Bowls can be played indoors or outdoors, and the rules are the same, with top stars from both formats coming together to play lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games. HOW COMPETITIONS UNFOLD All the ...

Short-mat bowls is an indoor variation of the lawn game, played on a 45ft (13.7m) x 6ft (1.82m) roll-down carpet with full-size bowls. While the origin of short mat bowls is uncertain, folklore ...

RIPPLE Short Mat Bowls Club members again took part in a tournament in Hampshire. The participants in Hayling Island came from across the south-east of England, south Wales and the Midlands. All ...

Hari Proctor is thought to be the youngest player to make the Wales under-21 short mat bowls squad and will play against England later in March. He follows in the footsteps of his father, ...