F-Troop - Monday 17th January 2011

It was a blistering hot, humid day and our F-Troopers did well to get through their allocated jobs before the heat really set in.

We had 13 F-Troopers to share the load today which was great and we did get quite a lot of work done. On duty we had Geoff Bridge, Martin Gallagher, Kerry Cubis, Peter Martin, Peter Murphy, George Foster,Warren Gray, Sam Knox, Des Wilson, Yvonne Wilson, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess and Jan Martin.

Martin Gallagher, Geoff Bridge, George Foster were the "Tree Gang" and worked on the second fairway trimming overgrown trees.

Kerry Cubis and Peter Murphy did pick up duty - cleaning up large branches, sticks and rubbish from around the course.

Warren Gray did a long shift on the rough cutter.

Sam Knox did a long shift on the wood splitting for our firewood sales.

Des & Yvonne Wilson did some good watering of their gardens.

Di Beechey & Anne Burgess did a huge mornings work starting on tidying the front car park and entry to the Pro Shop, "Camellia Way' where they chipped and weeded, fertilized and mulched all of the camellias, The 1st and 2nd tees which they raked & watered the gardens, the putting green gardens and wedding gardens which they fertilized and watered, raking & cleaning the BBQ area and the walkways down to the 1st and 10th tees.

I worked on "Camellia Way" with Di and Anne then watered all the camellias, bouganvilleas & the garden at the 18th with Peter's help with the watering system which can be difficult to access at times. We also raked and tidied the paths and garden & took away a trailer load of rubbish.

After morning tea we did a pick up of the rubbish at the 1st & 10th tees and cleaned up behind the 1st tee.

Peter Martin spent a good bit of his day organising everyone else - being the 'gofer' for all the watering equipment and tools that were required by everyone and was assistant rubbish picker upper.

Morning tea was very welcome as we had exhausted ourselves working in all the heat. This morning we had fresh fruit pastries still warm from the oven thanks to Chef John.

We had a lovely surprise this morning when Trevor Blackburn arrived with the Utility vehicle that he has donated to F-Troop to assist us with our work. Many thanks Trevor! Your generosity is much appreciated by our workers and the club.

With all this help it is no wonder we can say....

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!