The NEW Villages Lawn Bowls Club

[Christine G]

A note to say we will be bowling on Wednesday at 9 am and also starting the evening bowling at 6pm on Wednesday. We look forward to welcoming anyone who is interested in lawn bowling to come and join in, see you at the green at Rio Grande on Wednesday.

[Christine G]

This morning, we played a game of 4321. This game is great for reinforcing your drawing to the jack skills. Each bowler has four bowls and usually four people on each rink. The purpose is to get your bowls as close to the jack as possible as only the first four bowls will count. The closest gets 4 points, the next one 3 points, then 2 point and 1 point. It can be played as a league, or as a pairs game, or as we did today, each person bowled for themselves. The count for each end is a max of 10 points, each person keeps a score card. At the end of four ends, the one with the most points generally moves to the next rink on the right and the others stay where they are, with the winner of the adjacent rink joining them. Generally playing 12 ends is a good game. Think this might be a really good option for Wednesday mornings! Tonight at 6pm we will have a game of regular bowls, probably 10 ends, so if anyone would like to come along and join in, we will make you very welcome, if you have not bowled before, we will be happy to show you how.

[Christine G]

We had a good evening game with mens pairs and womens pairs. Also had three people come along and try out lawn bowls. They all did very well for their first attempt. A good day!

[gage405]

I was one of the three! It was fun and I enjoyed it. Don't think I can come next Wed. after all as I have company coming and they are interested in golf. But, I will try and
come the following Wed.
Thanks for the lessons!

[Christine G]

We are so happy to hear that you had fun and we look forward to seeing you again whenever you can make it. 9 am or 6 pm Wednesdays, whatever fits in with your schedule. 9 am game is really fun, called 4321 and a great way to practice getting to the jack! The evening game you will easily be able to join in and the others are only to happy to help, see you soon and thanks for your positive posting!

[Christine G]

A note to say that we will be bowling on Wednesday at 9 as usual, with 4321 game, easiest way to get into learning the basics too and Wednesday evening at 6 for an organised game, weather permitting, but we will go to the green anyway. So if you want any information or wish to bowl with us, we will be there. Look forward to seeing you at the green at Rio Grande on Wednesday.

[Christine G]

We had a good evening bowling on Wednesday, after all the rain it was perfect, not too hot, slight breeze and very pleasant. Look forward to seeing folks next Wednesday at the bowling green at Rio Grande, in the morning at 9 and in the evening at 6.

[Christine G]

Hoping the weather will be kinder this week and looking forward to meeting some more bowlers this coming Wednesday, at 9 am and 6 pm at the green at Rio Grande. All levels welcome and we will teach you how to bowl if you have not tried it yet, so please do come and join us.

[Christine G]

Great game of bowls this morning, close scoring and right down to the wire. This evening we will bowl at 6pm, so come along and play at Rio Grande. We will teach you how to bowl if you would like to come and try lawn bowling.

[Christine G]

Weather was kind to us today, and we enjoyed morning bowling. This evening, again the weather was great to start with, a little thundery later. We were very pleased to welcome two new prospective bowlers, Bill and Mickey. They showed much potential, hope they enjoyed their first game and look forward to seeing them next week. Next week, the morning game will be 4321 to practice drawing skills, the evening a game. See you on the green at Rio Grande next Wednesday at 9 am and 6 pm.

[Christine G]

We will bowl at 9am on Wednesday 9th at 9 am and again at 6pm, look forward to seeing you on the green at Rio Grande. Anyone who is interested in learning more, please come along and we will be very happy to give you some instruction and get you started!

[Russ_Boston]

We will bowl at 9am on Wednesday 9th at 9 am and again at 6pm, look forward to seeing you on the green at Rio Grande. Anyone who is interested in learning more, please come along and we will be very happy to give you some instruction and get you started!


Do we need to wear white? I'm allergic to white pants:)


I may try it.

[Christine G]

You can wear whatever color clothes you wish, flat soled shoes and a hat are a must I would say. We will be delighted to welcome you tonight Wednesday 9th at 6pm or so, we will teach you how to bowl and get you right into a game, give you some info sheets etc and there are bowls for you to use. We bowled this morning and it was nice, evenings are a bit cooler aren't they!

[Christine G]

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Here is a great link to lawn bowling at Sarasota and many of our friends who lawn bowl there. It shows you some of the bowling, so come and enjoy great bowls at the Villages Lawn Bowls Club at Rio Grande, every Wednesday at 9 and 6pm. See you on the green!

[Christine G]

Wednesday this week, bowls at usual at 9am and 6pm. Come and join us and we will teach you if you have not tried this great sport before. Look forward to meeting you at the green at Rio Grande.

[Christine G]

Weather permitting and fingers crossed it will be dry, we will be bowling at around 6pm at the Rio Grande bowls green. This morning we had five lovely ladies show up, because of the impending heavy rain, our session was cut short, but all of them did really great. We hope to see them again next week, five prospective good bowlers in the making! Every Wednesday morning, we teach and then get into a game of 4321, great for learning how to bowl. Wednesday night, we teach them the basics and then into a game. All good fun! See you at the green.

[Christine G]

Great piece about the Villages Lawn Bowls Club (Wednesdays) on the VNN tonight, repeating for 24 hours, for which we are very grateful along with the nice write up in the Daily Sun. We had another four people come along this evening to "have a go" and hope that they return again, they did very well.

[Christine G]

Just a note to remind anyone who may be interested in lawn bowling or learning to lawn bowl, that we will be at the green to bowl tonight at 6 pm. We will play a game and/or teach. This morning we had two new ladies receiving tuition and playing a game. They bowled beautifully! Next week, we will probably start at 8.30 am because of the heat, and an hour or so is sufficient. See you soon.

[Christine G]

Great turnout this evening with new bowlers and a couple of others who bowl. A really fun group of people. Next Wednesday we will start bowling in the evening at 7 pm as the sun is going down a bit by then and it is a little less hot. Great evening!

[Christine G]

Lawn bowling on Wednesday 30th at Rio Grande, starting 8.30 am and again at 7pm. Weather forecast seems to be pretty good, but please bring a hat and flat soled shoes