Bowls England Guidance on Electric Fences
In regards to the installation of Electric Fences around Bowling Greens and following a question regarding risk, the following advice was received from the Bowls England insurer (Sutton Winson) :
“Without knowing the specific risk, I can’t really comment specifically, but the Insured will have to consider the following:
The club will need to be very careful that they are not leaving themselves vulnerable to prosecution.
Whilst not exactly the same, as far as razor wire/barbed wire/broken glass on walls etc is concerned, we actively discourage this type of perimeter protection.”