Shire of Murray

Why Bowls?

Bowls is enjoyed by people all around the world and because of it competitiveness, skill and the fact that it is a non contact sport, the game suits people from their teen years through to their nineties.

Lawn bowls is usually played on a large, rectangular, precisely levelled and manicured grass or synthetic surface known as a bowling green which is divided into parallel playing strips called rinks.

In the simplest competition, singles, one of the two opponents flips a coin to see who wins the "mat" and begins a segment of the competition (in bowling terms, an "end"), by placing the mat and rolling the jack to the other end of the green to serve as a target. Once it has come to rest, the jack is aligned to the centre of the rink and the players take turns to roll their bowls from the mat towards the jack.  The winner is the first to either 21,25 or 31 shots as determined by the controlling body.

Bowls Facilities in Murray

• Pinjarra Bowling and Recreation Club Inc

• Yunderup Sport and Recreation Club Inc

Want to Play Bowls?

Call your local Bowls club for more Information. Contact details of Bowls and other sporting clubs in the Shire of Murray can be found within the Sport and Recreation page of our Community Directory.