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Sunday 7 July 2013
Monday 8th July 2013
Groundstaff have been greeted by a heavy frost this morning. This has delayed our programmed work on the course today. Tomorrow forecast suggests another cold morning though the remainder of the week suggests we will finally get some more rain.
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An frosty 18th fairway.
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The 9th hole.
Thursday 4 July 2013
Friday 5th July 2013
Friday 5th July 2013.
Work was completed this week on the construction of a small spare green on the left-hand side of the 6th hole. This site was shaped, irrigated and seeded and will develop over the coming 4 months should it be required over the summer period if another green reconstruction is undertaken. Shade cloth has been placed over the seeded site to protect the seed from disruption and also to help maintain some degree of soil warmth that will help seedling development.
Other work undertaken this week was the planting of numerous Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthus menglesii and flavidus) specimens in some areas that are not touched by maintenance equipment. The club emblem has reduced in number over the past years due to mowing and the pressure to thin out rough and keep play moving and it is important that we at least maintain pockets of this native plant.
Minimum temperatures have been consistently low this week with 3 or 4 frosts occurring throughout the week. As a result a lot of couch areas have had some frost damage causing discolouration of the plant leaf mostly on the longer semi rough grass.
Members may have noticed that the BLUE traffic line has recently been re-introduced for the winter period. Please make sure all motorised cart traffic stays OUTSIDE these lines to protect the play areas. I have witnessed some blatant disregard of this rule. I also witnessed a member that when approaching a hooped area between a bunker and green found it easier to walk his buggy around the hoops onto the green and through some surface water that had accumulated on the green. PLEASE THINK and PRESERVE your course. These procedures are put in place for your and your fellow members benefit.
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New spare green on 6th hole.
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New seeding of bentgrass nursery developing well.
Work was completed this week on the construction of a small spare green on the left-hand side of the 6th hole. This site was shaped, irrigated and seeded and will develop over the coming 4 months should it be required over the summer period if another green reconstruction is undertaken. Shade cloth has been placed over the seeded site to protect the seed from disruption and also to help maintain some degree of soil warmth that will help seedling development.
Other work undertaken this week was the planting of numerous Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthus menglesii and flavidus) specimens in some areas that are not touched by maintenance equipment. The club emblem has reduced in number over the past years due to mowing and the pressure to thin out rough and keep play moving and it is important that we at least maintain pockets of this native plant.
Minimum temperatures have been consistently low this week with 3 or 4 frosts occurring throughout the week. As a result a lot of couch areas have had some frost damage causing discolouration of the plant leaf mostly on the longer semi rough grass.
Members may have noticed that the BLUE traffic line has recently been re-introduced for the winter period. Please make sure all motorised cart traffic stays OUTSIDE these lines to protect the play areas. I have witnessed some blatant disregard of this rule. I also witnessed a member that when approaching a hooped area between a bunker and green found it easier to walk his buggy around the hoops onto the green and through some surface water that had accumulated on the green. PLEASE THINK and PRESERVE your course. These procedures are put in place for your and your fellow members benefit.
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