Links

There is much to be found on the WWW related to lawn bowling. Here are a few links to get you started with a bit of emphasis on other Bay Area clubs.

Bay Area Clubs

Oakland Lawn Bowling Club

Oakland LBC, near Lake Merritt is one of the oldest bowling clubs in the west.

http://www.oaklandlawnbowlingclub.com
 
Palo Alto Lawn Bowling Club

This is a VERY active club in Palo Alto. Great people, too.

http://palbc.org/
 
Rossmore Lawn Bowling Club

Just over the hills lies a well maintained club with three fine bowling greens.

http://rlbc.net
 
San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club

The Grand Dame, in Golden Gate Park, since 1901

http://www.sflbc.org
 
San Jose Lawn Bowls Club

The San Jose club is an active group.

http://sjlbc.org
 
Santa Clara Lawn Bowling Club

Nice folks, serious bowlers!

http://www.santaclaralawnbowls.org/
 
Santa Cruz Lawn Bowling Club

The only artificial bowling surface in Northern California.

http://www.sclawnbowls.org
 
Sunnyvale Lawn Bowling Club

Known for hosting training tournaments for novices.

http://www.svlbc.org
 

Equipment

 
Henselite Lawn Bowls



http://www.lawnbowlsusa.com/
 

Fun stuff

Allens Arthur Robinson flash game of bowls

Created an amusement for the 2006 Summer Olympics; bet you can't play just once!

http://www.allens.com.au/spons/m2006/bowls/flashgame.htm
 
Berkeley Patch Video June, 2011

Video demonstrating the basics of lawn bowling.

http://berkeley.patch.com/articles/video-on-the-green-at-the-berkeley-lawn-bowling-club?ncid=M255
 
Curling without the ice

A short movie from game/tournaments played in Berkeley in 2009.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Oq67ismkc
 
NBC Bay Area - Great lawn bowling video from Palo Alto

Local news covers lawn bowling basics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJaZvr9Em2o
 

Instructional resources

96 Bowl Drill (Practice Makes Perfect!)

This Australian video describes an ordered approach to practice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=HZ_d6lCyLNo
 
Game Arrangements (useful rink selection table from 1964-see p. 26)

Game arrangements table

http://www.uslba.org/bowls_mag/1964/1964-02.pdf
 
Lawn Bowls on Wikipedia



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls
 

Other Clubs and Organizations

Bowls USA

Bowls USA is the national organization governing the sport in the U.S.A.

http://www.bowlsusa.us/
 
Carmel Del Mesa Lawn Bowling Club

Del Mesa LBC, in Carmel, CA

http://www.delmesalbc.org
 
Holmby Park Lawn Bowling Club

Beverly Hills Lawn Bowling at Holmby Park; a second lawn bowling home for one member.

http://www.losangeleslawnbowling.com
 
Pacific Intermountain Division (Bowls USA)

Most Northern California lawn bowling clubs are members of PIMD

http://www.pimdlawnbowls.org
 
San Diego Lawn Bowling Club

Lawn bowling in the southland

http://www.sandiegolawnbowling.org/
 
Santa Barbara Lawn Bowling Club



http://www.santabarbaralbc.org
 
World Bowls

This newly revamped site from World Bowls has some useful information, especially their Introduction to Bowling.

http://www.worldbowls.com
 

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