We have carried on the clear up project from last week and the damage the winds caused. More areas have been blown off with the tornado and collected. The felled trees that were cut up and made safe were collected and branches from the 3rd wood thinning were collected and burnt. 

Today the EGGS had there Christmas competition on the welham course, so we raked bunkers, moved holes and started cutting surrounds with the hand mower as slopes are very soft. 

The willow at the 14th was cut up and cleared the 14th ditch was cleared of debris. As air temperatures are still good for the time of year, giving soil temperatures of 8 degrees c, growth is still ongoing. It also creates higher disease pressure, fusarium is the disease to look out for at this time of the year. Fortunately preventative sprays seem to be keeping it at bay on the course. However the front putting green was trailed with a new chemical called interface, this hasn't prevented fusarium from starting and growing causing quite a lot of patches of disease. The trial has given us data that we can use in the future and proves the chemicals we are using work effectively.