Beach House Park in Worthing
“We decided to take the bull by the horns when the compulsory competitive tendering process came into force in 1989, so put everything in one basket, believing it to be more cost effective
encouraging younger players to join,” he adds.
All bowls clubs using the greens can use them free of charge, but must ensure the sites remain clean and tidy as there are no longer any bowls attendants (seasonal posts) to look after the day to day running.
Rhondda Cynon Taff still pays all utility bills, maintains the pavilions and the greens - the latter cost on average £10,000 to tend, says Sullivan. “We made the efficiency savings on attendants’ wages, in total about £120,000 a year,” he adds, “and feel we have come to a status quo on bowling provision. The council is not looking to make further savings.” The remaining six greens - in Pentre,
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Darran, Taff ’s Well, Ynysangharad, Aberdare and Mountain Ash parks - are available for public use. “It’s proved to be a win win result for everyone,” Sullivan maintains.
Safe haven
If there is one spot where the future of bowls is surely not in doubt it is in Worthing, West Sussex, the hub of the sport and home to the governing body for the flat game, Bowls England. As the location for some of the game’s biggest national events, the Worthing centrepiece site at Beach House Park, right on the beach-front, is one place where “money is safe for the coming year,” says Worthing and Adur District Council, which is preparing to host the
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