Home Carpet Bowls
For those who take the game a little less seriously - but the competition in the living room can still be ferocious...
Drakes Pride Carpet Bowls
Produced
by Drakes Pride, the leading name in quality Bowing Equipment, this
quality set is a great gift for a Bowls enthusiast or any family that
likes playing games.
Their home product is a miniaturised set of bowls designed to be played on the carpet in your home. The set comes with 4 pairs of bowls, a jack, a mat and instructions.
The diameter of the bowls is 6.5cm (2.5 inches). Similar specification to full competition bowls with a full bias. Minimum area required - 10 x 6 feet (3 x 2m).
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Jaques Carpet Bowls
This
set of 66mm (approx. 2.5 inches) diameter carpet bowls is by Jaques
designed for playing in the home. Each bowl features a full standard
bias and come in four sets of two colours. The set comes with a hard
wearing jack and is presented in a green zipped bag.
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Jaques Home Carpet Bowls (set of 4) |
£38.30 | £45.00 | 3 + transit time | ||
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The Origin of Bowls
Bowls historians believe that bowls developed from the Egyptians. One of their pastimes was to play skittles with round stones. This has been determined based on artefacts found in tombs dating circa 5,000 B.C. The sport spread across the world and took on a variety of forms, Bocce (Italian), Bolla (Saxon), Bolle (Danish), Boules (French) and Ula Miaka (Polynesian). The oldest Bowls green still played on is in Southampton, England where records show that the green has been in operation since 1299 A.D. There are other claims of greens being in use before that time, but these are, as yet, unsubstantiated
King Henry VIII was a lawn bowler. However, he banned the game for those who were not wealthy or "well to do" because "Bowyers, Fletchers, Stringers and Arrowhead makers" were spending more time at recreational events such as bowls instead of practising their trade. Henry VIII requested that anybody who wished to keep a bowling green pay a fee of 100 pounds. However, the green could only be used for private bowls play and he forbade anyone to "play at any bowle or bowles in open space out of his own garden or orchard". In 1845, the ban was lifted, and people were again allowed to play bowls and other games of skill.
Nowadays, Bowls is a hugely popular world sport. It appears in a variety of guises - Lawn Bowls and Indoor Bowls are recognised International sports with formal bodies at all levels. Crown Green Bowls is also a major pastime for thousands of people but this game is restricted more to the British Isles. The smaller modern indoor versions of the game - Shortmat Bowls and Carpet Bowls are also more of a British game but are less popular. Table Bowls appears to have turned up in the 19th century around the Carlisle area and although, it has never become hugely popular has apparently spread as far afield as Australia...
You can learn more about the Bowls from from The Online Guide to Traditional Games.