Because bocce ball competition is reserved for Special Olympians at least 30 years old, it's no surprise that the event is growing in popularity. "Our population is aging, just like the rest of the ...

The majority of the Washington Park Lawn Bowling Club is comprised of people who happened to be walking by the green and were curious to know more. It starts with a question. For example, “Is this ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Pickleball is popular. You might have played bocce ball. But have you heard of lawn bowling? It's been around for centuries: a game based on skill versus strength, and one of the ...

NEW BEDFORD – It’s been said that lawn bowling originated in ancient Egypt. The game has been played in England since the 13th century. In New Bedford it dates back to the late 1890s, brought here by ...

DERRICK: SOME OF THE NATION’S BEST BOWLERS ARE IN MILWAUKEE, BUT IT’S NOT THE BOLDING YOU ARE USED TO. MADISON: THE LAWN BOWLING NATIONAL SHOULD BE LAKE PARK IS UNDERWAY WITH THE WOMEN COMPETING ...

Bowling involves 10 pins, an alley, a heavy bowling ball and greasy burgers and a beer. But bowling's cousin, bocce ball, usually occurs on a lawn and includes wine, Italian food, eight small balls ...

You’re trying to get the 3-pound ball in your hand to land as close to the small white ball as possible — but if you aim for it, you’ll almost definitely miss it. That’s the trick to lawn bowling, I ...

Brian O'Byrne rolls his bowl toward the jack. Their lawn bowling rink has lights so they can play at night. Essex County Lawn Bowling Club has been around Watsessing Park since the early 1920's. They ...

What is now simply an open space covered with gravel and a few scraggly bushes will, within a year, be transformed into a pristine green surface, capable of hosting every level of lawn bowls ...

Tucked behind Witter Pool in Mission Park, members of the Spokane Lawn Bowling Club congregate over a pile of colorful spheres. They watch anxiously as one member crouches down, pulls out a ...