Trenching machine damages old wiring

A trenching machine has damaged wiring at the Everglades Country Club recently during the installation of the clubs new irrigation system.

Stage one of the installation of the new irrigation system at the club has been completed with the main line, valve boxes and electrical wiring in place between the first and 18th holes and around the fourth and 17th greens.

However, a substantial amount of

However, electrical wiring was ripped from the ground by a trenching machine working along the water's edge near the fourth green and cannot be repaired.

Everglades Men's Golf president Mr Ian Elliott said that after more than 20 years of service and numerous changes during this time the whereabouts of much of the wiring is somewhat of a mystery.

He added that one of the benefits of the new irrigation system was that on completion the club would have an "as built" map which identified the new wiring.

Mr Elliott said the damaged wiring had rendered the existing system virtually useless for the back nine and the first hole.

He said it would be necessary to irrigate these areas by hand until the new system was in operation.

There will be some areas of the course where hand held hoses would be necessary, in particular the greens and the surrounds.

Newsletter, October 28 Ian Elliott, Everglades Country Club