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  Lawn bowling is a target sport. Lawn bowling games take the form of singles, pairs, triples or fours according to the number of bowlers in each team. A game is played on a rink, which is a demarcated strip of a bowling green. An end begins when the first player lays a mat and delivers an unbiased jack, the target bowl.  The projectiles used in the game are bowls, which two opposing bowlers or teams of bowlers alternately roll along the rink towards the target bowl, or jack. The bias of bowls causes them to travel a path of increasing curvature as they slow down. Players grip a bowl with its biased side either on the left or the right depending on the chosen hand of play. The line, speed and objective of each bowl delivered depends on whether its purpose is creating, consolidating, defending or attacking the head, any of which can be the tactical key to winning the end. .... (written by Rod Judson)  
 
   
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The Object of Lawn Bowls  and tactics  from Wikipedia
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  British Crown Green Bowling Association, 
Beginners Guide to Lawn Bowls
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  Performance Lawn Bowls    Lawn bowls coaching tips, tutorials, news, drills and articles. All you need to improve your outdoor bowling game.
Bowls for Beginners from the English Bowling Association
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  HickOk Sports   "Lawn bowls, also known as lawn bowling or bowling on the green, is considered a quintessentially English sport. However, it probably originated in France........."
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History of Lawn Bowls from Banwell Bowls Club, Somerset UK, with its odd 'L'-shaped green
 

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Australia    
  Australia -Lawn Bowls International Coaching Manual  ISBN 0 646 38054 0 available from State Associations.
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Gladesville Lawn Bowling and Sports Club, Sydney supports the Gladesville Sporties' lawn bowls, golf, snooker and fishing clubs and sponsors various local Sydney sports clubs. It also provides entertainment, events, barefoot lawn bowls coaching, top greens. Introduction to Lawn Bowls
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