CLUB DEVELOPMENT
Light Weight Structures Revolutionising bowls clubs across Australia In a recent publication, Queensland’s Minister for National Parks Recreation Sport and Racing, The Honourable Steve Dickson MP said,
RECEIVING WOLF WHISTLES FROM around the world, Queensland’s Mooloolaba Bowls Club (2011) and East Cessnock Bowling Club in New South Wales (2012) have become the undisputed benchmark in Australian bowls club development, with politicians, celebrity bowlers and patrons recognising the world-class facilities. For the sport of lawn bowls, the bowling canopy covering Mooloolaba’s double green has been a game changer.
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“The club (Mooloolaba) now hosts a fantastic undercover bowls facility that provides a world class experience, a wide span fabric structure that is a recognisable landmark in the Mooloolaba area”. For bowlers visiting either Mooloolaba or East Cessnock the reason for this acclaim is obvious; the visual impact of the wide span fabric structure designed and built by Queensland company Light Weight Structures is simply breathtaking. Bowlers rave about the fabric canopy, identifying Mooloolaba’s single canopy
structure as the best bowling environment in Australia. Offering column free open space over two bowling greens (3200sqmt’s) and with a height of 9.5 metres, Mooloolaba’s fabric canopy is a radical departure from the style of previous double-green structures. No other supplier may build the copyright design, developed by Trevor Scott for Light Weight Structures. In contrast to other existing fabric structures using trussed steel, the canopies built at Mooloolaba and East Cessnock offer simple design lines, utilising a valley and cable style canopy with curved ends, specifically designed to encapsulate night time light and offer bowlers protection from the hot summer, morning and afternoon, sun and rain. Continued next page ►
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