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Articles & information on some of the many disciplines of Bowling Green Bowls.

There are many version of bowls from the Internationally recognised Lawn (Flate Green) Bowls and the Crown Green version played in the North of England, North Wales and Isle of Man. There are, however of version of the sports , so better known than others, such as Table Bowls, and we have tried to record as many of the different disciplines as possible.

We also re-publish articles written for one of the the 'World Bowls' magazine during the late 1990's plus some published in 'Todays Bowler' in the 2001/2/3. To those articles others have been added, for example the one explaining the date stamp of lawn bowls and other covering some of the different variations of the sport..

Atricle 1 - Origin of Bowls

Article 2 - Testing Bowls

Article 3 - Bias

Article 4 - Lignum Vitae Bowls (Real Woods)

Article 5 - Composition Bowls

Article 6 - Indoor or Outdoor Models

Article 7 - Crown Green Bowls

Article 8 - Short Mat Bowls

Article 13 - Recognise the "Date Stamp"

Article 15 - Table Bowls

Article 16 - Carpet Bowls