Bowls is the ultimate sport for all, a genuine sport for life. It is completely inclusive and accessible regardless of gender or age.

Anyone can play, but to be the best requires skill, mental strength, resolve and powers of endurance. No sport is easier to learn, but to achieve any sort of mastery demands determination, concentration and practice.

Bowling clubs are at the heart of almost every community in Scotland. Club membership is inexpensive compared with most other sports.

The basics:

Outdoor bowls is played on squares of closely cut grass known as “the green” which is then divided into a series of separate strips known as rinks.

The green is surrounded by a small ditch to catch bowls that leave the green, behind which is a bank on where markers are placed to indicate the boundaries of each rink and the centre line.

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