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VGA Couch Bowling Green Information Day
Bowls - By Dyson Appleyard (05 Jul 10 14:10)
Great day for Greenkeeper’s, Greens Directors and any other interested Directors of the club that may also looking at changing there green surface to a couch bowling green. 4th of August at Buckley Park Bowling Club. - Read Article

Bundaberg Bowls Club Upgrade
Bowls - By Editor (30 Jun 10 6:00)
Bundaberg Bowls Club has been given a $22,000 shot in the arm, thanks to grants from Bundaberg Regional Council and the Gambling Community Benefit Fund. - Read Article

2010 / 2011 Membership Renewals for the VGA
Bowls - By Dyson Appleyard (27 Jun 10 12:00)
Welcome our site for the 2010 / 2011 Season. This site contains information, photos and turf trial results from around the state. - Read Article

VGA Information Day & Calendar
Bowls - By Victorian Greenkeepers Association (14 Jun 10 10:50)
The Victorian Greenkeepers Association will be holding an information day for greenkeepers, green directors, bowlers and anyone involved in lawn bowling greens. - Read Article

Managing a bowling green in New Zealand during the closed season
Bowls - 1 comment - By David Howard (10 Jun 10 10:00)
The management of the green during the off-season is important if a good bowling surface is to be provided for the upcoming playing season. While the bowlers can pack their bowls away for the winter months the same cannot be said for the management of the green. There are a number of aspects to think about over this period to ensure a good green is ready for the following season. - Read Article

VGA Greenkeepers Cruise 2010
Bowls - By Victorian Greenkeepers Association (07 Jun 10 12:00)
Our Annual Greenkeeper Cruise is bak again this year. We will be departing from Waterfront Marina down at Docklands. Below are the details required. - Read Article

City Oval Overhaul in Ballarat
Bowls - By Editor (18 May 10 9:00)
City Oval will undergo more than $350,000 worth of upgrades, with the city's lawn bowlers and netballers being the big winners in the announcement. - Read Article

Essendon Bowls club Votes to Stay
Bowls - By Editor (14 May 10 16:00)
Essendon Bowling Club members have agreed to stay at Windy Hill. - Read Article

Memorial Bowls Club to go Synthetic
Bowls - 2 comments - By Editor (30 Apr 10 6:00)
There is plenty of action to view at Diggers Memorial Bowls Club, but rather than play on the greens it is the work being done to prepare them that is catching the eye. - Read Article

Obtaining the Best Results from a Winter Seed Mixture
Bowls - By Matt Gresty (29 Apr 10 9:10)
Grass seed mixtures for Winter Bowling Greens. There are few grasses that can tolerate mowing below 5mm. - Read Article

Peregian Beach Bowls Club Faces Liquidation
Bowls - By Editor (25 Apr 10 6:00)
Time is running out for the community to rescue a cash-strapped Peregian icon from certain closure. - Read Article

Locust Plague in Longreach.
Bowls - By Editor (11 Apr 10 13:00)
A bowls tournament in Longreach, in central western Queensland, will go ahead this weekend, despite the town's largest locust plague in three decades. - Read Article

Warranty of Fitness
Bowls - By Peter Monro (05 Apr 10 6:00)
Peter Monro, agronomist with the NZSTI, believes that performing a regular tune-up and warranty of fitness will get the best out of your irrigation system - Read Article

Vandals Damage Club in Bundaberg
Bowls - By Editor (25 Mar 10 10:00)
Bundaberg police arrested three teenage boys on Monday night after reports of a disturbance in Bingera Street. - Read Article

Ella’s Green Thumb Recognised
Bowls - By Editor (13 Mar 10 8:15)
Year 12 Nambucca Heads High School student Simon Ella is currently in his second year of a school-based traineeship in Horticulture at the Nambucca Heads Bowling Club - Read Article

The Green Green Grass of Yesterday
Bowls - By Editor (17 Feb 10 11:00)
Not so long ago right across Australia, the proud mower would chatter up and down in perfect runs creating a work of art of the closely cropped lawns that would, hours later, be transformed into a battleground of bowlers. - Read Article

Bowler Aaron Tomkins Juggles Duties
Bowls - By Editor (16 Feb 10 6:00)
Bendigo East bowler Aaron Tomkins has juggled two roles in this week’s Australian Open qualifying, winning through to the main draw in singles and triples as well as doing duties as greenkeeper at Bendigo East Bowls Club. - Read Article

Back on the Grass at Kingscote Bowling Club on Kangaroo Island
Bowls - By Editor (07 Feb 10 12:00)
A great crowd of 60 bowlers from all three bowling clubs were present to witness the re-opening of the grass green at Kingscote Bowling Club on Australia Day. - Read Article

VGA Turf Trial Rosamond Bowing Club
Bowls - By Dyson Appleyard (21 Jan 10 8:20)
In December 2009 the VGA started work on turf trial at Rosamond Bowling Club in Melbourne’s west. - Read Article

VGA Turf Trial
Bowls - By Dyson Appleyard (14 Jan 10 16:30)
VGA Turf Trial at Fawkner Bowing Club. In early December 2009 the VGA began work on the turf trial at Fawkner Bowling Club in Melbourne’s north. The green chosen for the trial was a disused 7 rink green that was more weeds than anything else. - Read Article