApp group invited by Chris Minton, we were also lucky enough to attend the last meeting in January 2024 held at BTME by BIGGA.
The day was presented as follows, TETO Meeting and Cutline is King’ presented by Mike Rollins – Simplex ideal Peerless please see the format of the day.
8:30/9:00 – Coffee/Welcome
9:00/9:30 – TETO update, Chris Minton and James Wilkinson updates us on the progress of the group, including their growth to over 200 members and affiliations with BIGGA.
9:30/12:00 – ‘Cutline is King’ presented by Mike Rollins – Simplex ideal Peerless. Mike presented a great session, there has been a lot of talk recently about grinding and the use of the grinders this year, it was nice to see information from the user’s standpoint and how having the correct settings, even down to a degree of angle can affect the cut as much as having a dull blade. I am personally keen to pry more of this information out of the group, there must be over 500 years of technical advice we haven’t tapped into.
12:00/12:45 – Lunch
12:45/14:00 – Workshop/ facilities tour. A fantastic tour of the Leicester City Facilities, workshop, pitches, gardens and even the golf course. It’s incredible to see the scale at which this facility is being operated at and highlights the importance of limited downtime on machinery and, therefor investment into the workshops and technicians.
If you are interested in joining the T.E.T.O group or know someone who would like to please contact us or the T.E.T.O team directly below
Bradley@internationalGreenkeepers.com
Or via the T.E.T.O Twitter/X account @TETOrganisation