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Mapleton Men’s Shed president John Brady, front, with Proston Golf Club committee members, from left, vice-president Bill Gair, president Craig Stephens and secretary David Hunter behind the club’s new bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 3, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proston Golf Club has had an amazing makeover thanks to the generosity of a bunch of hard-working volunteers from the Mapleton Men’s Shed.<\/p>\n

Club president Craig Stephens said the dozen volunteers arrived at the club from the Sunshine Coast on September 23.<\/p>\n

For the next week, they camped in the grounds and got down to work.<\/p>\n

At the end of this time, the clubhouse had a new bar, its roof had been repaired, and the clubhouse, ablution block and shed had all been repainted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As well, tonnes of rubbish had been removed from the shed, and a new servery installed in the back wall.<\/p>\n

Rotten woodwork was replaced plus “too many little jobs to list”, Craig said.<\/p>\n

The project came about because of a long-standing friendship between Proston Golf Club vice-president Bill Gair and Mapleton Men’s Shed president John Brady.<\/p>\n

The Men’s Shed members had previously done some volunteer work with BlazeAid at Dunedoo in NSW and were looking for another project to tackle.<\/p>\n

A “thank you” barbecue was held at the club on Saturday night to farewell the Men’s Shed volunteers who were heading back home on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“They have been remarkable,” Craig said.<\/p>\n

“As well as jobs at the Golf Club, they also did some chores at Reinke Scrub (Conservation Park) where they renovated some walking tracks.”<\/p>\n

Craig said the club was also very grateful to Ransen Timber at Boondooma Dam which donated $1000 worth of hoop pine slabs for the new bar.<\/p>\n

Mapleton Men’s Shed members Tim McCauley, who built the bar, and Garry Hansen, who did all the plumbing work and fixed the roof, also received special praise.<\/p>\n

The makeover for the Proston Golf Club comes at the end of a busy 12 months for the club, which has been working to turn its fortunes around.<\/p>\n

“At this time last year, the club was $2500 in debt,” Craig said. “Now we have money in the bank and our membership has tripled.”<\/p>\n

The 18-hole course is spread across nine greens on 25 acres.<\/p>\n

One of the big factors in the club’s recent success is the growth in popularity of RVs and caravans staying at the venue.<\/p>\n

“Since June 30, we have had 275 campers here,” Craig said.<\/p>\n

The club is now working on a project, in conjunction with the Golden Spurs Campdraft committee and the Proston Show Society, to develop a walking track through the nearby bush gully to town.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This will encourage people staying at the golf course to walk into town (and spend money).<\/p>\n

“We hope to have this completed before the end of November,” Craig said.<\/p>\n

Work also began this week on widening and re-gravelling the entrance to the club grounds to make it easier for wider vehicles to come in.<\/p>\n

Another big project on the club’s books is a new commercial kitchen which will be installed in November thanks to a $22,000 grant from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.<\/p>\n

Work will start on this immediately after the club’s next two big golf days are over (October 19 – Smithfield; and October 20 – Proston Men’s Shed).<\/p>\n

As we said, it’s been a very busy 12 months at the Proston Golf Club …<\/p>\n

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The team from Mapleton Men’s Shed … back row, from left, Jeffrey Jordan, Glen Rogers, Laurie Fisher and Gary Hansen; front row, Col Young, Brian Harris, president John Brady, Tim McCauley and Laurie Gardner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Some of the Mapleton men hard at work at the Proston Golf Club during the week
(Photo: John Woodward)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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