Bowls Bags
| Drakes Pride Crown Green Bowls Bag 
From £11.90 Modest, sturdy, practical bowls bag ideal for Crown Green bowls - holds 2 bowls + jack | Airport Nylon Micro Double Decker Bag 
From £16.90 Room for 2 bowls in lower section and a top section for shoes/accessories + strap | Airport Nylon Mini Double Decker Bag 
£24.90 Space for 4 bowls in bottom section and a top section for shoes and/or accessories |
| Airport Nylon Midi Double Decker Bag 
From £23.90 Room for 4 bowls in base and in the top, shoes/accessories + strap & wet gear sleeve | Drakes Pride Pro Midi Bowls Bag 
From £29.90 With shoulder strap and side shoe/wet gear sleeve - holds 4 bowls | Drakes Pride Pro Maxi Bowls Bag 
From £30.90 With shoulder strap and bowl and shoe compartment in base - holds 4 bowls |
| Drakes Pride Maxi Double Decker Nylon Bag 
£26.90 The Maxi bag is another quality bag with a strap and two layers - Space for 4 bowls | Drakes Pride Bowls Trolley Bag 
£49.90 Spacious bowls bag as a trolley on wheels with compartments for bowls and shoes/accessories |
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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.