It’s almost May and May is the month for Open Houses at the lawn bowling clubs in Canada. In May clubs offer the general public a chance to discover that lawn bowling is fun. What’s it like? It’s sort of alley bowling with sunshine. It’s sort of curling with grass instead of ice (and no sweeping!) It was a fascination for Francis Drake, historically, and hundreds of thousands of Australians, today.
It can keep you flexible and trim. Literally anyone can play.
People in wheelchairs play. People who are legally blind play. If you have a
bad back or bad knees, there is special equipment to help deliver the bowl. The
best bowlers in the world are in their twenties and thirties but there are
advantages to being short, stout and having big feet! (A firm foundation and
low center of gravity are advantages.) There are advantages to being patient and
tactical.
Finally it is environmentally green and financially affordable.
Any club will welcome new bowlers and lend them bowls to get
started. Now is the season to invite friends and acquaintances to have as much
enjoyment as you are having!
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| The decapitated man on the left is now minister of immigration The bowler is the soon to be former leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada |
