Adding artificial grass bowls banks and ditches can improve tired bowling greens
The BBC has traced Britain’s love affair with exciting bowls games and relaxing bowling greens just in time for the beginning of the outdoor season. The series is sure to entice players to their local green, complete with artificial bowls banks and ditches.
And while indoor and outdoor bowls are hugely popular – with 400,000 bowlers in England and 90,000 in Scotland, the BBC has reported that cost-cutting councils and property developers could be threatening the availability of the game.
According to the BBC, John Woodcock, the MP for Barrow and Furness, has proposed a parliamentary bill that would protect bowling greens from being redeveloped or sold-off by local councils looking to raise funds.
Mr. Woodcock told the BBC that natural and artificial bowling greens are quintessentially British, and should be preserved for future generations.
The game, Mr. Woodcock said, should not only be associated with crisp linens, manicured lawns and good sportsmanship, but should also be considered as of historic value. The sport, once officially endorsed by British royalty, has survived for centuries and its roots are long and well established.
Mr. Woodcock also told the BBC that bowls was one of the very few sports which old and young people could play together.
The bowls fan also added that refurbishing neglected bowling greens and safeguarding popular bowling greens could help to build and foster community spirit.
Many bowling lawns could be revitalized and made good for gaming with a little care and the addition of artificial bowls banks and ditches.