Bowls - Jacks
Drakes Pride are the longest established English bowls manufacturer and are still the leading supplier of quality bowling equipment in the World. Masters Traditional Games are proud to bring you their bowls equipment.
Drakes Pride provide high quality Lawn Bowls, Indoor Bowls and Short Mat Bowls Jacks all at regulation specification or better.
Please be aware that the Short Mat alloy heavyweight Jacks are prone to chipping - this is unavoidable due to the material and the nature of the game. We will not be able to accept returned Jacks if they have been used. However, we do offer an exchange service whereby you can return your chipped Short Mat Jacks and we will send you som reconditioned Short Mat Jacks in return for a fee. It doesn't matter how badly chipped the Jacks are and you can order this return service in the normal way below.
Drakes Pride are the appointed Standard Jack makers of the British Crown Green Bowls Association. Their Jacks are 98.5mm +0/-0.6mm diameter with a weight of 666gms +/- 10gms. Their bias is "2 full".
To
the left are standard Lawn Bowls Jacks. To the right are shown Crown Green
Jacks.
Change to $  Change to  |
UK pounds (ex.VAT) |
Pounds (incl. VAT) |
Typical ETA in wkg days |
Add to basket |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Standard Yellow Jack (63-64mm, approx. 230g) |
£11.22 | £12.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
Standard White Jack (63-64mm, approx. 230g) |
£11.22 | £12.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
Indoor Yellow Heavyweight Jack (63-67mm, approx. 420g) |
£20.78 | £23.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
Indoor White Heavyweight Jack (63-67mm, approx. 420g) |
£20.78 | £23.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
Shortmat Yellow Extra Heavyweight Jack (approx. 890g) |
£26.87 | £30.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
Exchange chipped heavyweight Short mat jack for new Jack (We will send you the address to send the old Jack to. Please post back using a recorded service). |
£15.57 | £17.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
Standard Crown Green Jack - Black |
£24.80 | £28.52 | 1 + transit time | ||
Standard Crown Green Jack - Yellow |
£31.10 | £35.77 | 1 + 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.