By board member Juul Andersen
I am 63 years old and live with Aase in the scenic area around our golf course with partial views of the driving range, holes 1, 8, 9, 10 and 18 and the short hole course hole 1.
At the general meeting this year, I was elected to the golf club’s board, which is completely new under this auspices, but I have had my time as a player since 2009 – have participated in a lot of work as a volunteer, among other things. in sølaug and roughlaug, just as I was 6 years in the presidium in Mens Section with assignments, which dealt with i.a. sponsors and a period as Captain. I have experience from several different board jobs, both commercial and non-commercial.
In the board of Hedensted Golf Club I have i.a. has been given the task of being the contact person for the volunteers in the sea guild, grass guild, house guild and the employees in the keeper yard.
In a club like ours, there is always a sea of tasks to be solved, and even though the operation is running and over the years has run quite sensibly, there is always something that can be improved, changed or simplified. This is being worked on on an ongoing basis, and fortunately there is quite a reasonable collaboration between employees and volunteers.
The various guilds have many tasks with maintenance in and around buildings and facilities. We are never completely finished and could do even more, but there are some limiting factors, as there is a limited budget, and we lack volunteers in the guilds, and we would therefore like to see a few more volunteers, who would join the guilds.
It does not take much to participate in a guild, as there is always someone who can help with the professional, so as a member of the club you want to join a guild or hear more about what we do, so you are welcome to contact Claus Trier by email info@hedenstedgolf.dk or phone 21 99 07 00, or you can contact me by sms or call no. 20 20 15 70.
There are no fixed rules for how often you have to show up at the guilds, but there are regular calls, and then you report whether you can on the day in question, or if you skip. We currently have these i.a. Match committee, Ladies section, Mens section, Senior section, Elite committee, Junior committee, Course service, Beginner committee and supervisors, Klippelaug, Jordanlæg / Paths / machine work, Buildings / Painters guild, Sølaug and in addition there are volunteers who step up to ad hoc.
We on the board are very grateful for the great efforts of the volunteers. We hold one every year match for staff and volunteers , as a thank you for the help.
The first part of this season has been a bit special. In addition to the fact that Covid-19 has played a role, low temperatures and limited rainfall in the spring prevented the grass from returning to normal growth, and this gave unwanted weed species a head start, as many of these species have a deeper root system and thus more easily cope with a dry period and they also grow at low temperatures.
The period with that weather meant a relatively large wear on the track. When the temperature rose and water came, everything suddenly grew wild, and it was difficult for the greenkeepers to keep up, both because of the growth and also because there was a greenkeeper with long-term sick leave, just as there was suddenly in the middle of it all quite a few machine crashes, but there was a lot going on, and it is my opinion that our course is among the best in the area.
As mentioned, the weeds have had too good conditions, and there have been / are far too many unwanted species on the field. The keepers are struggling with it, and the amount of chemicals that we have to use to eradicate it is used, but we are very limited by the current legislation, which we of course stay within.
The great wear and tear on the field leads to a greater need for fertilizer, just as there is an ongoing need for sowing grass seeds. Chief greenkeeper Jacob Bjerg Mogensen has drawn up a plan for the season, which involves increased fertilization, increased sowing of seeds and increased aeration, and all this can of course not be done without a major expense, and the board has allocated the amount calculated by the greenkeeper.
It hardly occurs to anyone that, for example, aeration by pricking and plugging will result in shorter periods with less good playability. Aeration by plugging greens is planned to take place once a month, and this year sand consumption will be increased by aerating greens and tea places by 40 tonnes. The strategy that has been with preventive fungus control on greens has worked well and it remains largely unchanged.
Juul Andersen