The excitement is certainly building with the Irrigation Project starting next Monday although there is also a sense of apprehension for what the diggers are going to hit and break under the ground.  Breaking existing irrigation pipes that will be defunct isn't really that much of a problem but we need to keep the old system operating all the way through the project so hitting and breaking anything that is still required is the concern.  There are very few plans and those that are available are not that accurate and there is a myriad of various services under the ground.  It is going to be quite a project and the completion date can't come soon enough.  In February alone we completed eighteen irrigation repairs for the month. 

The list below shows just where the project will start and a bit of a timeline on anticipated progress.  This is all subject to weather interruptions although with our ground conditions being relatively dry we shouldn't really lose too much time to the weather.  It is intended to work on just one hole at a time to minimise impact on play.  That said, there will be times where a trench may be required to cross an adjacent fairway to the hole being worked on.  We will be endeavouring to have as much signage as possible to assist players and ask that when you are moving to the next hole after where the work is being carried out that you stay as far away from our staff and the contractors as possible. 

Hole W9                     10 days          Mon 4/03/24 - Fri 15/03/24

Hole W5                     7 days            Mon 18/03/24 - Tue 26/03/24

Hole W6                     4 days            Wed 27/03/24 - Mon 1/04/24

Hole W7                     7 days            Tue 2/04/24 - Wed 10/04/24

Hole W8                     4 days            Thu 11/04/24 -Tue 16/04/24

Hole W4                     10 days          Wed 17/04/24 - Tue 30/04/24

Hole W10                  10 days          Wed 1/05/24 - Tue 14/05/24

 

Last Saturday's forecast wasn't good and the red sky in the morning was an ominous potential warning but nothing much eventuated from the spectacular sunrise and we have had one of the driest weeks of the summer which has now officially ended.

Views like this make the early mornings easy to take.