Preparation For Frost Pin Locations And Terralifting 

One of the key objectives on the course during 2015 was the elimination of the need for temporary greens and a transition towards using frost pin locations on the front of the main greens. 

With the ongoing improvements that have been introduced this year, the greens have firmed up and the thatch has been greatly reduced. This has enabled the green staff to remove all of the temporary greens and to initiate the work to produce areas on the front of the greens where a frost pin will be located. 

Terralift equipment has been used to improve the drainage. This equipment inserts a probe one metre into the surface and then releases an air blast and injects dried seaweed into the soil. Over a period of time the dried seaweed expands and contracts depending on the moisture content. This movement helps to keep the airways open. 

The holes are drilled on a two metre staggered grid pattern, a proven practice whereby the soil is fractured and fissured with each blast and connects with the previous one. Once the greens and some walk off areas are completed the holes are back filled with dry sand.

 

Alliance Pro-Am 

Harpenden Common Hosted the Hertfordshire Alliance Pro-Am tournament last Thursday. The course was in great condition considering the terrellifting and everyone enjoyed the food and drink! Thank you Martina and Ian. I was really happy with my result as I ended up winning the Pro-Am with a gross 68, 2 under par! My team of Darren Hawkins, Josh Emerton and Phil Ogden unfortunately just missed out on the prizes as we finished 4th, however we all had a good day.

   

Bernard Dadd Customer Service 

Bernard Dadd mentioned his waterproof jacket zip was faulty to me within warranty. We sent it back to the manufacture and within 3 days he had a brand new jacket. Another example of our great customer service. You would not get that service with American Golf or Online, so why buy anywhere else?

Scratch Am 

Thank you to all the competitors that competed in the Scratch Am. The winnng team was: Michael Pollard, Ian Kitely, Carl Kitely and Kev Hurley. 

The Scratch Team were raising money for team clothing as champions they will need to look the part. Also a big thank you goes to Alex Turner who is retiring from Scratch Team Captain this year. Al has appointed Martin Streets as the new Captain and we all wish him the best of luck. Here's Martin (Left) Alex (Middle) and Tony Wilkins (right) with the Ryder cup at the county dinner last week. 

 

Junior team win 

Well done to the Junior Section for winning the Hertfordshire Ver League! This is a great achievement to be Champions of Hertfordshire. The Final Match was again Knebworth Golf Club the juniors play two legs of the match home and away. At the common the juniors took a smashing lead 7-0 so only needing half a point at Knebworth to win, the boys went the extra mile to claim a convincing win 5-2. To make the overall score 12-2. Here they are from left to right Dean Hodges, Sam Morley, Callum Mchale, George Smith (Captain), Ben Miller, Harry Topping and Louis Hindle. Well done Team.

Junior Fitness Evening 

To enhance the juniors performance we have focused on fitness, Strength and conditioning as well as technique this year. We will be taking simple stats of their performance at the start of the summer and be comparing them to last week. Some of the activities were the Bleep Test, Squat Jumps, Squat Turns, Plank and the chair if you would like more information on what you could work on to improve your power in your golf swing please contact me. Alex Thurgood Junior President was getting involved as well here he is doing 20 press ups at 82 years old!! Well done Al great to see and here are some of the juniors during the bleep test.

   

 

Winter Accessories 

We have just had delivery of our winter accessories and by quoting 'Warm Newsletter' you will receive a FREE pair of hand warmers with every purchase. There is:

-Beanies 
-Warm Caps 
-Bobble Hats 
-Water Proof Hats
-Mittons 
-Rain Gloves

Xmas draw trolley dash

This year we are going to do something a bit different for the Christmas Draw. We are going to sell tickets at £10 each with only 1 winner. This winner will get 12 seconds in the shop to grab as much or what product they want. The product needs to be out of the shop at the end of the 12 seconds to allow the lucky winner to keep it. They will be able to get as much as they want. It is basically the golf clubs version of supermarket sweep. Come in the shop to get your ticket.