IN PRAISE OF THE BOWLING GREEN LAWN.

 


  • Hello there, I am currently undertaking my level 3 in grounds maintenance, I have been asked to compare the pqs standards between football, cricket and bowls, yet i can’t find any information on how a bowling lawn is made up, as in is there standards on grass coverage, percolation rates, and things like the fall of pitches?

  • Is there anyone here that could possibly point me in the right direction?

  • Many thanks, Steve


So wrote Steve on February 9th 2018.
A request to the members of the online Bowls.Co.UK forum.
To this very date Steve has not received a reply.
Not one.

(Comments are now closed on this forum).

Were I a member, I would’ve given Steve the courtesy of a reply.
I know nothing of ‘pqs standards’ or ‘percolation rates’, but I do know about basic etiquette.

As a former Lawn Bowls commentator I have dodged the slings & arrows of rural competitive sports over the past two years.

Some of it was highly entertaining.
Some of it brutal.

But I never once underestimated the effort that goes in to maintaining a perfect lawn.

I have sometimes struggled with nomenclature.
Are the 'Groundsmen' of the past now Groundspeople or persons?
Could we call them Grounders for inclusivity? 'GroundsThem' sounds a bit clunky.
So I thank Steve for his unanswered question, in allowing me to purloin his words.
I shall from this point here on in refer to those who tend the hallowed turf as Grounds Maintainers. And I hope Steve passed his Level 3. ************************* It is 9.47am.
So far today I have taken 140mg of Diclofenac Sodium, 200mg of Pregabalin, 1000mg of Codeine, Fluoxetine, Folic acid, electrolytes, and Cetirizine Hydrochloride.
I have cancelled my regular swim due to mobility issues. I have morphine waiting in the wings.
4 days until 25mg of Methotrexate. 1 week until 40mg of Adalimumab. (Still no date for NHS operation).
The Bradshaw Bowls Buggy.
(Electric - £2,500)
(Manual 'Bowls Royce' - £900)

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