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How to Hold and Release a Bowl: A Beginner’s Guide

Mastering the basics of holding and releasing a bowl is one of the first steps to becoming a confident indoor bowler. The way you grip and deliver the bowl affects its accuracy, weight, and bias, so...

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Bowls Etiquette: The Unwritten Rules of a Timeless Sport

Indoor bowls is more than a game; it’s a tradition steeped in respect, fairness, and camaraderie. While the rules of play are crucial, the true spirit of bowls lies in its etiquette. For new...

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What is a Pineapple in Lawn Bowls?

There's nothing better than rolling your bowl down the rink smoothly, time after time. But sometimes they wobble a little, sometimes they bounce. It happens to us all, but most of all you want to...

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How does the scoring work in indoor bowls?

Just like the game itself, scoring in indoor bowls is very simple. So let's take a quick look at how you score shots in indoor bowls. When an end has finished, the shots are added up to work out...

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What does a marker do in lawn bowls?

You've just entered your first singles competition and as the home player you've been told you need to get a marker, but you are not sure why. So what does a marker do, and why do you need one? A...

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What is Jack High in lawn bowls?

As you start to play bowls you will hear people say things that you may not quite understand, but as a new player you are too embarrassed to ask your skip at that point in time. That's ok, some of us...

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Hi, I'm Paul (also known as ferret), and have been bowling for 35 years, all at The Angel IBC in Tonbridge, Kent. I've built this site to help some of the new players to our wonderful sport, in an effort to answer some of the questions that get asked. I see it as an opportunity to help promote the sport and get it out to a new audience. We all love our sport and want it to thrive, so please spread the word if you feel it will help

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