Oatlands Enews – Friday 12th August 2022

Published on 12th August 2022 in E-News, Guests

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This week’s Enews covers the following topics:

From the Course
Mixed Foursomes Championships
The Bettington Restaurant – Saturday 20th August, Menu available
Biannual Course Renovation – 15th – 17th August inclusive
Ladies Interclub with Concord GC – Friday 5th August
Rakes in Bunkers
Upcoming Trophy Events
Recent Trophy Winners
Upcoming Club Events

From the Course

Rainfall for the Week: 5.0mm, Rainfall for 2022: 1,673.5mm Dam: 100% Green Speed: 9 feet

The team, with the help of our volunteers, has started to install a product called Geohex over the worn track on the right hand side of the 16^th flyover. This area was worn away from constant cart traffic, with the wet weather turning this track to mud and being slippery to walk on. The Geohex is a plastic material which is laid down in 1m²panels over a prepared solid base. We are filling the hexagon shaped holes with 20mm road base which will provide a much better path surface all year round. This work won’t be completed this week, as the team must finish installing lateral drainage lines to solve the extremely muddy area which forms when we receive rain.

An irrigation leak behind the 9^th green has been dug up and repaired this week. The water to our irrigation system must be turned off to allow water to drain from the lines so specialised glue can be used to connect the repair couplings together. This also means that the course toilet block must be turned off as it is on the same water meter. The leak has been repaired so the course toilets will be back in use as of Friday (today).

Members will have noticed that a pump has been running beside the 13^th pond all week. This is so we can reduce the water level down as we are planning to repaint the wall during the spring renovations course closure. Our volunteers are going to tackle this job, firstly cleaning the wall with a gurney, before painting the wall in a dark green colour.

Course staff had discovered several holes that had formed in the 4^th fairway approximately 5-10 metres in front of the green. The team has dug these holes up and found that the concrete stormwater pipe beneath the surface has broken in several places. This was most likely from verti-draining our fairways over the years, as this pipe is relatively shallow beneath the surface. New drainage pits have been installed above the bigger holes in this pipe, with the smaller holes covered over with drainage cloth to stop the soil from washing away through the exposed holes.

All greens have been scarified this week to remove thatch from these playing surfaces. The 4^th and practice greens have been verti-drained and topdressed on Thursday to ensure all the equipment is ready for next week. All greens will be cored (removing a 19mm plug from the profile) and cleaned up on Monday, with topdressing and rubbing in of the sand into the core holes to be started on Monday and completed into Tuesday. Wednesday will see amendments and fertiliser applied to all greens. As well as greens, all fairways are being aerated, topdressed and fertilised. The process on fairways takes 2 weeks to complete, as we cover approximately 10 ha’s, using 300 tonnes of sand to topdress all fairways. A busy 2 weeks for the team ahead.

Our Volunteers were on course Monday morning helping with the installation of the Geohex path, cleaning range mats and preparing for tasks that will be performed during renovations. Thanks gents for your assistance this week, and looking forward to seeing you all next week!

Enjoy the weekend!

The Course Team

Mixed Foursomes Championships

The Club’s Annual Mixed Foursomes Championships were held last Sunday with a great turn out for the Club’s premier Mixed Trophy Event.

36 Holes Mixed Foursome Championship results are below with the Championship pair for 2022 Stephen and Jenny Doherty.

Name	Description	Score
Doherty, Jenny	36 Holes Mixed Foursomes Champion	170
Doherty, Stephen	36 Holes Mixed Foursomes Champion
Walkerden, Clinton	36 Holes Mixed Foursomes Runner Up	173
Walkerden, Amanda	36 Holes Mixed Foursomes Runner Up
Bestford, Steve	36 Holes Mixed Foursomes Nett Winner	147
Bestford, Linda	36 Holes Mixed Foursomes Nett Winner
Wahbe, Anne Marie	36 Holes Mixed Foursomes Nett Runner Up	148
Milne, Kane	36 Holes Mixed Foursomes Nett Runner Up

The Bettington Restaurant – Saturday 20th August, Menu available

Don’t forget to book in for The Bettington Restaurant next Saturday the 20th August.

Bookings are available for 2 to 12 diners, with the option of a two course meal for $50 or three course meal for $65.

For this dinner only, the club is running a special promotion. If you book a table of 6 or more, your table will receive a complimentary bottle of wine.*

The menu for this event is as follows:

Entree

Butter poached prawns, avocado and vine tomato tian with lime vinaigrette (gf)
Eggplant, provolone, buffalo mozzarella, basil, caponata (v, gf)
Prosciutto, fig, vino cotto, meredith goats cured, lavosh

Main

Barramundi, chorizo parmentier potato, green beans, romesco sauce gf)
Scotch fillet Little Joe MB4+, truffle mash, roast pearl onion, shitake mushrooms, baby leeks, porcini jus (gf)
Confit duck leg, Jerusalem artichokes, celeriac remoulade, crispy caverlo nero, pomegranate (gf)
Linguini, Balmain bugs, blue swimmer crab, pangrattato, chilli oil

Dessert

Affogato, with Baileys (gf)
Crème fraiche parfait with grape, peach, pistachio and honey spiced granola
Chocolate ganache, cherry compote, butter scotch ice cream, freeze dried berries (gf)

Bookings can be made via the Club website, by return email, or by phoning the Club Reception on (02) 9630 4444.

* Also valid for existing bookings.

Biannual Course Renovation – 15th – 17th August inclusive

Members are advised that the Club’s biannual Course Renovation is scheduled for Monday 15th August – Wednesday 17th August inclusive.

With the extreme weather of the last 5-6 months, it has never been more important to undertake a full course renovation. This renovation is, to a degree, reliant on suitable weather conditions, and as such there is a possibility the intended schedule may be extended at short notice to ensure a full renovation is possible. The renovation in Autumn was comprised by weather, and given the stress the golf course has been under, it is vitally important the upcoming renovation is completed in full.

All Club facilities (including Clubhouse, Admin, Pro Shop, Practice Facilities) will be closed during the renovation.

Ladies Interclub with Concord GC – Friday 5th August

24 OGC Ladies travelled to Concord GC last Friday for an Interclub match against the host Club.

As is often the way in these Interclub matches, the home Club proved difficult to overcome and despite our ladies best effort, the Concord ladies had a narrow victory 476pts to 472 pts. Da Lee and Dahee Lee won the 4BBB with terrific score of 49pts.

Rakes in Bunkers

Following communication on this topic in July, there remains a significant increase in the number of rakes left in the bunkers with the handle outside the bunker, as shown in the photograph below.

It is Oatlands policy that rakes must be left in the base of the bunker with the rake pointing in the direction of the hole, as shown in the photo.

Can we please ask all members to comply with this policy and advise other members who may not be aware of this requirement.

Regards,

Colin McRae

Club Captain