Provider of tension membrane structures, MakMax Australia, is currently working on installing a world first long span bowling greens cover.
Following success at Pine Rivers Memorial Bowls Club in Queensland the bowls community has seen the value in covering greens and providing a sun-safe playing environment.
Cabramatta Bowls Club will reportedly be the first lawn bowls facility in the world to cover a bowling green with state of the art PTFE (polytetraflouroethylene) fabric roofing.
The inner fibres of PTFE are in essence fibre glass with a Teflon outer coating, this will help to keep the surface a crisp white colour throughout its lifetime.
Other facilities that use PTFE for roofing include Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast, The Gabba in Brisbane and Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.
Construction is due to be complete by mid October 2011.
