Golf
Some of the debris around the course that all needed removing
previously thought. The Bobcat was hired to us for over three weeks and made progress a lot quicker, but getting rid of the sand from the course was still slow. The water had also washed the sand out of all of our bunkers. As a result of Arnie White having a conversation with John Thompson Snr of Thompsons of Prudhoe, he was ‘persuaded’ to donate forty tonnes of sand totally free of charge. Again, the club were grateful for this act of kindness. We set about edging all the bunkers and
loading sand into the bunkers but, again, with only a small front loader and the course still very wet, we had to pick our times to do this carefully - another three weeks gone! As we moved into March (at the time of writing), the course seems to be recovering, albeit very slowly. Jobs that would help its recovery, like spiking the greens and fairways, spraying the greens and topping the fairways and tee boxes cannot be done
Silt on the 6th and a washed out bunker
because we simply have nothing to do them with. Only time will tell if the lost machinery will be replaced. As I said earlier, I mainly look after the
course on my own. Rob the chargehand comes in every ten days to cut the semi- rough, which is a great help. My thanks go to my NEAT team leader
Geoff, who always listens when I am moaning on to him. He does try to help with all the things that I ask for but, with council budgets being what they are, his hands are often tied. Also to Rob for his efforts and support which helped get us through this difficult time. Thank you to the seniors, who came down
on a regular basis, regardless of the weather, and the ladies section who helped with the removal of the sand and, more recently, have pruned all the suckers off the base of the trees. To chairman Brendon Murphy, the then captain, Arnie White, and the rest of
the committee for all their help and understanding of the situation we found ourselves in. To the greenkeeping staff from Hexham Golf Club and, finally, Tynedale Golf Club as whole for being so understanding of our unprecedented predicament. What the future holds for Tynedale Golf Club in 2016, I do not know. I believe that the course, over time, will recover and the club will be able to move forward. These last three months have been the most stressful I have had in my working career. However, I think we have turned the corner and we can see light at the end of the tunnel. At the time of writing, we are four weeks
away from our new captain’s drive in and still only have a greens machine to cut grass - nothing else!”
Kevin will be updating us on the progress he has been able to make in a forthcoming issue.
Ladies captain, Jayne Jones, failing to stop the flow!
42 I PC APRIL/MAY 2016
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