After 14 years of use, one of our borehole pumps finally packed in. Tek Pumps came in and with the assistance of Iain Watson they managed to get the old pump out. The pump goes down to around 120 feet. Just waiting on the quotes to come in now to replace it.

Allan has been busy with mainly grinding work but he has also been doing repairs like this one, the cylinder head gasket had gone.

Allan busy with repairs

Turf down and the Tarmacadam has been laid. We are experimenting with a turf guard material to see if that will help with wear or tear or not, better to trial on a small area first to see if it actually works or not. We sprayed on a fertiliser and wetting agent mix to assist with growth and drought resistance. We have still to put in some form of parking segregation and a new surface for the disabled parking area. We will be applying feed/wetting agents and sand applications as well as some aeration work to give the grass the best chance possible to withstand the wear and tear.

Bruce is busy with, putting on new ferrules onto the javelin flag sticks for No1, we are trying out these ferrules and new aluminium hole cups on the No1 course. Bruce is also painting up and fixing in spikes to some Scottish pebbles which are going to be the new set of tee markers on the No3 course. The tee yard sticks, 150 markers, putting green sticks and flags sticks also getting tidied up for the new season ahead. Last but not least are the Ladies tee markers on No1, these are at least 30 years old but he makes them look like new when finished.