Pile of sticks gathered by Greenkeepers

My take on it is ...

If the sticks/branches are all in a pile lying parallel to each other, then this has to have been done deliberately. It is not a natural occurence to find branches lying in this manner. Therefore, they must have been piled this way for a purpose. The actual purpose (for now) is not important but there can only be two broad possibilities - a) a purpose which involves taking them away, or b) a purpose which involves them staying put.

If the intention is (a), then they are piled for removal and therefore they are GUR - and you get free relief. If the purose is (b) then they must count as an artificial construction (because it has not occurred naturally0, and will therefore be an obstruction - for which free relief is available. I would suggest that although the pile can be easily dismantled, whoever created the pile did so for a reason, and presumably would not want the pile dismantled again - and so it should regarded as an immovable obstruction.

However, the club (ie the "committee") really ought to make it clear as to the staus of any such piles.

I now await to see if the proper rules experts dismantle my interpretation?