F-Troop - Monday 25th July 2011

With a very small contingent of F-Troopers working this morning we did manage to achieve a good clean up around the clubhouse and managed the get a bit of timber pickup & raking done in areas that could be reached by foot.  The Course was too wet to take out vehicles of any kind so we were restricted to the smaller clean up jobs.

Our  volunteers this morning were Geoff Bridge, Bruce White, Fred Middleton, Peter Martin, Jan Martin, Di Beechey and Anne Burgess.

Geoff, Peter, Bruce & Fred did some timber pick up and raking where they could.  Fred worked on his adopt-a-garden - Orchids at the 1st.  Peter, Geoff & Bruce removed the old hedges at the front of the clubhouse so that we can plant a new hedge on both sides to refresh that area.

Di Beechey cleaned up the path at the back of the clubhouse & worked with Anne Burgess at the 1st, 10th, 12th, 13th and the 18th raking and cleaning up.

Anne Burgess worked on her "Camellia Way" gardens and then tidied up around the Magnolias at the front street gardens before helping Di Beechey with the raking and cleaning of the tees.  Di & Anne then checked the indoor plants & assessed a work plan for the maintenance of the indoor plants.

I worked at the back of the clubhouse cleaning up the side path, the bottle bin area & the delivery area unblocking a couple of drains that were full of leaves & debris.

Morning tea was much appreciated after all our hard work & we enjoyed fruit pasties warm & fresh from the oven - Thanks Chef John! 

After morning tea Peter Martin, Geoff Bridge & myself walked out to the 13th Ladies Garden where Geoff & Peter removed the old features and replaced them with a new cup and saucer & watering can while I started to do a clean up of fireweed plants around the dam and weeds in the garden.

In all we accomplished quite a bit of necessary work while being restricted from the course.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

GOLF - TOMORROW:

The Course is still very wet but has been deemed playable. No carts will be allowed and there is going to be Tee-Up throughout the green.   The Event has been changed from the Monthly Stroke Medal Round to a stableford which is much friendlier given the course conditions.  The Monthly medal has been transferred to be held in conjunction with the Championship on the 9th August.