Lawn Bowls Scotland

This video clip was taken at Glasgow on 24/8/2010. Lawn bowls has a very ancient pedigree, possibly dating back to ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt. The game is played outdoors and requires participants to roll balls (5 inches or 13cm in diameter) called bowls or woods over a flat lawn. Object is to get as many balls as possible nearest a target, which is a smaller ball called the jack.As will be evident from the clip, the game can be played in wet conditions!

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• Lawn
• Bowls