Review of 2015

As we approach 2016, I thought that I would do a quick review of 2015. It has been a fairly eventful year and it started in an eventful fashion with the EA flood defence work (quite topical, given the flooding that has hit the UK over the past 2 weeks):

Then we had a load of trees removed, (also free of charge!):

The winter work of 2014/15 started to look much improved:

Some bunkers changed dramatically!:

As did our 12th tee, among many:

We had chance to mole plough some fairways to improve drainage:

The putting green had a (sort of) makeover:

Agronomy testing.... :

...Justified, through scientific data, among several recommendations, the need for Vibro rollers: 

These helped to firm up and speed up our greens, and these looked pretty good for the summer:

Our fairways looked much sharper, thanks to a more modern, refined machine: 

We enjoyed some much needed help from James, our apprentice:

We even managed to mow out some walkways in between tees and fairways:

Alas, the Autumn renovations tore up the greens temporarily:

However, they stayed firm and dry as we hit an unusually wet winter:

Then we started this year's winter work:

We squeezed in a UK fungicide trial with Syngenta, providing us with protection against fusarium:

These are some of the highlights of 2015. 

Thank you to all the volunteer help this year. You all know who you are!

Thank you to the Board for sanctioning a lot of work and new machinery. Things are looking good for 2016.

Well done to Ryan & James for some excellent work this year.

We have a great team of staff. Step forward Freddy, Kim, Ann, Alex.

Have a happy new year and please continue to support our great golf club!