Police hunt ‘mindless’ off-roaders over damage to Buxton and High Peak Golf Club
Police are hunting ‘mindless’ off-roaders who tore up a Buxton and High Peak Golf Club fairway - leaving deep, muddy tracks all over the carefully-kept greens.
Photos shared by the golf club show circular tracks on the course - as if drivers of the vehicles were pulling handbrake turns - stretching far into the distance.
The club - which posted the photos on Twitter on January 16 - wrote: “Sometimes you just wonder why?”
Cavendish Golf Club chairman Terry Hayward, responding to the shocking pictures on Twitter, wrote: “ That is despicable. What possesses people to behave in that way? I hope whoever did it is caught and prosecuted.”
Glossop Golf Club wrote: “Complete lack of respect to all the hard work you guys do. So demoralising. Good luck with the recovery.”
Police say two vehicles they believe were used during the senseless rampage are a blue Landrover Defender 90 and a Silver Toyota Hilux with a white cab.
They were last seen on January 16 between 10.30pm and midnight driving away via Waterswallows in the direction of Peak Dale.
Officers say the incident is the latest in a series of vandalism at Buxton and High Peak Golf Club.
Over the last few months other off-road vehicles have driven across the course, flags have been snapped and dog faeces has even been stuffed down holes and smeared across facilities.
Buxton Police Safer Neighbourhood Team said: “This damage is mindless and comes at a significant cost.
“We are working hard in tackling the anti-social behaviour of the few - not the majority - of off-road vehicles who think it is acceptable to cause damage to farmland and businesses trying hard to earn a living or even maintain their businesses during this hard time.
“We will be seeking assistance from partner agencies and other policing units to combat this.
“The vehicles that have damaged the golf course were last seen on January 16 between 10.30pm and midnight travelling away via Waterswallows to Peak Dale.
If anyone has any information, CCTV or dashcam footage of a blue Landrover Defender 90 or Silver Toyota Hilux with a white cab please let as know quoting occurrence ref 21000039489.”