I never heard of lawn bowling until I came to Australia. My sister and I watched the professional Australian team play on TV when she was visiting. We wanted to play, but didn’t have the chance while she was here. Yesterday, I finally played for the first time with some friends at the Brunswick Bowling Club.
Lawn bowling is like bocce, you need to try and get your bowl closer to the jack than the other team. The balls are lopsided though, curving to one side and you need to negotiate this imbalance when you roll. Obviously there are people who are quite skilled, but you don’t need to be an expert to play with friends. It’s lots of fun!!!
The Brunswick Bowling Club is barefoot bowls, which means you have to take your shoes off to play on the grass. You gotta love a sport that is played barefoot, outside on the grass, with a beer in your hand! There were barbeques near by too, so we sparked up a few sausages! It’s a really fun little sport and I hope that I get to play again before leaving Australia!
Looks like fun!
Interesting club name….Brunswick is a big name that is very closely associated with bowling in the US. Wonder if there is any connection.
Interesting – I didn’t think about that connection. Brunswick is the name of the area that the club is located though, so in this case I don’t think there is a connection.