Safe Bowls in a Time of Pandemic

Bowling at a Happier Time

    As sports go, playing lawn bowls outside involves more social distancing and less inter-person contact than most others. On the other hand, bowlers themselves are more likely to be from the more-at-risk age groups.

 If you must bowl perhaps you could do the following:

 1.     Don’t congregate in the clubhouse; stay outdoors where the air is fresher.
2.     Do wash your hands vigorously with soap and water regularly for 20 seconds.
3.     Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
4.     Don’t hug, kiss, or shake hands before or after a match.
5.      Don’t lick your fingers before gripping your bowl.
6.     Don’t pick up other people’s bowls.
7.     Only the leads should touch the jack with their hands.
8.     Only the leads should use the pushers.
9.     Preferably, don’t use the pushers; kick back the bowls like Australians do.
10.  Only the leads should touch the mats with their hands; others move the mats by foot.
11.  Don’t use scoreboards; have the skips keep scorecards.
12.  Center the jack with your foot, not your hand.
13.  Don’t lend your measure.

Stay safe!