A code is a start, can't complain about that.
This was in 2012.
AT the Oak Flats Bowls and Recreation Club the rule is simple - swear and you're out!
Fed-up with bad language and behaviour club boss Matt O'Hara has taken a zero-tolerance stand to four-letter patrons in a bid to make it more family friendly.
Since 2002, when it was ranked the fourth most troublesome venue in the Illawarra for alcohol-related violence, he and his staff have suspended 800 patrons.
Their record was banning 66 people in six weeks.
"The majority of these suspensions were for minor issues such as swearing in public and not leaving when asked to," Mr O'Hara said.
"If a supervisor hears you swearing, they will ask you to leave. You get one month suspensions for swearing that can be heard by another table and if you swear at a staff member you will get a three-month suspension.
"There are two pubs in the area that tolerate that language," he said.
The club is now one of the lowest on the list of troublesome venues.
"We had to draw up a standard on what we believed was tolerable in our club."
To make up for the anti-social patrons they lost, Mr O'Hara has shifted his target market to include families.
"I can genuinely say for every anti-social person we have turned away, I am convinced 20 good ones walk back through the door," he said.
"Our community is quite behind us, we get a lot of support from our members who are pleased with the stance we have taken.
"We wanted to make our club a family-friendly club and we have gone out of our way to do that."
