Happy New Year to our blog readers, I hope you enjoy a great year playing golf at South Essex and the weather is good for golfers and green keeping. Those who have visited the course in December will have noticed the damaged done to the lawns and turf areas around the clubhouse with damage done by moles. Sean Eady was successful in removing two moles in these areas and we will be trying to control those out on the course,although they are fascinating animals there mole runs and hills are not conducive to good turf management.

We would like to thank  Rodger Horne the Seniors Captain and Seniors section for inviting the Green Staff to there Turkey Trot, we enjoyed the golf and meal and appreciated the wine given to us for our work on the course, Thank You

During the autumn and winter months especially on frosty and windy days other tasks have to be carried out, like removing leaves and debris that has fallen onto the green surfaces, trimming trees that are in the line of shots off the tees, and trimming back the shrub around the clubhouse and starters hut

The Path from the 9th green Hawk has been renovated by first installing a catchment drain on the slope to the right of the path as surface water was running down and across the path, this will be piped and stone  and exit into the pond, road plannings were placed onto the path and then wacker plated in

During this continued wet weather it is very important that we  all adher to keeping to the direction of using the traffic control of post and ropes around the course as this is to protect the main walk off areas for the coming playing season and this will allow these worn areas to then recover, unfortunately there are those who chose to ignore these controls and will  pull there trolleys over the ropes, up the tee banks and walk close to greens evident by the amount of trolley wheel marks that we see. We do have signs on the main paths as you start your round as a reminder, your help will give us a better golf course thanks for your help