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Bowls (also known as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling) is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the "jack" or "kitty") than one's opponent is able to do. It is related to bocce and pétanque. This game is most popular in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and in other UK territories.

The Game


Bowls is usually played on a large, rectangular, precisely levelled and manicured grass or synthetic surface known as a bowling green which is divided into parallel playing strips called rinks. An indoor variation on carpet is also played. In the simplest competition, singles, one of the two opponents flips a coin to see who wins the "mat" and begins a segment of the competition (in bowling parlance, an "end"), by placing the mat and rolling the jack to the other end of the green to serve as a target. Once it has come to rest, the jack is aligned to the center of the rink and the players take turns to roll their bowls from the mat towards the jack and thereby build up the "head". A bowl is allowed to curve outside the rink boundary on its path, but must come to rest within the rink boundary to remain in play. Bowls reaching the ditch are dead and removed from play, except in the event when one has "touched" the jack on its way. "Touchers" are marked with chalk and remain alive in play even though they are in the ditch. Similarly if the jack is knocked into the ditch it is still alive unless it is out of bounds to the side resulting in a "dead" end which is replayed though according to international rules the jack is "respotted" to the center of the rink and the end is continued. After each competitor has delivered all of their bowls (four each in singles), the distance of the closest bowls to the jack is determined (the jack may have been displaced) and points, called "shots", are awarded for each bowl which a competitor has closer than the opponent's nearest to the jack. For instance, if a competitor has bowled two bowls closer to the jack than their competitor's nearest, they are awarded two shots. The exercise is then repeated for the next end, a game of bowls typically being of twenty one ends.

Scoring


Scoring systems vary from competition to competition, with some being the first to a specified number of points, say 21, or the highest scorer after say, 21 ends. Some competitions use a "set" scoring system, with the first to seven points awarded a set in a best-of-five set match. As well as singles competition, there can be pairs, triples and four-player teams. In these, teams take turns to bowl, with each player within a team bowling all their bowls, then handing over to the next player. The team captain or "skipper" always plays last and is instrumental in directing his team's shots and tactics.

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I discovered today my useless 10 pin bowling swing was really meant for lawn bowls !! Yay!!
billyboyandmia (billy boy & mia) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:26:34 -0000
I discovered today my useless 10 pin bowling swing was really meant for lawn bowls !! Yay!!
@mattsparks88 Bowling?Ten-pin or bare-foot lawn bowls?All the young ones r getting into lawn bowls now.I'm guessing u referring to ten-pin?
GoodyGirl77 (Goody Girl) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:23:59 -0000
@mattsparks88 Bowling?Ten-pin or bare-foot lawn bowls?All the young ones r getting into lawn bowls now.I'm guessing u referring to ten-pin?
went lawn bowling yesterday but weather was crap. have bene drinking and eating too much lately. another xmas lunch to go this arvo
adelinetang (Adeline Tang) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:23:45 -0000
went lawn bowling yesterday but weather was crap. have bene drinking and eating too much lately. another xmas lunch to go this arvo
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kelliejane (kelliejane) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:19:02 -0000
just posted some lawn bowling photos from yesterday for you to enjoy. http://bit.ly/8WfIgM and http://bit.ly/7Pm51o
Kokako Xmas Lawn Bowling Championship Friday night. Looking foward to seeing the good folks at the Rawhiti Bowling Club + beers + pressies!!
Kokakoorganic (Kokako Organic) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:05:54 -0000
Kokako Xmas Lawn Bowling Championship Friday night. Looking foward to seeing the good folks at the Rawhiti Bowling Club + beers + pressies!!
Any brilliant ideas for what to buy my step dad? he's a lawn bowling grey nomad who has everything. last year I got caravan mag +bowls stuff
Cate_Lawrence (Cate Lawrence) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:12:03 -0000
Any brilliant ideas for what to buy my step dad? he's a lawn bowling grey nomad who has everything. last year I got caravan mag +bowls stuff

 
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