Dennis and SISIS have recently supported Bowls Scotland in a series of seminars held all over Scotland designed to help club greenkeepers and volunteers maintain their bowling greens.

Bowls Scotland is the national governing body for outdoor lawn bowls in Scotland and currently has 882 member clubs and 65,000 individual members. 


Bowls Scotland seminar

The Green Maintenance and Improvement Seminar series, which saw Bowls Scotland working in partnership with Dennis and SISIS, Greentech Sportsturf and Henderson Grass Machinery, brought together over two hundred greenkeeping enthusiasts at a number of venues in Scotland including Newhills Bowling Club in Aberdeen, Currie Bowling Club in Edinburgh, Parkview Bowling Club in Angus, Newton Park Bowling Club in Ayr and Woodend Bowling Club in Glasgow.

Robert Christie, Director of Development for Bowls Scotland started proceedings with a warm welcome before outlining the aims and strategy of the seminar.

Val Wright, Coach and Education Officer for Bowls Scotland took to the stage next to discuss grants and funding before outdoor practical sessions ensued. Andy Walker, Field Support Manager, and Ewen Wilson, Northern Area Sales manager for Dennis and SISIS were on hand to demonstrate modern greens maintenance methods using a range of turf maintenance equipment and providing invaluable advice on how to get the very best out of your mower.

A hearty complimentary lunch signalled the halfway point for the day before Scott McNeil from Henderson Grass Machinery, presented a real-life case study of how his bowling club was able to improve the quality of its green and explained the methods they used to achieve it.

Greentech Sportsturf’s Neil Mitchell then provided information on how to get the best value and best results from inputs such as fertilisers, fungicides, pesticides and grass seed. The seminars were concluded with an open question and answer session where all delegates had the opportunity to ask any pressing questions relating to their own situations.

Commenting on the success of the seminars, Bowls Scotland’s Val Wright said: “A lot of clubs spend a vast amount of money on maintaining their greens, so our members have come to these seminars to find out more information on how they can improve the greens that they are looking after.

“Even if they are outsourcing their greens maintenance to contractors, these seminars give them more information to be able to ask relevant questions about the work that those contractors are doing.”