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suffer the cold snap expected through
February.”
The only challenge facing the team
over the winter was clearing debris from
storm damage that hit the city at the back
end of last year.
Although the construction phases ran
largely problem free, the only issues of
note that arose were the site’s space
constraints and the logistics of laying the
turf, Dave recalls.
“The fact that we had to work in a very
tight space meant that all materials and
turf had to come in from the one narrow
entrance. This meant we had to use the
unturfed greens as a storage area while
we were working.”
“This wasn’t ideal, as you cannot leave
large amounts of turf lying around for
lengthy periods in dry conditions, so we
had to work quickly, and the irrigation
system was pretty much running non stop
through the summer months.”
But, as the air of expectation among
Scotland’s bowlers and its governing body
mounts, the hope is that 2014, will do for
bowls what the Beijing Olympics did for
swimming.
A tidy medal haul will highlight
Britain’s eminence in
bowls, and could inject
enthusiasm into a new
generation of players, as
world-class competition
is played out in a
location that surely
cannot fail to inspire all
who witness it.
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