BOWLS CLUB GREEN „FROM THE BEST TO THE WORST‟
A local bowls club has voiced its disappointment standard.
with the local council after complaining about He said: ―There are a number of rough patches
the state of its greens. on the playing area and they are clearly not up to
Abbots Langley Bowls Club, on Langley Road, its usual standard.
were present at the council‘s leisure meeting last ―It appears to me that good germination has not
month to hear their agenda item, which taken place, and I think we need to think about
concerned the poor state of their greens. getting it prepared for next year as the growth
In a letter to the council, members described the will not be ready for this season.‖
playing greens as ―some of the worst in the area, Mark Ellis, who is responsible for ground
when they used to be one of the best‖. maintenance in the area, said that the grass had
Clerk to the Council Tim Perkins wrote back to not grown properly on the green because of the
representative John Sutton, outlining that the weather experienced this year.
green is subsidised by the Parish Council and He stated that the snow in February had caused
that they do work to their budget. problems, and that there were areas of the
Subscriptions to the club are relatively cheap in ground that the sun had not reached, meaning
comparison to other clubs, with annual germination could not take place.
membership costing about £70. However, one of the members of the Bowls club
In a statement read out on behalf of Councillor who was present at the meeting disagreed that
Keith Williams, he said: ―We provide an the weather should play a part, as she said: ―We
adequate bowling green and if the club want a have played on five or six greens this year in the
higher quality green, it may have to be area which have been perfect, and they have had
subsidised by them.‖ the same weather problems as us.‖
Councillor Leon Lay, who is closely associated It was decided at the meeting that every effort
with Abbots Langley Cricket Club, said he made would be made to ensure that the greens would
it his business to go up and check on the greens, be up to standard and ready to play on when
and admitted that they appeared not to be up to next year‘s season begins.
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