A Message from Bert ( plus videos)

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“Over the Winter, the Maintenance teams have not been as busy on the Green as last year. A lot of this was due to the Green being frozen, or too wet to work on. However, we are now very close to the Green opening, and the playing season starting. With this in mind, we undertook a Spring Maintenance day last Friday. Seven of us attended. Several people could not come because of very good reasons, but they were there in spirit.

On the day, heavy showers were forecast for 2 pm, so we started at 9 am. The work involved scarifying, clearing the moss, cutting, spiking, fertilising, edge trimming, clearing ditches and putting the mats back in. 

As the Co-Ordinator for the group, I was very pleased about how many people turned up, their commitment, and the spread of skills across the team.

We did hit a slight problem with a drain valve on the Water tank for the Sprinkler system developing a leak. We are anticipating fixing this imminently, but given the weather, the Green is not currently crying out to be watered.

I want to single out two people from the team for special mention. The first is Ian, for his immaculate timekeeping. The second is David, for his immaculate and hypnotic command of Big Bertha, our motorised Spiker. Well done both, and thank you to all the team for their work, time and commitment. Remember, we can always use more volunteers.

…and yes, we did finish before the skies opened.

SKITTLES EVENING

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Our recent skittles night was a whole lot of fun. 37 people attended and we raised about £100 on the raffle. Thanks to all for making it such a great night!


Short Mat Bowls at Goodwood Bowls Club Tuesday 21st March 11am to 3pm

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Yes its the long awaited rematch!

All welcome, bowlers and non-bowlers alike. Just need flat shoes as all other equipment will be provided.

Please let Paul Weston know you wish to attend by 14th March. This is for catering purposes. Cobs and tea and coffee will be available for a small cost. Last time we hired it cost each participant £4 for the 4 hour session. (will depend on how many attend!)

The start of our fencing project

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Exciting day, Callum from Direct Fencing arrived at 8.30 am to start the fencing and surround project. This is the progress by 11.30 am. Good job Callum!

Green update

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The Green is now closed for the season, and we have undertaken the Autumn treatment with the advice and guidance of Martin . Finishing on Friday morning before the rain arrived, we had spent Wednesday and Thursday carrying out essential tasks. This year, we applied nearly four tons of top dressing, 40 kg of fertilizer pellets, and 20 kg of grass seed.  These things, along with scarifying, spiking, solid tining, cutting were just some of the tasks to be completed.

We are very pleased with the results, and it has ensured that we are in the best possible situation to bowl on a great surface next year. Of course, as last year, the regular maintenance tasks over the Winter are essential to achieve this.

None of the above could happen without the contribution of volunteers from the Club. RBC is characterised by people who put themselves forward and not only enjoy what the Club offers them, but contribute to the Club behind the scenes, and ask what they can do for the Club. This is true for so many tasks in the Club, and it allows the Club to continue functioning, but also generates the positive and welcoming atmosphere in the Club.

 

I would like to extend a big thank you to people in the Working party. I am also very happy to accept new members to the Working party as will enable us to spread the work.


Bert