COURSE NEWS
Chipper/ 9th
The chipper will be used when the 9th bunker project commences from January 12 for 2 weeks approx midweek. No practice on the chipper midweek.
The 9th hole will be open on weekends- therefore chipper open for practice on weekends.
Niall’s Course News
Niall’s Course news- November 24
Course works
- Capital project
- Minor works
- General maintenance
1. Capital projects
Cart and Buggy Shed
Documents are being drafted to seek council permits to build new sheds and remove the caretaker house and old golfshop (member buggy store).
Project aim- 2nd half of 2026.
9th Bunkers- completed late January
Cap Ex – Equipment Purchases
Aerator attachment
When – Spring 2025
Reasoning- to enable internal aeration of fairways and surrounds rather than annual contracting
2. Minor Works
7th Bunker- Right Side
Works will commence in April 2026 to repair and rebuild the 7th bunker in the current shape
7th Hole Bridge
Repair works will commence in early March 2026 to repair the wood base.
Water Reticulation
Works to improve our water quality will commence in April 2026.
3. General Course Maintenance Plan
Weekly Course Schedules
Greens–
- mowed, dew whipped or rolled- 7 days a week
- 3ml cutting heights
- Holes cut- 3 times per week
Fairways–
Mowed- weekly- and more regular at times as required- less often during winter. 10ml cutting heights
Bunkers
- raked Tuesday, Friday
- Edges- trimmed – as required
- Constant manage sand depth
- Tees/ Surrounds
General
- Rough cut – as required- 30- 40ml-heights.
- Ball washers/ Bins/ Sand boxes, Buckets, Car park clean weekly/ twice weekly-
- Tee plate Rotation- twice week
- Tee Divot repair- weekly
- Sand boxed topped weekly
- Bins emptied- weekly
- Car park and entrance cleaning weekly
Annual Maintenance Plan
Greens
- Dusted- every 4-6 weeks- typically Mondays- course staff have right of way beginning August 2024
- Note- Monday comp may be suspended on occasions if course maintenance doesn’t allow for comp to be played
- Small Aerated – as required
- Fertilizer/ Feed – as required
- Weed/ Disease eradication- as required
- Greens Renovation Corring- March & September week 1 2025 and 2026
Fairways
- Aeration fairways- new added April 2025- aeration and assists in water penetration
- Pre emergent spray winter grass- Autumn
- Post eradication spray of winter grass- Winter
- Surrounds Aerated – as required
- Scarified- December 2025- new
Bunkers
- Walk in / re-shape faces, edging- monitoring sand depth ongoing –
Tees/ Surrounds
- Tee levelling- sanding/ top dressing / seeding – as required
General
- Rough clean up- volunteers/ staff after storm damage
- Arborist- regular
Irrigation
- Sprinklers under review
- Some new sprinklers to be installed in 2025 to reduce water wastage
Volunteers Report
January
JANUARY
Day One
Picked up 3 trailer loads of various size sticks in preparation of the tree lines to be sweept clean by mechanical means.
Trimmed shrubs and trees at various locations.
Sanded the edge of new turf laid around the collar of the 4th dam.