New Zealand's top lawn bowlers will try to get a handle on the slow greens expected at the Commonwealth Games by heading to the Northern Hemisphere this weekend.
The Black Jacks will play a tri-series with Australia and Wales in Wales before they take part in an eight-team invitational tournament in Glasgow on the greens that will be used at the Games next July.
New Zealand will take seven men and seven women on the trip, which will act as a dummy run for national coach Dave Edwards to assess combinations ahead of the Games.
"We'll be trying all sorts of different combinations right through the four disciplines, singles, pairs, triples and fours," he said.
"It'll be assisting us in the selection process. The key thing is getting used to the conditions up there; the greens, the surroundings, everything like that. So it's going to be a very important and helpful trip."