There is almost no downside to a refresh on the Merimbula lawn bowling greens to a synthetic surface, says development officer Michael Wilks.
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Merimbula’s Club Sapphire has just proposed nearly $5.5million worth of upgrades including resurfacing two greens to synthetic surfaces.
One negative comment appeared on Facebook, but Wilks was quick to quash any doubts.
“The overall budget of $5.5 million includes significant upgrades to the club house and other non bowls related improvements to our facilities,” Wilks said on social media.
Wilks said upgrades to the greens form just a small portion of the budget, which will largely be used to remodel internal areas of the club and provide roofing for the greens.
The development of artificial turf has advanced in the past decade too.
“I played for 22 years in Melbourne, a location that is widely regarded for its innovation and development of artificial surfaces,” the former Victorian team captain said.
“In many cases [turf] provides a truer, more reliable surface than grass, . so great is the improvement in these surfaces that many high profile clubs are installing them.”
Commonwealth Games representative James Reynolds backed the move and said feedback had been widely positive.