Members may practise at any time the greens are open. Please look at the board on the Eastern end of the clubrooms to see which rinks are available

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How to get your green when the mat is well up the line to deal with a mat up the line

Provided wind conditions do not change on each side of the green there is one angle at which the bowl must be delivered for it to finish on the centre line.

Some bowlers visualize this angle. If you do this you do not need to worry about the position of the mat

Most bowlers find their green from a point on the bank (hence keeping the angle fixed unless the mat position changed). Most ends of bowls are played with the mat between 1 and 4 metres of the T, and on the trial ends the mat will usually be in this normal range.

If the mat is less than about 5 metres from the T the change of angle is so small that it is not worth changing the bank aiming point

Where the mat is placed more than about 5 metres up the green it is easy to find your new aiming point

Before going to the mat for your first bowl stand on the line in the normal position (1-2 metres from the T)

Look at your aiming point.

Imagine a line drawn from where you are standing to your aiming point

Estimate the distance between this line and the centre of the mat

For the new mat position move your aiming point towards the centre line by that distance