I’ve sometimes asked readers of this blog to take on board some fairly lofty principles, which at first, might seem unrelated to the real world of daily greenkeeping with all the incumbent pressures and demands it brings. Bowling green performance is a long term game and consistently paying attention to 3 key principles will pay great dividends. In stark contrast to this we have the chopping and changing of techniques, materials and ideas I see and hear about at clubs all over the UK which almost always results in disappointment.
Bowls Central Academy Membership offers a series of new benefits to members, most importantly a growing range of online educational courses in Greenkeeping and related subjects.
Current Courses Include:
Academy Membership Benefits
Of course I’ve given a great deal of the focus of Academy Membership over to education and the online study courses, but there is a list of other benefits for members.
The available courses, levels of study and other member benefits will be added to on a regular basis.
Online educational courses in Greenkeeping and related subjects
Free Soil Analysis for your green including a full report and recommended greenkeeping programme specifically tailored to your green
Free Delivery on Website Orders
All Bowls Central eBooks free to members
Permanent Greenkeeping Materials Discounts on all greenkeeping materials. Currently 5% off Equipment, tools and rootzone improvement materials and a huge 10% off everything else in the Bowls Central Shop
Full access to a growing library of over 300 greenkeeping articles
Further benefits and member only offers will be added on a regular basis
Over the course of many years of providing the Bowls Central Soil Analysis service and based on the thousands of reports I’ve written, certain trends have been revealed, and these relate very closely to a group of problems I have termed collectively as The Circle of Decline in fine turf. Perhaps the most annoying and …
It's hard to believe that a bowling club could easily save £1800 in greenkeeping costs every year whilst actually improving the green. Do nothing greenkeeping is my name for this phenomenon and I estimate that 98% of UK bowling clubs could benefit from it, starting this year.
