Friday 29th November 2013.

For members information greens are running at 10ft 3inches when a stimp reading was taken this morning. They are all recovering well and will be regularly groomed and dusted in coming months to quicken and smooth the putting surfaces.

Now renovation has been completed on fairways we will be completing our main fertiliser application for the season next week. This will stimulate some good growth over the coming months.

On a final note we would like to thank all members who were kind enough to donate to our MOVEMBER charity over the past month. Below is a photo of both the successful and the not so successful attempts.

Thanks again.

Friday 8th November.

All fairway renovation was completed this week ahead of schedule. All fairways 1-9 were cored with 25mm hollow tines to a depth of 6 inches and fairways 10-18 were heavily scarified. a significant amount of grass was removed from fairways 10-18 but these will recover quickly. Already the fairways completed early have new shoots and are recovering well.

Our putting surfaces are progressing well though we did get some leaf disease due to the mechanical processes that occur during the renovation procedure. This has been treated and is in recovery and good growth is occurring. Next week we shall make another light application of sand to help smooth putting surfaces.

I thank my staff for their efforts over the past 4 weeks. Their contribution has enabled us to be ahead of schedule through this renovation period.