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Rainbird irrigation system, with eight
sprinklers per green - four at each corner
and one in the middle. “We added
retaining wall features to tie the whole
thing together and allow good public
access around the greens,” Dave adds.
The bulk of the construction work
drew to a close last summer, with the
individually selected turf chosen to
complete the job. Fine turf consultancy,
Professional Sportsturf Design Scotland,
were brought on board to select the most
appropriate grass varieties for the task. A
fescue bent mix was grown at the Sports
Turf Research Institute in Bingley and
specifically selected to meet the
requirement of the city location.
The remaining green allowed play to
continue whilst the other five were being
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rebuilt, Dave explains, and will not be
fully renovated, but left as it is after the
Games close.
Dave and his team are responsible for
all the continuing maintenance of the
greens up to and including 2014, after
which, the work will be handed over to
Glasgow City Council.
“For now, it’s a matter of keeping it
ticking over until the Games get
underway,” adds Dave, “with the council
hoping to stage some play at the backend
of the 2012 season, and the first trial
matches likely to commence in 2013, a
year before the first match of the
Commonwealth Games.”
Positive news stories have not been in
abundance for bowls of late, with more
focus being on the decline of the sport
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greens available in the UK. The next
year or two could see the beginnings of a
rebirth for bowls as Bowls Scotland’s fiveyear
strategy matures, reinforced by the
Kelvingrove redevelopment and the
world focus that will shine on it during
the Games.
With a little over thirty months until
Glasgow 2014, the backbone of the work
is done and a prolonged mild period has
helped Fairways’ cause. “We’ve had little
to do over the winter and, with so little
growth on the greens, not much in the
way of cutting has been needed.
”As temperatures rise, we’ll begin to
cut more frequently than our current sixweekly
intervals. But, the schedule might
yet be subject to further change if we
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