How level must the base of a flat green ditch be - laser level or what limits .This could resolve an argument where a wood hit the jack which fell into the ditch and moved a couple of feet to one side reducing the count by one , though to the eye the ditch bottom is level .
Thank you.
Back to top of page and main linksHi , I AM LOOKING FOR A ROBOTIC SOFTWAVE CAN WORK ON A PC AS A FANUC, MOTOMAN and PANASONIC, if you have one I would like to buy for learning and practicing on my pc,
Can you give me a feedback ?
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Back to top of page and main linkscan you tell me the minumum depth of the ditch thanks
Back to top of page and main linksI would like to find out first of all where in south africa i can get machines nessesary for the upceeping of our green.Secondly i would like to know where in south africa i can find out more about Synthetic greens.
Back to top of page and main linksI am having difficulty in finding any information on how to construct a Lawn Bowling Green.
I live in Vanuatu and an area at Port Vila Golf Club has been allocated for this purpose to promote and encourage Lawn Bows at all levels.
I would need all details to build a green from scratch.
Back to top of page and main linksCan you tell me what the maxim depth is for the ditch around a flat green bowls surface.
Back to top of page and main linksDoes anyone know how to work out whaich size woods you should buy?
Back to top of page and main linksWe are commencing social night bowls and want the draw for 12 - 16 teams with two games each night with differnt team can someone help with this info.
Back to top of page and main linksI am building a retirement village and would like to install a practice pitch for lawn bowls.
Can anyone suggest dimensions for a one or two lane pitch.
It is to built in Kadina, South Australia.
I would be interested to hear from suppliers too.
Back to top of page and main linksI am in the construction of the bowls how is the bias put in to the bowls please,
Kindest regards KS.
Happy new year to you and yours
Back to top of page and main linksHi,
Could you please explain how the names kitty & jack for the small white target ball used in lawn bowls came about.
Thank you
Roger Adams
Back to top of page and main linksWe design and build synthetic bowling greens worldwide and are more than happy to provide information on prices and budgets for building or converting greens
Back to top of page and main linksI am looking for a crown bowls club to join in london, does anyone know of one? I am also looking to buy a set of bowls does anyone know where to go to buy them?
Back to top of page and main linksHi, I shall travel to London (UK), Jo'burg and Cape Town in South Africa this month. Can someone tell me where I can buy a set of new bowls? Many thanks.
MK
Back to top of page and main linksI found best sites with cheap professional software
http://www.fullcds.us and http://www.fullcds.net
Back to top of page and main linksI am searching for info on installing synthetic greens. i.e timeframe, cost, quality etc can find plenty of companies but no printable info.
Back to top of page and main linksWhen playing with a team of three(lead second and skip)
The number two normaly measures. Which number two
does the measuring? The home team or the away.
Or is whichever wood is thought to be the closer?
Back to top of page and main linksI am told that you can tell the age of a set of bowls by the stamp on them. Is this so and how does it work?
Back to top of page and main linksi am told that you can tell the age of a set of bowls by looking at the number stamped on the bowl.
Is this correct and how does it work?
Back to top of page and main linkscan oyu help me talk with the right individauls to making this or give me some direction
Thank You
Back to top of page and main linksGreetings Friends,
We are a small bowling group here in Ireland. (only just started up in fact), Our number one priority is to purchase a new mat, unfortunately I cannot find any suppliers of same here in Ireland.
I would be most grateful if someone out there would point me in the right direction.
Much Thanks,
Mike.
Back to top of page and main linksCan anyone advise me if Condy's Crystals will help me rid the green of Algae and the Mealy Bug. Also at what rate/mix could be used.
Back to top of page and main linksCould anyone advise me if Condys' Crystal and at what rate to be used for getting rid of both these items.
Back to top of page and main linksCould anyone tell me if Condy's crystal can be used for both these problems and at rate it could be sprayed at?
Back to top of page and main linksI live in Cape Town SA - wish to purchase indoor bowls -
is there anywhere in SA i can get them???
Back to top of page and main linksWhat type of grass and the recommendation of building
a green would you suggest?
Back to top of page and main linksSir,
Can you provide insurance for a bowls club?
Back to top of page and main linksThere is controversy in South Africa over the permitting of ribbed sole shoes.
Many greenkeepers (especially in the Western Province) DO NOT agree with the soles and the district is fighting a general ruling from Bowls SA that it is "okay" to permit such shoes.
The WP council (largest membership in SA - about 14% of total boiwling population) will vote on subject in Feb.
Please give me any info possible on this subject
thanks
Back to top of page and main linksHi,
My company is involved in the construction of sport fields.I have studied greenkeeping at Cape Town Technikon and passed with distinction.
I have been building several lawn bowling greens in South Africa.My website will be up early in the new year.If you need assistance please e-mail me or leave a message on the board.
Kind regards
Lodewyk
Back to top of page and main linksI need help, am trying to purchase the white markers to go in the greens, we start pennant on the 2nd October 2004.
Back to top of page and main linksI belong to the Mentone bowls club,in Melbourne,
Australia. We are having trouble with the lines marked on our synthetic greens.They have to be done
every 6 to 8 weeks.Can anyone advise us,(by experience)what lasts longer.
Back to top of page and main linksI am trying to locate a conversion chart for the old imperial sizes to the new sizing for bowls.
Back to top of page and main linksis their a regulation size for boards round a bowling green
Back to top of page and main linksfirstly i would like to know the best way or angle
to cut a green.secondly what is the best treatment
for patches, dead grass.
Back to top of page and main linksCould you please tell me if regardless of colour all bowling jacks are equal in weight and bias.
Thank-you Ron.Fisher
Back to top of page and main linksI am a civilengineer nad recently carried out a level survey of my club's green. I took levels at 1 metere intervals across the full area of the green, plotted the results and dre avery accurate contout plan of the green.
Problem is we now have an accurate paln of where all the humpsand hollows are on the green but no real idea how to fix them. The maximumdiff high to low is around 70 mm (Three inches).
What would be regarded as reasonable tollerance leve over say ......
Back to top of page and main linksI currently am a member of a bowling club which has synthetic playing service. I have been able to bowl extremely well on this service. However when I go and play on grass at another club during pennant, I find that my technique is terrible. My bowls are short, they wobble when I release them etc.
Could someone adivse on a way to improve my technique without going to practise at another club who has grass.
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Can anyone please help?
I have been told that you should use a heavyweight bowl for indoor bowls. Is this right?
Back to top of page and main linksI have been using drakes pride special sz4 bowls for about ten years now,and have been having trouble on certain greens with grass,most days my bowls are pretty reliable,but on very quik greens i have to take at least double the grass of evry one else,sometimes more,and still they cut across the head and start heading back towards me,its very frustrating,if i take the extra grass they hang out and dont come back,i feel i should get new bowls as i dont think im in the hun......
Back to top of page and main linksCould anyone tell me where I can find a web-site giving the Rules and Regulations of the game. I would be gratefull for any information.
Back to top of page and main linksCan someone please give me the official view on rink measurements.
Some of my club members are at each others throats over this problem!
When setting up:-
a)the measurements on the side ditches and
b)the dots down the centre of each rink....
do you take your measurements from the front or the back of the ditches at each end as your starting point.
Thank you very much.A prompt reply would be much appreciated as it is getting quite ugly..so much for bowls ......
Back to top of page and main linksI have been searching the Web and come up with very little information regarding How To Construct a Lawn Bowling Green. Can anyone help me find information on this subject?
I am currently studying a two year Diploma of Horticulture (in Australia), and need information for an assignment.
I need information on all the specifications.
All help greatly appreciated.
Thankyou.
Back to top of page and main linksI am looking for software for League stats(scores and league position) for automatic drawing of tournaments, if anyone has a copy available it would be appreciated if you could let me have a copy....
Back to top of page and main linksI have a Landpride water injection aerator for sale and would like to know the best way to advertise it. Would like to sell it quickly.
Back to top of page and main linksI am searching for a Windows program for Lawn Bowls draw. Any help would be appreciated.
Back to top of page and main linksWhat are the differences between Crown Green Bowls and Lawn Bowls?
Can one be used for the other?
Back to top of page and main linksHope someone can help. As a small village Bowls Club in mid Wales we have just had our ancient 80 year old pavilion (shed) demolished and replaced with a brand new wooden construction up-market version, together with a storeroom for a new mower and scarifier. Only problem is we are having great difficulty finding a UK insurance company which will insure a wood construction building against fire and theft and accidental damage and/or vandalism. Can anyone point us i......
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Can anyone tell me if bowls and football can be played on the same surface outdoors, as our club want to provide both facilities but we are short of space.
Regards,
Freddie Verdon.
Back to top of page and main linksI am a first year greenkeeping student and i need some information on renovations of a bowls green if any one could help i would be very greatful
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I lawn bowled in Nottinghamshire England in the late forties and early fifty's.
At one of our Banquets a Lawyer by the name of Geofrey
Bolsover produced large book on who's who in bowls.
He stated that more people participate in Lawn Bowls than any other sport. Is that possible?
Does anybody know of this book?
Back to top of page and main linksI am looking for a design or plan, of how to make a device incorporating a mirror, and chalk line to mark the green's (grass), especially when changing the boundaries, and new rinks need to be marked,2mtr. mark etc. this will need to be a one person operation.
Any help would be appreciated.
So you don't make the same mistake other's do, the final two figure's on eskl are numbers zero, zero. not letters oo.
Back to top of page and main linksAt age 45 I started lawn bowls.A coach was not available where I lived so everyone did the best they could.As you can imagine a lot of incorrect delivery styles developed.In my first 2 years it did not matter if I bowled forehand or backhand and the percentage of shots close to kitty were fairly equal.I then developed breast cancer and underwent surgery, chemo and stem cell transplants which THANK HEAVEN has put me in remission.I went back to bowls within the 12 months b......
Back to top of page and main linksHi folks !
Sorry if you've already received this message, but I am putting it on all the bowls discussion boards.
Someone is mass mailing an email, purporting to be from the Microsoft Corporation Security Centre, and telling you to install an attached security update q216309.exe
IT IS A VIRUS !
A search on the Microsoft site on 'q216309.exe' returns the follwing result:
Search results:
Virus Alert About the W32.Gibe@mm Worm Virus (Q319652......
Back to top of page and main linksI am the Greenkeeper at Balnchetown South Australia and have been trying to source the correct method of determining green speed. Also I would like to know the maximum speed for Santa Anna.
Back to top of page and main linksCould 36 players making up 12 teams of triples play 4 limited end games without playing with the same person more than once. A formula would earn my lifetime gratitude
Ron
Back to top of page and main linksA friend of mine just got the OK to start a League in Suffolk County NY. He ask for my help in acquiring the necessary equipment for Lawn Bowling. What I am asking is for a list of items.Such as the type of shoes, balls, rakes, ect. Hard and soft equipment. If you can help me I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks Larry
Back to top of page and main linkswe are planning a new outdoor lawn bowls facility in Eastern Ontario, Canada and would like to have the specification for the greens.
We would like a comparison between traditional bent grass on sand construction versus artificial turf on sand or earth or concrete base.
thanks for any help you can provide
Back to top of page and main linksI was wondering anyone could help us with a new project we have at hand. We are building a retirement
centre here in Zimbabwe and wish to promote a healthy
way of living, name, to promote bowls among the residents. However, we do not know the proper procedure on how to build a bowls green so if you
could at all help us with any foundations plans,
drainage plans, or any specs you may have or may be able to obtain we would be most grateful!
Back to top of page and main linksA council owned bowling green in South East London has an appalling WORM CAST problem. ANY IDEAS about safe products to rid the problem. ( The council say there are none )
Back to top of page and main linksIf any one has any information about the biomechanics or mmovements involed iin lawn bowls, it would be greatly appriecated. Thanks, berty13@hotmail.com
Back to top of page and main linksI need to thank a club for running one of the best tournaments I have played in to-date. I do not know were to start. Please help me with example letters including everybody who would have been involved in organising such an event.
Back to top of page and main linksHello from Bali Indonesia,
I am developing a villa complex for retirees in Bali, Indonesia. My mother will be a key resident and is an avid lawn bowler.
I would like to build two lawn bowl rinks for the complex and am interested in the design of a standard international lawn bowl area.
I would appreciate it if anyone has information on design and construction.
Cheers,
Lawrence
Back to top of page and main linksWanted - Secondhand Lawn Bowls Bags - for a small Australian Feature Film about a Lawn Bowling Club.
2 Bowls or 4 Bowls in reasonable condition.
Need before the 29th October can call on
mobile 0429 064 646 Thanks
Back to top of page and main linksLooking for basic spec's regarding a "test table" to test and calibrate umpires squares and other equipment.
A picture / photo of this would be good .. or supplier, otherwise measurements for a DIY project ..
Thanks
Back to top of page and main linkscan you settlean argument about the shape of bowling woods.
I say that they are "very nearly spherical"
I think they are spherical with two flates. (Oblate spheroid?)
They say they are like a wheel.
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I am a 24 year old, who is considering taking up bowls. I live in Leamington Warwickshire and have recently seen some ladies playing in Victoria Park. Some of the Ladies were quite young, my age and that made me think about joining a club. Could someone please tell me what competition this was and also how I may get a tutor to teach me the basics. My only concern is that I am a Fashion Model by trade, this takes me all over the country so I am not ......
Back to top of page and main linksis there a list of questions you should ask to determine what size bowl you should use? my dad is using his dad's bowls but they are too big for him in that he can't easily pick them up, he has to place them in his hand. he als finds that he needs to use some form of grip cream to keep them whilst making the move but then of course the bowl does not always flow from his hand. any suggestions?
Back to top of page and main linksI have sorted, sized, cleaned, identified and marked over 30 sets of club bowls. Now that the task seems manageable, I would like to get some of these old bowls looking better. I don't want to damage the surface with improper cleaning or scouring techniques. Has anyone some suggestions for restoring the luster? For example, what would happen if I used fine steel wool? What kind of polish would be possible? etc.
Back to top of page and main linksMy dad is the green keeper at the local bowling club and is desparately looking for some advice on atificial banks on bowling greens. Any information will be greatly appreciated.ie construction; maintenance; materials etc.
Back to top of page and main linksWe are attempting to hold a lawn bowling tournament from the office. Could someone please explain the rules? Two of us have played before (many years ago, in our teens). We don,t recall all the terminology or the order of play and such stuff. Any helpers?
Back to top of page and main linksI need to construct a new Bowling green in Riyadh - Saudi Arabia<br>I help in the design - Rules & equipment supply<p>Thanks in advance.
Back to top of page and main linksWe can supply information on green maintenance.We are qualified time served greenkeepers with over sixty years experience between us,our methods are a mix of modern and traditional greenkeeping practices. Each management regime is tailord to the individual needs of any green.
Back to top of page and main linksDoes anyone have good examples of attractive modern pavilion buildings built to withstand the rigorous of an inner city public park.We dont need a huge buidling but good looks and security are paramount. Any examples around the north/midlands would be appreciated together with a contact number. Thanks.
Back to top of page and main linksHello,
Could you please forward me the ideal ph level or “range” for a bowling green. I live in north west WA in Australia & we look after our own green on a voluntary basis. We have had a big problem with our green for quit a while now with regards to it being very “patchy” & not wanting to grow. A few of us are trying to convince others that the ph level is way to high (8-9) & that unless we start at the basics & get the ph down to the correct level,......
Back to top of page and main linksIndoor carpet Bowling
I am an Architect searching for design criteria relating to a potential project in South Wales UK.
Club info, pitch sizes, competition criteria etc
Anyone with relevant info. able to point me in the right direction or give tech.info please contact me by E-mail or on Tel. No. 01691 773359
Many thanks for taking the time to read my message
Back to top of page and main linksCAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME IF THEY KNOW OF ANY LAWN BOWLS CUB/S IN THE PRESTON AREA LANCS.
I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY ADDRESSES
LIZ
Back to top of page and main linksI am looking for two carpets with felt backing 45' x 9'. I am told Play-Rite no longer supply these. Does anyone know of a similar carpet?
Back to top of page and main linksWhat is the recommended level of illumination for an outdoor green?
Back to top of page and main linksSorry folks - I forgot to switch back on the mailing function after correcting a year 2000 problem in February.
You may have missed some postings if you were relying on getting them by email - Please take a look around the discussion boards.
I apologise if you get this mailing more than once because you are subscribed to more than one board.
Many thanks to Stewart Peacock for drawing my attention to this.
Regards
Lesley
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Back to top of page and main linksAs a relative novice to green keeping I would appreciate any information outlining a year round maintenance programme ie types of fertilizer etc
Back to top of page and main linksPlease can you help me ?
I'm looking for the rules and protocol for lawn bowls
I live in Cape Town, South Africa and we are limited to very little "know how"
Any help will be appreciated.
Robert
Back to top of page and main linksPlease provide me mail and email addresses of all the artificial turf manufacturers for lawn bowls greens.
Thks
Back to top of page and main linksI am a responsible for green keeping at my local bowls club ( Paynesville, Victoria, Australia)and am in desparate need of information regarding the purchase of a new greens roller. Any help greatly appreciated.
Back to top of page and main linksCould anyone help with information on the the latest manufactured material for outdoor bowling surfaces similar to material manufactured in Gt Britain about 12 years ago
"Escarpa; or some name similar.The carpet was laid on concrete with an underlay material to protect carpet.Any information would be appreciated
Back to top of page and main linksDear Bowlers,
Please could you help me.
My name is Diarmaid Lynch and I am currently doing research for a local club on lawn bowls. The club is thinking of setting up a bowling lawn and I was wondering if you could help me with the following queries.
Please could you tell me about;
(a.) The history of the sport.
(b.) The size and types of lawn used.
(c.) The rules.
(d.) Typical price for the construction of a lawn and the pri......
Back to top of page and main linksThe Warburton Mens Bowls Club has just had a synthetic green installed. We would appreciate up to date information on the maintenance and upkeep of the new green.
Back to top of page and main linksThe membership at our club has reached the point that we will soon be needing a second green. We would like to put together some specifications and design drawings for the new green. Unfortunately the original drawings and specs for the sand based green we're using have been lost. Can anyone supply us or advise us where we might find current information on the design and construction of greens?
We are located in the lower mainland of British......
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