Still having great weather for golf apart from some windy days

 It's that time of year we are seeing a lot of worm casts on all playing surfaces, so we are using the out front brush on our mowers to help disperse the casts in front of cutting the surfaces

 We are now starting to reduce cutting with the growth slowing down

 We are still digging out the old greens sprinklers from the Balcomie course in preparation of the new irrigation system install which includes new water tank and pump-house, which is starting from the 28th Oct but the company will be in the week before for setting up, so exciting times ahead

 Daily we are blowing and clearing up leaves at holes 3, 10 & 11 on the Craighead course, this usually continues to the middle/late November till the trees have lost all their leaves for the winter

 We have started to clear out the dyke between holes 15 up to the 16th green on the Craighead course ready for it to be rebuilt, which will help add more feature to this area

 Our new shed extension is coming on really well, with the entrance area concreted into our wash pad and the wash pad extended by 2 meters to help gain extra space, we have also dug out the old boundary dyke so this can be rebuilt to finish off this area. We are expecting the new shed to be completed by the end of October which will include all the electrics, lights, security & fire alarms to be installed. with this in mind I will be looking at holding another Greenkeeping department tour/talk mid/late November for any members to see all the developments that's been taking place

 Drains added in front of the new build

 We will be raising the banking rear of the 13th green on the Craighead course to help hide the sheds more then add planting to make this whole area more natural and in keeping with the landscape

 Phase 2 of the shed project is to demolish the shed and tanks that is positioned at the top of the driving range, the main reason for this is to allow us to move the new tank and pump-house which is part of the new irrigation project much closer to the banking which will help hide these and which in turns opens up the driving range for future development which may include a covered driving range bays, more outside bays and a larger putting green

 the demolishing will hopefully be completed by Friday the 18th October ready for the irrigation company to arrive on site the following week

So far these major projects are on time and going really well, it's great to see the Club investing into the future of Crail Golfing Society