{"id":237098,"date":"2025-11-01T03:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T03:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/237098\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T03:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T03:29:14","slug":"bikers-cause-2k-worth-of-damage-to-bulwell-golf-course-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/237098\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikers cause \u00a32k worth of damage to Bulwell golf course"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SteveSteve Wells<\/p>\n

Police said it received reports of criminal damage to the course on Thursday<\/p>\n

A golf course in Nottingham was forced to close for a day after motorcyclists caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to its greens.<\/p>\n

Steve Wells, course manager at Bulwell Forest Golf Club, said he discovered a number of the greens had been destroyed on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

He believes bikers caused about \u00a32,000 worth of damage on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old, who has been greenkeeping for 25 years, said: “It’s a real shame because we prepare the golf course immaculately, and they’ve gone on with motorbikes and destroyed all that.”<\/p>\n

The course was temporarily closed on Thursday as a result of the damage, causing the club to lose between \u00a31,600 and \u00a31,700 worth of business, Mr Wells said.<\/p>\n

\"SteveSteve Wells<\/p>\n

Mr Wells said golfers would not be able to play on the damaged greens<\/p>\n

Mr Wells said anti-social behaviour on the course had “got worse and worse every month” since his arrival two years ago.<\/p>\n

He added a biker once threatened to stab him with a machete, and that one of the members was “badly beat up” for approaching another motorcyclist.<\/p>\n

Mr Wells said he had also witnessed drug dealing “in broad daylight” on the public footpath that runs through the course.<\/p>\n

“It’s worrying, not just for members and those greenkeepers on the golf course working, it’s for people who use the path to take their kids to school,” he added.<\/p>\n

Sgt Katie Taylor, of the Bulwell neighbourhood policing team, said Nottinghamshire Police received “a lot of feedback” about motorbikes “causing a nuisance” at the golf club.<\/p>\n

“Tackling antisocial behaviour has long been one of our policing priorities, which is why we regularly conduct operations designed to target these offences,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We regularly complete days of action as a team to try and cut out this behaviour.<\/p>\n

“This will typically see us work with officers from the force’s off-road bike and drone teams to spot and take action against anyone speeding around the fields and causing problems.”<\/p>\n

\"SteveSteve Wells<\/p>\n

Bulwell Forest Golf Club was forced to close on Thursday due to the damage<\/p>\n

Mr Wells said members would not be able to play on the damaged greens and would have to use temporary greens for now.<\/p>\n

“The greens won’t be repaired until they start growing next spring in April or May,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Some people won’t want to return because of the damage that has been caused.<\/p>\n

“We just want something to be done about it and something proactive to be done about it.”<\/p>\n

Sgt Taylor said: “While we obviously can’t be on hand all the time to put a stop to these offences, the hope is these types of operations and the daily visible patrols we conduct provides a crime deterrent.”<\/p>\n

She added reports of anti-social behaviour in Bulwell Forest had dropped by 24% over the past 12 months but said “we can still do more to crack down on these offences and keep people safer”.<\/p>\n

She said: “Anyone who acts in an antisocial manner – whether that be flying around on bikes, threatening people, or causing criminal damage – needs to know that this behaviour will not be tolerated.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Wells Police said it received reports of criminal damage to the course on Thursday A golf course…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-237098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}