Finding a way to get those players to contribute to the overall membership fee is a new challenge facing the sport. "If there is resistance to adopt this plan we are not going to try and force a vote," Bowls NZ chief executive Kerry Clark says. Vyver says the Northern Region centres will opt to vote against the proposal on Monday but insists there is no animosity between the clubs and Bowls NZ. The sport's governing body was hoping to lock in a new membership fee structure that would see clubs pay a fee based on their 2014 membership numbers over the next three years. Bowls NZ says they are not trying to force the centres to accept this new proposal and are only trying to come up with a plan that will help the sport evolve.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 17, 2016 22:05 UTC