Claadehol Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Seems a lot of fuss being made about the bowling hall being used by AHS pupils for prelim exams. The bowlers after all get to use the hall for most of the year. Surely the bowlers can go outside onto the green again and play with their bowls there. It doesn't rain every day and the outdoor exercise will do them good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Guest Mr.Brown Posted January 14, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 ^I don't know much about bowling (well nothing really) but I wonder if the rules & method of play of indoor bowling & outdoor bowling might differ in some ways, can any bowlers out there tell us? As for how the weather conditions may affect being able to do outdoor bowling, we should all know how unpredictable/mixed our weather can be at any time of the year. I would think the bowlers choose the outdoor variety more for the enjoyment of being out in the fresh air when it is warm & dry enough rather than the amount of exercise it gives them. At prelim time, which I think must be coming up fairly soon, even if it is a dry day it is unlikely to be warm enough to make bowling outdoors pleasurable. Afterall it isn't a sport where you are running around building up a sweat! Anyway who are any of us to say how someone else should or could get their exercise. One thing that is predictable is the time of year that school exams are held & it seems strange to me that a brand new school, built at considerable cost would not be built with the ability to contain the pupils while they are taking the exams. That point I think is worth making a fuss about. George., Capeesh, thebfg and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Guest tiodylb17 Posted January 14, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Why was there no plan in the build for an area large enough for them to sit exams etc ? Girzie, Capeesh, waarigeo and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wotsit Posted January 14, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 A proper school hall area for exams, speeches, school plays etc would have been good idea to have been included in the plans. Why so many staff rooms? . waarigeo, wilks, Girzie and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ghost Town Posted January 14, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Well I'm not sure what the bowling set up is like in Lerwick. But back in the North of England, a lot of bowlers tended to be pensioners and it was not just a time to play a game, but also to meet up with friends, catch up on news and ensure they don't feel isolated. What I find more confusing is when you build a school, surely you take into account that at the end of EVERY year there will be Prelims and exams? And in between maybe School productions and the like? Very strange and dangerous to rely on another business enterprise to secure the future of pupils at the AHS. Maybe I'm missing something. Girzie, thebfg, waarigeo and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Frances144 Posted January 14, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Most odd there was no provision for a school hall. Surely they get to meet up sometimes - school play? exams? assembly? (if we are allowed to use that word anymore), annual school meeting to discuss more or less malt loaf and colour/height of school socks, and PE (ugh!). Ghost Town, waarigeo, Capeesh and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urabug Posted January 14, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 It is unfair and stinks that the Shetland Recreational Trust can treat a long standing group participating in a pastime which is so valuable to the health and well being of them all . Bowls is not only competitive it is a meeting place where many friends gather and enjoy themselves .Gets them out and about. When was the Shetland Education Department given priority to the Centre over the day to day requirements of the general public that if my memory recalls, it was built for in the first place. Possibly now that we know the council can operate without the "White House" they will re-access and find a suitable area in this said building for the purpose of conducting exams. What is wrong with the existing classrooms anyway ,they were good enough when I went to school ! Capeesh, waarigeo, thebfg and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotsit Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Perhaps a school extension is now needed for a proper hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urabug Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Perhaps a school extension is now needed for a proper hall.They could tell the councillors to *is* of for a few weeks and use the County Buildings and the Town Hall now that would save a few bob but you can be sure now that this problem has arisen there will be an extension on the cards to the new school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotsit Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 The old Anderson is empty, maybe they could use that for the exams, it won’t cost them. Frances144 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr.Brown Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 ^ Gosh wonder why that is, oh yes it was deemed unfit for purpose! Sorry folks, that bit of sarcasm escaped before I could stop it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Replying to those people who have posted asking why the bowlers do not use the outdoor bowling green during the winter, I would confirm the the SIC, who own the area, close it between the beginning of September and the beginning of May. The sensible reason for this is that, in September, it is re-seeded and the grass is allowed to grow and flourish which gives it the strength to survive the usage it gets during the summer, when it is played on virtually every day. Outdoor bowls can only be played on grass cut very short, as this allows the bowls to roll along the surface without having to use an excessive amount of effort to get them across the green. In addition, this winter, there has been standing water on the green for at least 95% of the days since mid September. Most of the indoor bowling is done in the evenings and I would make the obvious point that there are no floodlights at the outdoor green plus it would not be much fun trying to play a game of bowls in cold, windy weather, even if the area was lit up. waarigeo and Capeesh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotsit Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 ^ Gosh wonder why that is, oh yes it was deemed unfit for purpose! Sorry folks, that bit of sarcasm escaped before I could stop it!So is the new Anderson unfit for purpose, you can't even sit an exam now. farmer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Can't they both use it? School during the day (if they must) and bowlers evenings/weekends. Who plays bowls between 9 and 5 anyway. The irony in this is that when Clickimin was built, there was much grumblings about 'favouritism' that the indoor bowling crowd where the only 'niche' group getting bespoke dedicated facilities in it. Changed days. Fears were frequently voiced during the planning stage that putting the school next Clickimin would lead to Clickimin becoming absorbed in to it, and the general public would only get to use it when the school didn't need it. Seems those crystal ball gazers weren't wrong. Couldn't they have bunged them in the tent if existing classrooms really weren't workable, is it in use all day every day, does it really need to be? Capeesh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Sorry Ghostrider. It takes 4 hours to put the protective, wooden flooring down and 4 hours to take it back up again so both parties can't use it on the same day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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