Drakes Pride Bowls Scoreframes

Drakes Pride produce three scoreframes for Bowls. They include double sided scoring cards and are freestanding. They are supplied with ground spikes for those that require the frame to be firmly positioned. All frames have dimensions of 3' by 10". The scoring cards are made from a coated aluminium so are strong and won't tear from use on the rings.

Deluxe Scoreframe

Most people opt for the vertical frame to be positioned at the end of a rink.

The horizontal frame is useful for people who wish to put the scoreframe on a table and then have someone sitting at the table on a chair changing the numbers. It is also favoured by rinks where the scoreframe needs to be put on a bank at the edge of a lawn or hung on a wall. In this case, the top of the vertical score frame would be inconveniently high so the horizontal frame is a better bet.

The dimensions of the scoring cards (including the hanging rings) are 10" by 7.75" for these non deluxe score frames.

The Deluxe version, (seen in the picture on the right), uses the same frame but has a different style of signs with Home, Ends and Away in-line with the numbers, and the numbers go up to 99. The dimensions of the scoring cards are 10" by 8.5".

Note: We are unable to provide numbers in the Scottish/Irish format of blue for Away and red for Home.

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Upright Double Sided Scoreframe

£58.25

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Horizontal Double Sided Scoreframe

£58.25

£69.90

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Replacement set of double sided numbers for Scoreframe

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Upright Deluxe Double Sided Scoreframe

£69.08

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Replacement Set of Numbers for Upright Deluxe Double Sided Scoreframe

£55.75

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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...

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The Origin of Bowls