A proper spiking!

After grafting with his team after the final drive last month and racking up an enormous amount of steps in the process of scarifying then feeding the green, Dave put his feet up for a well earned rest!

Didn't last long.... his mind cast back to the problems with surface water that we experienced the season before last when the weather wasn't so kind to us. 

Along with John Pethick, Dave tried to work out why the green wasn't draining as it should - this led them to look back at the plans from when the green was first constructed back in the late 80's. They soon realised that the actual build of the green didn't quite match the design which has contributed to the problems that we have been facing.

They deliberated long and hard, trying to work out an optimal solution - 'make big holes' was the conclusion so last weekend, they did just that!

With help from the greens team, Saturday was spent making lots of big holes (then filling them with pebbles) as the forecast for Sunday was shocking and Dave didn't want to get his hair wet!

The result will hopefully be a surface that will be more resilient in the coming seasons, especially following heavy rainfall