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Bowling Green
Bowling Club
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Players deliver bowls in turn, as close as possible to a target object - scoring individual points for how many bowls are nearer the “jack” than the competitor’s. At each “end”, only one team can score points, and the first to a total of 21 wins a game. The first team to a pre-determined number of games, dependent on the rules of the particular competition, wins the match. It is permitted for players to use their own bowls to knock an opponent’s bowls away from the “jack”, or to knock one of their own closer.
Equipment
Lawn Bowling is usually played outdoors on greens with a grass or artificial surface measuring between 37 metres and 40 metres in length, although sometimes played indoors where it is usually on a smaller surface.
Traditionally, bowls are made from wood, rubber or a combination of both, but lignite is now frequently used. Bowls are not completely spherical; having two flatter opposite sides.
The “jack” is also made of wood or lignite. It is coloured, with diameter of 6.4cm - thus being smaller than the bowls, which must have a diameter between 11.4 and 13.4cm.
Players usually wear white clothing. Their shoes are self-coloured in white, brown or black having a smooth sole with no heel.
History
Although Lawn bowling originated in Great Britain, it is similar to the Italian and French games of bocce and petanque respectively.
Lawn Bowling also has similarities to the Scottish game of curling. \The oldest known bowling green is in Southampton, England - which has been used since 1299. The game has been standardised by the World Bowling Board and it is an event in the Commonwealth Games. Women’s lawn bowling was first introduced in 1982. |
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