< Previous60 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYGOLFmight at the gym. Obviously the gameinvolves a large amount of walking, and thiscoupled with the pulling of your bags,swinging and changes in posture have a strongtoning effect on your muscles. It’s no accidentthat professional golfers all tend to haveathletic figures, because the sport itself is alsoenjoyable, it is a much easier form of fitness tostick to than pounding away at the gym, andwill not leave you feeling quite so burned out. The health benefits go beyond simple fitness- it’s also been found that playing a round ofgolf a week can reduce your risk of heartdisease. Walking around a golf course can beas good as running for cardiovascular health,with reductions in blood pressure andcholesterol. Lisa Purcell, from the British HeartFoundation, actually recommended golf as amethod to combat heart disease in their “HeartMatters” campaign, saying, “Walking is one ofthe best ways to get your dose of healthyactivity - 150 active minutes a week will helpkeep your heart healthy and your musclesstrong. Golf can also help improve supplenessand strength, and relax your mind.” That leads quite nicely onto another benefitof golf – that it can reduce stress. Any form ofhigh intensity exercise can reduce stress, withmany people using the gym to power throughany negative feelings in an effort to exhaustthe body. But golf’s effects last longer for anumber of reasons. Psychological studies intostress and how to treat it have shown thatthere are a number of factors that can helpreduce stress levels, including mild-moderateexercise, the presence of green nature,sunlight, fresh air and social activity. When itcomes to these factors, a round of golf reallydoes tick all the boxes. The added peace andquiet of the course from the otherwise stressfulhustle and bustle of normal life can also helppeople achieve a calmer piece of mind. Golf is also good for our social needs andactivity, which ties in with the mental healthbenefits of stress reduction. Golf is a socialsport in a way that many other sports do notmanage. Consider football - you could attendwith some friends and play together, but thePHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/DASHA PETRENKOThe health benefits go beyondsimple fitness - it’s also beenfound that playing a round of golfa week could reduce your risk ofheart disease59-61_Layout 1 20/03/2015 12:33 Page 2fast paced and competitive nature of the game would preventyou from holding a conversation during it. Not so golf, whichwill often leave people to chat between themselves while theyare travelling to the next hole or between shots. This social interaction is also nurtured by the sport, as thosewho get on well with one another often arrange to play togetherin the future. Agreeing a set time and date that they will meetagain at the club for another round. Beyond that, all clubs havean area for golfers to have some drink and food after a game –giving new friends a chance to talk about their game, orcommiserate if it wasn’t their best. The handicap system in placein the sport also enables people of different skill levels to competeagainst one another if they wish to. Though many people justenjoy doing their best and having fun, rather than tallying up whohas won at the end. You might recognise a number of the points as being examplesof what medical professionals will give you in regards to helpinga person live a longer life - and it’s true that the health benefitsof golf can prolong your lifespan. In fact, a study into thelifespan of golfers looked at the health and longevity of 300,000golfers and found that the death rate for golfers is anastounding 40% lower than for other people of the same sex, ageand socioeconomic level. The benefits of walking can also help ward off conditions suchas dementia, and also slow down the progression of Alzheimer’sdisease. This is supported by Professor Clive Ballard of theAlzheimer’s Society, who says, “By keeping active you make sureyour brain has a good, strong blood supply, which is essential tohelp it function better now, and in the future. Whether it is goingfor a jog or walking the golf course, keeping physically active willkeep your heart and brain healthy.” Because golf is a sport and hobby that can be accessed at anyage, and continued on right up to the end of a person’s life, it isthe perfect activity to reap all of the above benefits no matter theindividual’s circumstances. Beyond all of this though, there is onefinal thing to remember. The biggest reason people enjoy golf isbecause it’s fun! To those who have not tried it before, golf can be quite anintimidating prospect. For all the obvious simplicity of hitting aball with a club, we all know that actually getting the ball to gowhere we want is an incredibly difficult and skillful thing tomaster. So for the individual who has never golfed before, it canbe quite an intimidating prospect to visit a professional club andtake their time on the course. It’s important to rememberthough that any golf club in Lincolnshire will be willing to offersupport when it comes to getting started, and that no one wasever born being good at golf. They all had to start out as rookiesthemselves. LINCOLNSHIRETODAY61GOLFGainsborough Golf Club, The Belt Road, Gainsborough.Lincolnshire. DN21 1PZTel: 01427 613088. Email: info@gainsboroughgc.co.ukWebsite: www.gainsboroughgc.co.uk“Everybody Welcome”Summer Society Packages available 7 days a weekIncluding our Bronze Package - coffee and bacon roll on arrival, 18 holes and pie of the day £35 per person Other packages also availablePlease contact the Sales Office on 01427 613088to make a reservation or for more informationTwilight golf available from 4pm£15 per person 7 days a weekGood exercise– Walking is great for fitness as well asmuscle growth, burn calories while having fun.Reduce stress– Experiencing a bright and peacefulenvironment, while focusing on your swing has beenproven to reduce stress.Improve heart health– Regular cardiovascular activitymixed with social interaction can reduce the risk of heartdisease.Make friends– Meet new people and golf with themagain, to build lasting relationships.Live longer– Help boost your system with fresh air, regularexercise and strong social interaction. All to help you livelonger. FIVE REASONS TOFIND TIME FOR GOLFFIND TIME FOR GOLFFIVE REASONS TO59-61_Layout 1 20/03/2015 12:33 Page 362 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYBusiness inLincolnshireCouncil welcomes funds for districtheating schemePlans for a new low carbon districtheating network, powered by the Energyfrom Waste Facility in North Hykehamnear Lincoln, have received a boost asLincolnshire County Council has securedan £80,400 grant to help get the projectoff the ground. Working with City of Lincoln Counciland North Kesteven District Council,LCC has welcomed the announcementof the funds from the Heat Network Development Unit, a team set up by the Department ofEnergy and Climate Change. Heat networks supply heat in the form of hot water to a number of buildings through asystem of insulated pipes. They can capture heat that might otherwise be wasted, to heat homesand businesses. Lincolnshire’s Energy from Waste facility has been operational since 2014 and isnow processing 150,000 tonnes of residual waste produced by Lincolnshire residents every year.Business park plancould lead to 700 jobboost in SkegnessPlans for a new business development inSkegness have been revealed in a move whichcould see up to 700 jobs created in the area.The Countryside Business Park has been part ofthe long-term development strategy byCroftmarsh, and is designed to provide animportant development site for national andlocal businesses to be situated to support theenvisaged expansion of the Skegness andsurrounding area’s economy.It’s believed the site of 67 acres will be asubstantial fit-for-purpose business park wherefuture occupiers can thrive and succeed and bean important part of Skegness’s growth incoming years.The £8 million project has been madepossible thanks to funding from the SingleLocal Growth Deal grant, provided through theGreater Lincolnshire LEP, Lincolnshire CountyCouncil, and Croftmarsh Limited. Work is dueto start on site in autumn this year to avoid thetourist season.Lincolnshire recruitmentconsultant takes on top job A recruitment consultant with more than twenty years’ experience in theindustry has demonstrated her entrepreneurial flair by setting up a newconsultancy. Hunter Global Recruitment offers recruitment advice and management across allindustries, specialising in agriculture, food, construction, facilities managementand executive search.Rachel McCarthy decided to make the move having honed her skills managing teams and industry divisions at national agencies, most recentlyinitiating and managing the successful agricultural division at Barker Ross. Her twenty years’ experience engaging and leading blue-chip and high-end consumer accounts has resulted in her becoming known within the industry as an efficient and in-demand account director.As her reputation and requests for her expertise grew, Rachel decided it was time to establish her own consultancy. Driven by her professionalvalues of honesty, transparency and creativity, Rachel is clear that her ethical approach to business is one of the key reasons for her success so far.Greene King creates80 jobs with Europarcpub openingDevelopment of the latest phase of Europarc,North East Lincolnshire’s flagship business park, iswell under way with its first element complete.Beechwood Farm is a Farmhouse Inns pub for the Greene King chain, and has createdeighty new jobs. Europarc is owned by the Hull-based property specialist, the WykelandGroup, who this week reported continuing high levels of interest in the development,especially from other leisure operators. Since its launch in 2000, Europarc has become the hub for new investment and job creationin North East Lincolnshire and is ‘home’ to around two thousand jobs. This latest phaseinvolves an additional 6.5 acres adjacent to the main approach road and has benefitted from aloan of £500,000 from the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership to help pay for infrastructurecosts to enable the land to be opened out for development. Peter Hebblethwaite, Farmhouse Inns business unit director, said the new pub-restaurantwould complement other new arrivals at Europarc.62-63_Layout 1 20/03/2015 10:15 Page 1Power-from-pig-slurry plantgets green light from councilPlans to convertwaste from a piggery togenerate energy havebeen given the goahead by West LindseyDistrict Council inGainsborough. It hasapproved plans tobuild an anaerobicdigester withassociated buildings,at Laynes Piggery, Old Leys Lane, Willoughton. Brown and Co, who submitted the application said a significantamount of material used at the plant would be sourced from theadjoining piggery. Additional manure may also be required but thiswould be sourced on an as required basis from adjoining farms. The digester will also utilise energy from beet and maize that isalready grown on the applicant’s estate adjoining the site. Thiswould be harvested between September and November. As partof the process the digester will produce electricity, which can beused for heat and power on the site and any extra can beexported to the national grid.Business rates system set for overhaulThe business rates system was designed and implemented over thirty years ago, and last autumnGeorge Osborne announced that the Government would overhaul the annual tax to bring it more inline with the modern world. Disparities between high street stores and online companies, was a majorcomplaint raised by businesses. With high streets already facing significant problems without being charged extra for having aphysical store. The Government have accepted that after thirty years, the bill is no longer fully fit forpurpose and that the economic landscape has changed drastically over that period, particularly withthe popularisation of the internet and online shopping. The review will be launched by Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who has said that new measures will come into force in Aprilthat will mean small business rate relief, but that they should also have a full review completed by next year’s budget. LINCOLNSHIRETODAY63New cash grants helpfarmers protect theenvironmentFarmers in Greater Lincolnshire can now apply for grants to help themprotect the environment and reduce water pollution. EnvironmentMinister Dan Rogerson has announced Natural England will be acceptingapplications for Water Capital Grants. Providing £10 million worth of government funding to the farmindustry, these grants will fund new projects to reduce the impact thatagriculture can have on water quality. Mr Rogerson made the announcement after applications were invited forWoodland Capital Grants. Under this scheme farmers, land managers andforesters can apply for further grants worth a total of £4 million to createnew woodland, protect our existing forests and restore tree health.Victoria Andrews is appointed generalmanager of Holiday Inn Express GrimsbyVictoria Andrews has been appointed as the general manager of the Holiday Inn Express Grimsby,which is due to open in the Summer of 2015.Prior to joining the hotel, Victoria, who has worked in the hospitality industry for over 15 years, wasgeneral manager at the Chilton House Estate in Buckinghamshire, and prior to this spent 7 years inLincoln at The Lincoln Hotel. Originally from Liverpool, Victoria joined the Royal Navy in 1995 and startedher career in hospitality in 2002 as a trainee manager for Noble House Hotels in the Americas.She says, “I am very excited to be moving back to Lincolnshire and becoming a part of such asignificant project. We are already working with the key tourism contacts in the region and buildinganticipation for our opening in July.Lincolnshire has changed a lot in the last ten years so I am really looking forward to exploring Grimsbyand finding out what the city has to offer as well, as being a part of the new hotel which will become afabulous asset for the area.”62-63_Layout 1 20/03/2015 10:15 Page 21stissues only £1Great reasonsto subscribe...Each issue is brimming with a diverse topic range...• Heritage • Fashion • Hair & Beauty • Leisure • Homes & Gardens • County Motoring • Dining Out • What’s On • Free Reader Giveaways and much much more…First 3 issues only £1!FREE delivery to your doorReceive your copy before it hits the shopsORDER FORMYes, I would like to subscribe to Lincolnshire Today magazinefor the next 12 months, with the first 3 issues only being £1.Personal Details:First name:Last Name:Address:Town:County: Post Code:Tel: Mobile:Email:Payment by DEBIT/CREDIT cardName as it appears on card:Type of card: Mastercard / Visa / Visa Debit / OtherCard Number:Card Verification number (3 digits on signature strip):Expiry Date:Amount Authorised:Cheque enclosed YES / NO Please post this form back to: Subscriptions,Lincolnshire Today Magazine, Armstrong House, Armstrong Street, Grimsby. N.E. Lincolnshire DN31 2QEMake cheque payable to Business Link Magazine Group&Call now to subscribe on01472 310301 8or visit www.lincolnshiretoday.net/341orScan QR Code3333Looking for a great gift idea?A gift Subscriptionis the perfect present that lasts all year round!Total Price: £27.553£1464_Layout 1 20/03/2015 10:35 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY65SOCIAL SCENEA prime cut fromLINCOLN BUTCHERSThe Lincoln Butchers Association returnedto the Bentley Hotel in the city for their ballto raise money for the Lincolnshire andNottinghamshire Air Ambulance. A fantasticraffle was among the events on the eveningand raised £400 for this very worthy cause.Committee membersAmy Harvey-Shaw, DavidBlies and Lynsay ShawDan andCharlotteNorrisDan Ranceand VicTuplinPaul and IlonaNorrisToni and FionaCottonRuss and AnnGibbsNatalie Acum andBethen PrestonAndrew, Tracy, Justin andAndrea RycroftPHOTOS BY RICHARD PICKSLEYSarah andAlan Odling65_Layout 1 20/03/2015 12:29 Page 166 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYEQUINERecently in the news were ARC, the operators of Newcastleracecourse. They’d been fined for failing to fill in holes and repairthe ground where a fence had been removed. A racehorse hadput his foot in one of the holes, got injured and subsequently hadto be put down. ARC admitted liability and the horse’s owner hashad to be compensated.This raises the question of how far landowners have to go tokeep their land and their premises safe, to ensure you aren’t heldliable if a horse or rider injures themselves while they’re there. AsBrenda Gilligan, Senior Solicitor of Wilkin Chapman, points out,“It is a wide ranging question and the answer will generally bevery specific to the situation – but there are some generalguidelines.“The relevant laws as a starting point are the Occupiers LiabilityActs 1957 and 1984. The 1957 Act imposes a duty on ‘occupiers’– usually those in control of the land or premises – to takereasonable care to ensure premises are reasonably safe for thepurpose for which visitors are there. A visitor can be someoneexpressly invited, impliedly invited, as in going into a shop, orsomeone with a right to be there, such as the police. The dutymay be higher towards children who can’t be expected to take asmuch care for themselves, or lower for experienced visitors, suchas professional mountaineers on an indoor climbing wall.“The 1984 Act imposes a duty of care towards unauthorisedvisitors, such as trespassers, where the owner of the land orpremises knows a danger exists there and that visitors may stillenter even if they’re not expected or invited. This could include,for instance, a deep, unfenced, natural pool.“Some help is at hand with comments made by the judge in acase from 2007. The claimant tried unsuccessfully to claimagainst a riding school for injury caused by an allegedlyoverhanging branch at a jump on an open country course. TheOccupationalHAZARDSHow far should you have to go tomake sure your land is safe?OccupationalHAZARDS66-67_Layout 1 20/03/2015 10:16 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY67EQUINEjudge said, ‘the English countryside is not manicured so as to befree from hazards... the course would hardly be a preparation forhunting if it was’. He went on to say that an instructor, though,must take steps to reduce the risk to what is ‘reasonable andacceptable’.”As Brenda points out, it’s the definition of ‘reasonable’ thatseems to be the key. She says, “Risks must be managed. In alivery yard, for instance, stables must be in good order, as mustthe fencing and electrics and the school surface if the owner ormanager has control of these. They would not be responsible forthe state of the tack worn by the livery’s horses, so if an accidentwas caused that way, that is the horse owner’s problem. Equally,the owner or manager may be able to insist on hats being wornwhile riding on their premises, but not out on the roads, as theyhave no control over that.“There are certainly some defences to a claim – accepting arisk, or possibly clear warning signs of a hazard, but in the longrun, it’s obviously best to avoid it in the first place.”PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/ND JOHNSTONPHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/GINES ROMERO66-67_Layout 1 20/03/2015 10:16 Page 268 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYCOUNTY MOTORINGAs motor shows go,the Lincolnshire Todayteam are great fans –after all, what betterway than to get upclose and figure outwhat’s on its way toour showrooms? The Geneva show, held in March, eachyear is certainly no exception. It is one ofthe world’s top five motor shows globallyand ranks for us as probably the bestmotor show of the year. This year, wewere again lucky enough to visit theshow, and attend the two press daysahead of the general public. Just as well given that over 682,000visitors flocked to the show , but evenduring the two Press Days, more than11,300 media journalists andphotographers from all over the worldarrived to witness what the motor tradewould unveil. All in all some nine hundred vehicles,including 130 premieres and conceptcars, occupied every square metre ofspace in the exhibition halls of Palexpo –A taste ofthings to comeA taste ofthings to comeAlfa Romeo 4C SpiderBMW 330d xDrive Touring70 Á68-71_Layout 1 20/03/2015 10:21 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY69COUNTY MOTORINGPorsche 911 GT3 RSMcLaren 675LTLotus Evora 400Hyundai i20 WRCMansory Merc CLMaserati GranCabrio MC StradaleLotus Evora 400 interiorMansory Merc CL interior68-71_Layout 1 20/03/2015 10:21 Page 2Next >