enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Bowls - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls

    Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curved path when being rolled.

  3. Glossary of bowls terms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_bowls_terms

    In outdoor bowls the jack has no bias, but in Crown Green bowls, the jack has a bias similar to the bowl itself. jack high: is a comparison of the position of a bowl in relation to the jack. A "jack high bowl" means a bowl whose front edge, which is closest to the bowler on the mat, is level with the front edge of the jack.

  4. United States National Bowls Championships - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National...

    Bowls in the United States is believed to have been in existence in Massachusetts and Connecticut as early as the mid-17th century. The sport in the United States probably originated from early settlers from the United Kingdom. Clubs existed long before the American Lawn Bowling Association was created in Buffalo, New York, on July 27, 1915 ...

  5. Short mat bowls - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_mat_bowls

    Short mat bowls is played indoors, so it is an all-year sport that is not affected by weather conditions. Because the equipment is transportable and easy to set up, it is particularly appropriate for locations that are also used for other purposes such as village halls, schools, and sports and social clubs; it is even played on North Sea oil rigs.

  6. Ron Buchan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Buchan

    He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [2] and won a gold medal in the fours with Norm Lash, Gordon Jolly and Bill O'Neill at the event. [3] He won the 1964 and 1965 singles title and the 1957 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Tui Park ...

  7. Charlie Herbert - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Herbert

    He was due to compete again for the United States during the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, but the event was cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he was retained for the team to represent them at 2023 World Bowls Championship. [6] He participated in the men's singles and the men's pairs events, the latter as skip. [7] [8]

  8. AOL Mail

    mail.aol.com

    Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!

  9. Ian Dickison - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Dickison

    In the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours, Dickison was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowls, [6] and in 1990 he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. [7] In 2013, he was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame. [8]