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The game of lawn bowls is very simple to learn but can take anyone years to perfect. Games are played in a gentlemanly
fashion, with positive support and comments for all players.
The goal of the game is to get more of your team's bowls closer to the jack (the small white ball) than your opponents on each
"end" played. A typical game is 14 or more ends, with an overall running tally being kept at all times to establish the winner.
Bowling bowls come in sets of 4, the maximum number of bowls you will roll in one end of a game. (Only 3 bowls each are
used in triples and 2 in Rinks - as quadruples is known). The big surprise of the game is when you first pick up a bowl, and feel
how heavy it is. Notice that all bowls come in sets with different pictures on each set to identify who the owner is - which is very
important when you come to scoring. [See Equipment and Glossary for more details].
But the bigger surprise is when you try to roll it and see it doesn't go straight! Wow. These bowls are not round. They are
weighted to one side and have a built in natural bias. So you always roll the bowl on its smooth areas (areas without emblems
or markings), with the small emblem on the side to which you want it to curve. How much it will actually turn is a factor of how
fast you roll it (know as "the weight"), where you aim it (known as "the grass"), the condition of the green, and other bumps of
nature. But you always try to release the bowl smoothly aiming at a distinct point that you hope will bring the bowl to rest at its
best target position.
While the whole bowling green is square, games are actually played in assigned rinks which are designated with small
markers on the edge. These also act as great reference points for aiming when you roll. To protect the grass, different rinks and
different directions are used on different days.
There are both forehand shots and backhand shots, and you will need to learn both. But don't forget to check your emblems...to
avoid the embarassment of a reverse bias shot when your bowl will surely take off into a neighboring rink.
In singles play, it is just you against an opponent (with a neutral spotter to help center the jack). In team play, the following
positions exist:
Lead: The person who leads off
Vice: The next person to play, and the Vice Skip of the Team
Skip: Usually the most experienced player who also guides most of the strategy. The Skip, always plays last.
fashion, with positive support and comments for all players.
The goal of the game is to get more of your team's bowls closer to the jack (the small white ball) than your opponents on each
"end" played. A typical game is 14 or more ends, with an overall running tally being kept at all times to establish the winner.
Bowling bowls come in sets of 4, the maximum number of bowls you will roll in one end of a game. (Only 3 bowls each are
used in triples and 2 in Rinks - as quadruples is known). The big surprise of the game is when you first pick up a bowl, and feel
how heavy it is. Notice that all bowls come in sets with different pictures on each set to identify who the owner is - which is very
important when you come to scoring. [See Equipment and Glossary for more details].
But the bigger surprise is when you try to roll it and see it doesn't go straight! Wow. These bowls are not round. They are
weighted to one side and have a built in natural bias. So you always roll the bowl on its smooth areas (areas without emblems
or markings), with the small emblem on the side to which you want it to curve. How much it will actually turn is a factor of how
fast you roll it (know as "the weight"), where you aim it (known as "the grass"), the condition of the green, and other bumps of
nature. But you always try to release the bowl smoothly aiming at a distinct point that you hope will bring the bowl to rest at its
best target position.
While the whole bowling green is square, games are actually played in assigned rinks which are designated with small
markers on the edge. These also act as great reference points for aiming when you roll. To protect the grass, different rinks and
different directions are used on different days.
There are both forehand shots and backhand shots, and you will need to learn both. But don't forget to check your emblems...to
avoid the embarassment of a reverse bias shot when your bowl will surely take off into a neighboring rink.
In singles play, it is just you against an opponent (with a neutral spotter to help center the jack). In team play, the following
positions exist:
Lead: The person who leads off
Vice: The next person to play, and the Vice Skip of the Team
Skip: Usually the most experienced player who also guides most of the strategy. The Skip, always plays last.
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Hammer Rule
Yesterday I received word from
World Bowls that a new set of
Laws of the Sport of Bowls has
been finalized and will become
effective in 2011.
The Hammer Rule has been
rescinded and we will go back to
the way it was before....where the
winner of the previous scoring
end will set the mat and deliver the
jack.
Conrad Melton
USLBA National Umpire in Chief
Yesterday I received word from
World Bowls that a new set of
Laws of the Sport of Bowls has
been finalized and will become
effective in 2011.
The Hammer Rule has been
rescinded and we will go back to
the way it was before....where the
winner of the previous scoring
end will set the mat and deliver the
jack.
Conrad Melton
USLBA National Umpire in Chief
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