About
Us
Steve Larbey, the Director of Specialist Lawn and Sports Ltd, draws on 28 years of experience within the grass sports surface and landscaping industry. The company is based in Surrey and Hampshire, buts covers the whole of the United Kingdom. The vision of the company is to provide each client with made-to-measure service and quality results, and is run with Steve's mantra: "that anything is possible".
Steve first started out in the industry in 1986 as a Trainee Greenkeeper, with qualifications from Sparsholt College and Farnborough College of Technology. After five years of 'growing in' and maintaining a brand-new golf course, he moved on to become the Head Groundsman for the Surrey Police's Headquarters in Guildford.
In 1993 Steve returned to specialise for seven years in golf course management and golf course construction, becoming Assistant Head Greenkeeper at Bletchingly Golf Club and then Head Greenkeeper at Hassocks Golf Club, West Sussex, entrusted with the task of maintaining the existing playing surfaces while building and growing in the new ones.
Steve then moved on to become Maintenance Manager of a thriving family-run business called R+K Kensett (Kensett Sports), working closely with the owner, Keith Kensett, for fourteen years. During this time Steve gained experience and expertise in all aspects of the industry - from local bowls and cricket clubs to Premier League football clubs - managing all processes and projects, ranging from daily maintenance tasks to complete rebuilds.
This wealth of operational and management experience across multiple client needs and surface formats is what powers the company, with the aim of continuing a high level of research, development and technique to ensure that your playing, recreational or ornamental grass surface is of the finest quality.
Email steve@specialistlawnandsports.co.uk
Phone 07768 918 976