October Update
Unbelievable its already that favourite time of year for golfers and greenkeepers alike, October Renovations, ok maybe more for greenkeepers, time has flown by. First of all my Apologies for the lack of an August and September update, a combination of TAFE commitments for our 2 apprentices’ and Leave arrangements with all staff have taking annual leave of varying lengths including myself has meant we have been at 75% capacity, at times 50% since August with no weeks being at full staffing levels during this time. This will continue through to the end of November which does impact the amount of tasks we can attend to on any given day. Throw in a few unplanned interruptions, felled tree branches going through irrigation pipes, snapped fanbelts, the odd idiot in carts doing doughies in the wet, among others and the fun starts, never a dull moment ! The frequency, timing and amount of rain through the back end of winter / early spring has also meant a condensed weed spraying schedu