Bowls - Crown Green Bowls

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, the United Kingdom and in other UK territories. Bowls - The Game. The game is usually played on a large, rectangular, precisely levelled and manicured grass or synthetic surf ...

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• Bowls - The Game
• Bowls - Scoring
• Bowls - Bias of Bowls
• Bowls - Variations of Play
• Bowls - Popularity
• Bowls - World Bowling Championships
• Bowls - World Indoor Singles Champions
• Bowls - Sir Francis Drake
• Bowls - Crown Green Bowls
• Bowls - Short Mat Bowls

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Bowls are designed to travel a curved path, referred to as bias, and was originally produced by inserting weights to one side of the bowl. This is no longer permitted by the rules and bias is now produced entirely by the shape of the bowl. A bowler can recognise the bias direction of the bowl in his hand by a dimple or symbol on one side. Regulations determine minimum and maximum curvature characteristics allowed, but within these rules bowlers can and do choose bowls to suit their own preference. They were originally made from lignum vitae, ...

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Bowls, Bowls - The Game, Bowls - Scoring, Bowls - Bias of Bowls, Bowls - Variations of Play, Bowls - Popularity, Bowls - World Bowling Championships, Bowls - World Indoor Singles Champions, Bowls - Sir Francis Drake, Bowls - Crown Green Bowls, Bowls - Short Mat Bowls

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