Development

The Bowls Southland Development Programme covers a wide area and all aspects of the game; including coaching, playing, umpiring, greenkeepers, youth bowls, casual bowls, and administration.
Bowls New Zealand also provide a large number and variety of resources to assist clubs to deliver a quality standard to their members. Club Plan is a toolkit that clubs and centres can use to ensure best practice. Club Plan provides easy to follow resources and templates covering the following:

Planning
Club Plan "Securing Your Future" (Introduction)
Strategic Plan/Operational Plan
Financial
Health & Safety
Risk Management

People
Membership
Communication
Database (under construction)
Disability "No Exceptions"
Volunteer Management
Social Environment

The Club
Sponsorship
Marketing
Web-Site
Grant Applications
Constitution/Rules
-Bowls NZ Model Constitution
-Amalgamated Club

The Game 
Coaching
Greens Job description/Greens Evaluation Form
Casual Bowls
-MIB
Youth Bowls

All of these resources can be downloaded from the Bowls New Zealand website www.bowlsnz.co.nz and assistance can be requested from Gordon Crombie, Bowls Southland Executive Officer, and Jim Scott, Community Development Officer region 6.