Committee Meeting June 2016

TRETHORNE GOLF CLUB COMMITTEE MEETING   Minutes of Committee Meeting held on Monday 6th June 2016   PRESENT S Saunders, J Austin, H Gushlow ,J Vidler, L Jewell,C Brewer APOLOGIES J Grainger, G Saunders, C Edmonds   Meeting Started at 1900hrs.   Acceptance Minutes of Committee Meeting 11th May 2016   Matters arising.   See AOB   COURSE REPORT   Typical weather for May.   May was a roller coaster of a month for grass growth. Overnight frosts at the start, followed by a pickup in temperatures, coupled with some warm rainfall bringing us our much needed burst of growth helping to aid recovery to our worn areas. The second half of the month we saw very little rainfall so moisture levels fell on the non-irrigated areas and therefore the burst of growth was relatively short. A good balance of weather has provided us with great opportunities to carry out varied tasks to improve the quality of all surfaces, see below:- A growth regulator was applied to our tee tops and aprons to increase the body and density of growth. This will improve presentation and definition. We have verticut all the greens to promote upright grass growth, and also remove seed heads, please read the notice board. Then we pencil solid tined the greens to assist the gas exchange (carbon dioxide out and oxygen in). We have applied our monthly application of wetting agent to the greens, tees and aprons to reduce dry areas which will require hand watering later in the warmer dry spells. We have edged and applied a growth regulator around all bunkers. We took advantage of the increase in air temperatures to apply selective weed killer treatments to tee tops, fairways and fronts of primary rough. We have Growth restrained a lot of the strimming areas such as banks pond edges.     Statistics Rainfall for May 2016 = 61mm/ 2.2 inches   JUNE WORKS Greens will be mown daily at 4.5mm-5.5mm throughout the month. We will apply monthly applications of wetting agents. Solid Quandra tine and apply a light sand dressing Tees/Aprons Will be mown 3 times weekly at 12mm. we will apply monthly applications of wetting agents Fairways will be mown2 to 3 times weekly at 14-16mm Semi Rough and surrounding primary rough will be mown 3 times a week at 52mm/will be mown when growth dictates Bunkers will be maintained daily Lawn tios If you still have strong grass growth, then it’s a good time to apply those selective weed killers to your lawns (as long as you follow the manufactures instructions). If your grass growth is slowing the moisture levels may need topping up over the next few weeks if the dry spell continues. Other info Do your bit help minimize the wear and tear by avoiding taking your trolleys/buggies close to greens and tees Please repair all pitch marks, A pitch mark left unprepared for 10 minutes or longer takes 15 days to recover, where as a pitch mark repaired within 5 minutes recovers completely within 24 hours   LADY CAPTAINS REPORT Our first match was on the 24th against Launceston Ladies we won 2/1 We played the rainbow trophy yesterday 6 ladies took part and Lydia Sanders won with 34 points Charlie 2nd on 33 and Yvette 3rd on 29 (£3 was handed to the treasurer from the match. The next friendly will be next Sunday at Merlin 8 ladies playing I have moved the Ladies club championship to another date as many of the ladies will not be available on the 22nd May who would like to have played in the competition. I would like to introduce a new competition for the ladies “Charlies cup” 2 lady texas scramble with a monetary prize for the winning pair. I will provide the trophy, I will check the tee book for an available date if the committee agrees.   SENIORS REPORT   The Senior section is still well supported on Tuesdays and Thursdays we have played two matches this month away at China Fleet were we lost 5.5-.5 and home to Fingle Glen which was 3-3     Mixed Report   1 competition played the Mixed Oliver 16 pairs took part and was won by Charlie and Ivor Edmonds   AOB     Raised by one of the members, I have asked Justin onto Dom for an adjustable flag or tennis ball on each pin, to show the location of the pin position, more importantly on the blind greens such as 7, 9, 14, 17, 18… Justin will supply and place air flow balls on all flag sticks Is flown there any reason why the flag behind the 7th green is not being, and subject to the answer, if able could it be raised as it does aid as a marker point for the second shot? Justin will organize a new flag as the last one disintegrated Mr Secretary, could we possibly arrange for a sub competition/ handicap meeting to discuss a more reliable and prompt process to close down and identify winning scores. Improvement steps have obviously been made over the past weeks/ months, with now myself being able to open and close, but responsibility possibly could be more spread? Handicap Secretary or organizer will close down the completion on the PSI system Again Mr Secretary and Treasurer, could we possibly arrange for a sub finance meeting to discuss a more reliable and prompt process to close down and reward winning participants. I am learning things on a weekly basis, but I am still aware there are difficulties. Yes will be arranged In regard to the course, comment was made that the Blue tee for the Cawsey commercial trophy, was placed a little too far back, almost not allowing people to stand behind the player teeing off, because of the shed being too close… The same spacing could also be said for left hander in regard to the 10th? Noted by green keeping staff It was mentioned that when

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