Calling all Club Members and Other Friends: The club committee has identified that an Irrigation System is the club’s top priority for funding over the next 12-months and we hope that you will give your full support to this project. During the 2025 season, it was not possible to water the green as often as the green needed it and, as a result, the green was stressed and difficult to play on as the season wore on. A regular system of watering would help preserve the green for future generations as well as benefit us, and our visitors, now.
The current manual system takes 6-hours to run, in 3 two-hour runs across the green, from 6am to midday on the days it can be operated. There is very little control over the amount of water it distributes. This gives Ian an early morning rise and regular attendance during those 6-hours to relocate the tractor for each of the 3-runs it needs to water the whole green.
An automated irrigation system, however, would take just 20-minutes to release an exact amount of water to the green, and it could be run overnight with no attendance required on site. And especially no early morning for Ian, or others!
A project team has been set up to progress the work needed to obtain an automated system. However, the club needs to find matched-funding for a grant bid to stand any chance of success. Please watch this space to find out how you could help the club attract the additional funds necessary to install this irrigation system, perhaps as early as the Winter of 2026/27. In the meantime, if you have any ideas, or questions, and can help this project be the success that we hope it will be, please contact any of the team members: Marina, John B, Elaine, Ian or Diane. Thank you all.
Vardre Deganwy Crown Green Bowling Club 