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.
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Oakland Lawn Bowling Club Oakland LBC, near Lake Merritt is one of the oldest bowling clubs in the west. http://www.oaklandlawnbowlingclub.com |
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Palo Alto Lawn Bowling Club This is a VERY active club in Palo Alto. Great people, too. http://palbc.org/ |
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Rossmore Lawn Bowling Club Just over the hills lies a well maintained club with three fine bowling greens. http://rlbc.net |
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San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club The Grand Dame, in Golden Gate Park, since 1901 http://www.sflbc.org |
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Santa Cruz Lawn Bowling Club The only artificial bowling surface in Northern California. http://www.sclawnbowls.org |
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Sunnyvale Lawn Bowling Club Known for hosting training tournaments for novices. http://www.svlbc.org |
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Equipment |
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Fun stuff |
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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 |
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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 |
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Curling without the ice A short movie from game/tournaments played in Berkeley in 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Oq67ismkc |
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NBC Bay Area - Great lawn bowling video from Palo Alto Local news covers lawn bowling basics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJaZvr9Em2o |
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Instructional resources |
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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 |
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Game Arrangements (useful rink selection table from 1964-see p. 26) Game arrangements table http://www.uslba.org/bowls_mag/1964/1964-02.pdf |
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Other Clubs and Organizations |
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Bowls USA Bowls USA is the national organization governing the sport in the U.S.A. http://www.bowlsusa.us/ |
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Holmby Park Lawn Bowling Club Beverly Hills Lawn Bowling at Holmby Park; a second lawn bowling home for one member. http://www.losangeleslawnbowling.com |
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Pacific Intermountain Division (Bowls USA) Most Northern California lawn bowling clubs are members of PIMD http://www.pimdlawnbowls.org |
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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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