F-Troop had a lovely day to work on the course & the weather stayed fine all day for the participants in the Kidney Foundation Charity Golf Day that was held on our course today.
We were very busy all morning with a skeleton crew to share the jobs. We had Geoff Bridge, Duncan Dyer, Martin Gallagher, Peter Martin, Des Wilson, Yvonne Wilson, George Foster, Kerry Cubis and managed to get through a very big workload.
Geoff Bridge, Duncan Dyer & Martin Gallagher completed the construction of the paling fence at the 18th and then later trimmed overgrown trees along the front street fenceline.
The picket fence was then painted with a natural oil finish to give it an attractive finish to protect the timber by George Foster, Peter Martin & Des Wilson. Peter then completed the watering system in the garden & got it up and running. This is the first dam fed garden watering system that we have put in place on the course. This project has now been completed & I congratulate everyone involved in putting it together. We thank Noel Annand for supplying the timber at mates rates, Col Laybutt for assisting us by design cutting some of the palings to finish the job, Geoff Bridge, Richard Casey, Duncan Dyer, Peter Martin, George Foster, Des Wilson & Martin Gallagher for their contributions to this very important project and I am delighted with the finished product. We now have a garden that we can be very proud of. F-Troop have contributed $700 towards the cost of this project from monies raised from the sale of firewood.
Cost to the club has been minimal.
Kerry Cubis & I were left to do the hard yards with the rakes and timber pickup today and we certainly earned our stripes. We started at the back of the practice nets where we filled the ute twice with rubbish that we had picked up there & then moved on to the 1st green and the second fairway where we filled the ute up once again. It was hard work but rewarding to see the tidy areas that we had created.
Yvonne Wilson fertilized and watered the front gardens & later went out with Des to work on her gardens at the 14th.
Morning tea was well received with beautiful ham & cheese croissants warm from the ovens of our club kitchens. Thanks Chef John - and welcome back from your R & R.
The deluge of rain from last Tuesday is barely noticeable and the course is in good condition however we still have a lot of timber to be cleaned up from the gale force winds of a few weeks ago at various parts of the course so we will be working our way through that in due course.
YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE !
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