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The Bowls Premier League (BPL) is an annual bowls competition involving teams from around Australia. The competition was founded in 2013 as a way to popularise the sport by presenting in a modernised format, using the term "made-for-television" in its promotion.
The Australian National Bowls Championships and the Australian Open are organised by Bowls Australia.Bowls dates back to 1845 in Australia but it was not until 1910, during the 1910 Carnival of bowls that South Australia proposed the formation of the Australian Bowling Council (consisting of the six states) which duly formed the following year in 1911.
The organization is responsible for the promotion and development of lawn bowls in the United States, and is affiliated with the world governing body World Bowls. [1] The organization arranges tournaments such as men's and women's United States National Bowls Championships, with competition in the bowls disciplines of singles and pairs. There ...
This is the complete list of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls from 1930 to 2022. Men's events. Singles. Games Gold Silver Bronze 1930 details
First held in 1966, the World Outdoor Bowls Championships for men and women are held every 4 years. From 2008 the men's and women's events are held together. Qualifying national bowls organisations (usually countries) are represented by a team of 5 players, who play once as a single and a four, then again as a pair and a triple.
Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 13. [1] [2]Lawn bowls is one of ten core sports at the Commonwealth Games and has been continuously held at every Games since the 1930 British Empire Games, with the exception of the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.
In the 2nd quarterfinal Australia had to take on New Zealand which was a tight showdown. Northern Ireland surprised England in the semi-finals to qualify for their very first medal in bowls. In the Gold medal show down Australia beat Northern Ireland 8-6 10-4 while South Africa took the Bronze.
In country New South Wales, one of the earliest clubs was the Queanbeyan District Cricket Club, being officially formed in 1863 [1] but having played games as a less formally structured club against teams from local towns through the 1850s.