Drainage Update - Hole 10

Despite difficult ground conditions, we have made excellent progress on the drainage project on hole 10.

Not only have we excavated the new pipelines for this phase but also the next phase that was planned for next year.

We have also completed the construction of the new drainage inspection manholes.

Some pictures of our progress.

Excavations commence

End of day two

Three of the five drainage pipelines now excavated

Drainage - Hole 10

Last winter, we installed new drainage pipe-work on the left-hand side of the 10^th green and on the approach to the green, which I’m happy to report is working extremely well.

Dec 2011 -Drainage work on Hole 10 

This winter we intend to install additional pipe-work on the right-hand side of the 10^th green and from the 11^th tee to the beginning of the 11^th fairway.

Provided ground conditions are suitable, we also intend to re-contour and landscape some of the surrounding areas to ensure that any surface standing water is channelled into the new pipe-work.


Below I have included details of the planned works

Plan of Drainage Works - Hole 10

Key:

Solid Black Line (A,B,C&D) - 150 mm Diameter Drainage Pipe  
To be installed December 12 - January 13

Solid Red Line - Point B to E & Point B to G - 80 mm Diameter Drainage Pipe
To be installed Autumn 2013

Broken Green Line -  Point B to F
Is an existing drain, which will be connected into a drainage manhole/gully that will be constructed at point B.

Please Note *

In order to create a safe working environment for the course staff, the 11^th hole will be shortened and played from a temporary forward tee, until these works are completed. 

Woodland Management

Some of the team have been working on the woodland area between the 9^th green and 10^th tees recently.

This is an area that was recommended by our Arboriculture Consultant, for thinning out and replanting.

They have been removing some of the invasive sycamore, which are in extremely poor condition and elderberry trees.

By removing some of the poor and suppressed trees will allow the more dominant specimens to develop and mature.

This type of selective thinning will also open up small areas and encourage natural regeneration of tree species and create opportunities for re-planting.  

Once thinning has been completed we will replant with more long-term species, such as oak, beech, birch and ash.

Thinning out the area between the 9th green and 10th tees

Managing the woodland areas in this way will ensure that these areas retain their woodland cover and will therefore be enjoyed by future generations.

Drainage - Hole 15

Today we started another drainage project, this time focusing on the area between the 15^th green and the 16^th tee.

This is another area, which has become increasingly wet over the recent months.

Much of the drainage pipe-work in this area is in extremely poor condition and many of the outlets have collapsed or been damaged by machinery or tree roots.

Unfortunately, progress can be very slow, as no plans of the drainage in this area exist.

Some pictures below of our progress,

Stagnant water in the manhole between the 15th green and 16th tee
Highlighting a collapsed pipe or outlet  downstream.

Three damaged pipes in the same area

Rodding the damaged pipework to clear the silt

Previously backed up water now flowing freely down the newly constructed outlet and into the open ditch

Water now flowing freely from the manhole 

We don’t expect these repairs to solve all the problems in this area but knowing that the water now has an outlet, should help considerably.