Author: John
Master Greenkeeper John Quinn is the author of Performance Bowling Greens, and several other titles on Greenkeeping, Club and Business Management.
Junior Jack Attack
Further to my recent post about the success being experienced by Bowls Victoria in recruiting members from the junior to 30 year old age bracket, here is a video that shows one way in which this success is nurtured. Can this be used to good effect in the UK?…of course it can, and all year round into the bargain.
Have a look at the Bowls Victoria website for more great ideas like this from a very forward looking and pro-active Bowls Association
Boom time in bowls participation.
Bowls Central, although very popular now in relation to when I started the site 5 years ago, is still what could be termed a “niche” website. The audience for a site like Bowls Central is never going to be easy to find online. Due to this fact, I now spend a lot of time promoting the site on social media such as Twitter to get the site in front of new readers.
To monitor the success (or otherwise) of these campaigns I use software that allows me to see how many people interact with the messages I put out there. When I tweet about an article on bowls central I can usually be sure of between 5 and 10 people clicking through to read the article, some of whom might become regular readers or maybe even join as a free member of Bowls Central which gives them full access to nearly 300 articles on the site.
I also monitor the news being released about lawn bowls and sometimes tweet links to articles that I think my Twitter followers might like.
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Getting your feet in the right place.
In today’s Bowls Tip video, John Tiplady, the creator of Tippers Chalkies, introduces a failsafe method for getting your feet in the right position. The advice John gives on arm movements (your arm should be free to move like a pendulum) and comfort is, again, so simple but so obviously coming from a highly experienced bowler. OK, the sunshine helps too I suppose…enjoy today’s video lesson:
Organic Matter, Soil Moisture and Bowls Green Performance
Soil Moisture and Bowls Green Performance are so closely linked that we assume we know everything there is to know about it. More sand will make it better surely? Master Greenkeeper John Quinn has been digging a little deeper than most and putting his students to work on some experiments to get to the root of truly High Performance Bowls Greens.