Photo: Saleema Imam
Local bowling clubs will have to pay for the maintenance of their greens from April this year.
The Council is offering a standard grant which will not cover all the costs, and players are still uncertain about what the impact of the changes will be.
Bowling clubs have been offered a choice of using their grant to pay the Council’s green keepers or go for a private contractor. Our local bowling team at Abbeyfield will go with the Council.
While the grant will cover the grass cutting, other maintenance such as weeding and feeding will not be covered. The Council will allow clubs to keep fees collected from members to help pay for this, but this will unfairly affect small clubs who have less members to raise the money from and could mean an increase in fees for some.