I save the day!
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382115)
Rockingham, Australia
December 7, 2018 11:11pm CST
Over the last four weeks, Vince and I have been playing lawn bowls in a five-week community competition. Most who are participating have rarely played bowls but go along and enjoy the sport for those few weeks.
In case you don’t know, the bowls used are weighted on one side. The side with the weight has a larger symbol on it. So to roll the ball from A to B you have to send it out in a curve either to the left or right depending on whether you’re holding the ball with the weight on the left or right. A yellow ball, the kitty or jack, is rolled down first and you have to get your bowls as close as possible to the kitty. So you aim well to one side of the kitty and, near the end of its run, the weight causes the bowl to arc in towards the kitty.
Sometimes the kitty is at the very end of the green or it may be a few metres away so it is quite a tricky procedure particularly if you rarely play. I’m not very sports-minded at all and have a lot of trouble getting anywhere near the kitty but last night the Fates took pity on me and with my final bowl, it hit another bowl which is allowed and cannoned off that to get very close to the kitty as you can see in the photo. Until then our two teams’ scores had been equal but my bowl meant our team won for the night. What a great way to end the evening – well, for me anyway. 
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@JudyEv (382115)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec 18
It was just a fluke but that's okay. I can cope with flukes. 
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
8 Dec 18
Seems like a nice game there, if this is in my place I will also try to play this game.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
8 Dec 18
I first learned about this game on the site Bubblews. Congrats to you
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@JudyEv (382115)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec 18
It doesn't seem as though it is well known in the US.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
8 Dec 18
I wanna come play, with you!!!!!
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@JudyEv (382115)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec 18
I was doing a happy dance!! My one decent shot all night! 
@snowy22315 (208958)
• United States
9 Dec 18
I hope you tooted your own horn for awhile!!
. The lawn bowling reminds me of Bocce wish is a pretty good game. I know the French also play a game called Petanq?? which is similar.
. The lawn bowling reminds me of Bocce wish is a pretty good game. I know the French also play a game called Petanq?? which is similar.1 person likes this
@allknowing (153530)
• India
8 Dec 18
You may not be sports minded but you wrote this like a professional (lol)
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17240)
• China
8 Dec 18
You finally turned the table! I am now taking a trip ,2000km away from my hometown.I do mylot with smartphone and the connection is bad ,so I can't see the picture above and have no idea of what the lawn bowl is like.
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@JudyEv (382115)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Dec 18
@Ronrybs We made up our own cornboard toss game which is a bit of fun when we get together with others. But it's not an inside game either. I can only find this photo of it at the moment. This is in France where we first played it.
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@JudyEv (382115)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec 18
Four or five weeks is fun but I don't want to join the club and play every week.
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
8 Dec 18
You had lady Luck by your side. Congrats. It is more fun to win by fluke.
It is more fun to win by fluke.1 person likes this
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
8 Dec 18
@JudyEv Patience is the virtue of happiness. And so for luck..it will be on our side someday. We have to just wait with hope.
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@JudyEv (382115)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec 18
It's quite good fun but I'm not interested in playing year-round.
