The Team
Director and Founder of Envirosports Ltd
Rhydian is a graduate of the University of Wales Swansea where he gained honours degree in Computer Engineering and an Msc in Communication Systems and Management.
Rhydian worked in Information Systems as computer network engineer in the early part of his career before moving into training and education where he continues to lecture in computer networks and work as a Cisco Certified Trainer. Rhydian also set up and managed a successful computer consultancy and training company before founding Envirosports with co-director Richard Allen.
Rhydian is a lifelong golfer, multiple club champion, former first team captain and has represented both Glamorgan County and South Wales as a junior golfer. He currently sits as chairman of greens at Maesteg Golf Club and has played a key role in numerous development and maintenance projects at the golf club over the past 5 years during which the golf club has been finalists in the STRI Golf Environment Awards on several occasions and was awarded the ‘Water Management’ award in 2010.
Rhydian has played a key role in the development of EnviroBunker and is acutely aware of the issues surrounding the maintenance of traditional turf bunkers. He is passionate about the potential benefits that EnviroBunker represents to both golf courses and greenkeepers alike.
Rhydian is a graduate of the University of Wales Swansea where he gained honours degree in Computer Engineering and an Msc in Communication Systems and Management.
Rhydian worked in Information Systems as computer network engineer in the early part of his career before moving into training and education where he continues to lecture in computer networks and work as a Cisco Certified Trainer. Rhydian also set up and managed a successful computer consultancy and training company before founding Envirosports with co-director Richard Allen.
Rhydian is a lifelong golfer, multiple club champion, former first team captain and has represented both Glamorgan County and South Wales as a junior golfer. He currently sits as chairman of greens at Maesteg Golf Club and has played a key role in numerous development and maintenance projects at the golf club over the past 5 years during which the golf club has been finalists in the STRI Golf Environment Awards on several occasions and was awarded the ‘Water Management’ award in 2010.
Rhydian has played a key role in the development of EnviroBunker and is acutely aware of the issues surrounding the maintenance of traditional turf bunkers. He is passionate about the potential benefits that EnviroBunker represents to both golf courses and greenkeepers alike.
Director and Founder of Envirosports Ltd
Richard is a practicing civil engineer with over 22 years of experience in the industry. Mainly working on the design side he has been involved in a wide range of projects which range from major motorways to single house developments. He specialises in solving drainage, flooding and highway infrastructure challenges. Richard has been playing golf for even longer – 30 years, and he has maintained a category 1 handicap for most of that period. For many years Richard has combined his engineering and golfing knowledge helping to deliver several golf course enhancements including the design of new holes and effective land drainage schemes. A recent project at Maesteg Golf Club won the 2010 Water Management Project of the Year in the Golf Environmental Awards sponsored by the STRI. Envirobunker is Richard’s invention and is a design that that he is confident will make a major positive impact on the golfing world.
Richard is a practicing civil engineer with over 22 years of experience in the industry. Mainly working on the design side he has been involved in a wide range of projects which range from major motorways to single house developments. He specialises in solving drainage, flooding and highway infrastructure challenges. Richard has been playing golf for even longer – 30 years, and he has maintained a category 1 handicap for most of that period. For many years Richard has combined his engineering and golfing knowledge helping to deliver several golf course enhancements including the design of new holes and effective land drainage schemes. A recent project at Maesteg Golf Club won the 2010 Water Management Project of the Year in the Golf Environmental Awards sponsored by the STRI. Envirobunker is Richard’s invention and is a design that that he is confident will make a major positive impact on the golfing world.
