F-Troop Monday 2nd August 2010

It was a testing day weather wise with a freezing cold wind which was super cold at 7.00am in the morning & did not improve much during the morning. That did not put off our F-Troop workers and we had 12 helpers keen to contribute.

Martin Gallagher, Geoff Bridge, Duncan Dyer & Peter Murphy took care of removing some camphor laurels at the 2nd green and the black wattle tree at the 6th that had a white ant problem.

Peter Martin, Bruce White, George Foster, Richard Casey, Mark Stimpson & Des Wilson all set to work in the Pro Shop completing some wall panelling, shelving, carpet removal and repair of the brick walls. Later they were assisted with some cleaning up by Georgina Lamb & Leonie Casey.

Georgina & I started the day re potting one of the plants at the front, sweeping & vacuuming the front entry, cleaning down the outside furniture, cleaning up the front steps & front carpark.

We treated the garden at the 1st with seasol, raked and cleaned up at the 1st & 10th tees, the Wedding Garden area and the entry from the clubhouse to the tees. We made good use of the carpet that had been taken up off the Pro Shop floor and placed it in the front gardens to use as weed matting. Georgina swept & vacuumed the golf office & we all helped out in the Pro Shop where possible.

Morning tea was a little cramped today in the Spike Bar but it was too cold to sit outside. Chef John provided us with fruit pastries still warm from the oven which was appreciated by everyone. Thanks John ! We welcomed Peter Murphy back to F-Troop after his break. Nice to have you back Peter!

The course was still very wet so we were limited to what vehicles could be taken out on the course so our loose timber pick ups will need to be done next week when hopefully this windy weather like we have had today will dry the course out quickly. The up side of that was that we had more workers that we could allocate to the Pro Shop Renovations which was a big help to progressing the finishing touches to the new buggy room. The boys did a great job with the wall panelling & shelving. (photo attached)

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!