According to greenkeeper, Derek Turner, of Liskeard Bowling Club in Cornwall, the green took “one hell of a hammering” after nearly 200 games.

It is for this reason that he turned to the SISIS Dart to get the green back to its usual excellent standards.


Derek Turner, greenkeeper of Liskeard Bowling Club

Liskeard has around 100 members with four teams in the local leagues. Those league games combined with club friendlies and county competitions saw the bowling green host nearly 200 games in 2014. As expected, the green started to show signs of wear and tear and Derek knew that his previous machine would not be able to cope with the demands of a green that was used so much.

“It was coming to the end of its life. We open at 10:30am and keep playing till dark; with such usage we needed the machine to really be performing.

“We had it here for 20 plus years and it was getting very difficult to start, it was stalling and it was driving me mad. It just couldn’t cope and it was time to go and get something better,” he said.

Derek found exactly what he was looking for at a local bowls seminar where he saw a demonstration of the SISIS Dart.

“After seeing the machine in action at the seminar, we asked for a personal demonstration at our club and were very impressed. We did have other demonstrations from other companies but I thought they were all too heavy and not very manoeuvrable in comparison.

"We’ve got the slicing tines, the solid tines for autumn and winter work, we’ve got hollow tines that remove plugs of soil from the ground and in summer I use pencil tines, because they do the aerating task with minimal surface distrubance."

Derek concluded, "The Dart is very light and easy to use. It was also a very good price and these are the reasons why we purchased it."