Lawn bowling provides an opportunity for participants to spend time outdoors and enjoy a leisurely physical activity. Any game that features rolling balls on grass toward a target can be considered lawn bowling, and lawn bowling can be played any place there is a lawn. Variations in scoring and the playing surface can take the regular game of lawn bowling and make it something new and exciting.
Lawn Bowling
The basic, standard game of lawn bowling involves setting a target called a "jack," which is a small white ball. Players roll their ball toward the jack and try to get it as close to the jack as possible from the opposite edge of the rectangular green. The game is played on a flat plot of grass, and players roll the ball from a predetermined spot opposite the jack. Whoever places their ball closest to the jack once each player has exhausted his throws for that round wins the right to score points. Every ball between the closest opponents' ball and the jack is worth one point, according to A Lawn Bowls Tutorial. Players play a set number of rounds and the player with the most points is declared the winner.
Crown Green Bowling
Crown Green Bowling allows each player two balls to roll in alternating fashion and is played on grass surfaces of varying sizes that can also feature undulations. After the jack is rolled and has stopped within the playing area's boundaries, one player picks the spot to start from, called the "footer," and each player must begin her shots from within 3 m of the footer horizontally, according to the British Crown Green Bowling Association. The player who gets his ball closest to the jack is eligible to score points, and each ball between the closest opponent's ball and the jack counts as a point.
4,3,2,1
The "4,3,2,1" variation of lawn bowling guarantees 10 points up for grabs and each player or team has the chance to win a fraction of the points. According to the A - Z of Lawn Bowls website, the 4,3,2,1 variation awards points to the four balls that come closest to the jack. The closest to the jack wins four points, the next closest gets three points, then the next closest gets two points and the farthest of the four from the jack gets one point. The team or player who collects four points gets to roll the jack for the next turn, regardless of whether the opposition scored more total points.
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