Week one of the irrigation project has now been completed and a highly successful week it was.  The first thing we had to do was isolate all existing irrigation on 9W fairway which was a task in itself as there were 4 x 100 mm pipes feeding the fairway.  We also had to ensure that we had water supply still available to the holes in the corner – 5,6,7 and 8W.  Once this was successfully completed the main line that will feed 9W fairway was trenched in down the left hand side and a 125 millimetre pipe was laid in this trench along with a new 50 millimetre potable water supply pipe and communication cable that will run to each sprinkler.  The potable line will supply all on course drinking fountains and toilet block.  From the mainline trench the lateral trenches that run out to the sprinklers in the middle of the fairway were ploughed in and then risers for the sprinklers were installed on the pipe.  At this stage the fairway sprinklers will be installed on Monday and the green will also be installed on Monday and Tuesday hopefully having us off the 9W fairway by Wednesday which will be two days ahead of schedule.

Unfortunately due to the number of open trenches and holes the hole will remain out of play over this weekend due to safety concerns.

I will upload a video to the Blog on Saturday morning with a bit more information from the first week.