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Entries by Jerry Sanders

Advice for junior bowlers

At Bush Hill Bowls we strive to offer the perfect range of products so that people of all ages can get involved in the sport. We have options to suit any skill levels too. One thing we understand is how tricky it can be for young people to start playing. That is why we offer […]

The proper clothing etiquette of lawn bowls

Our company specialises in providing bowlers with top quality bowls shirts. The merchandise we have is suitable for indoor play when the rain is pouring and for outside events when the sun is out. Not only this, but everything is very reasonably priced too. Are there clothing requirements?

Wrong Sport, sport!

Spotted on Facebook – this post from Peter Picknell: So after winning the game I decided to throw the ball into the crowd, like they do on the TV. Apparently it’s unacceptable in Bowling….

Bowls delivery: When does a Delivery Start?

When should a skip tell a bowler what shot to attempt? Logically, that’s when the bowler is ready to start their delivery…but when exactly is that? A bowler that uses a static stance will position themselves on the mat and then wait for instructions. But what about the bowler whose delivery is a fluid motion […]

Water management wins the game

The BHP Skip had retired with breathing difficulties. One minute I was spectating a Middlesex Triples match between Broomfield and Bush Hill Park. The next I was in the game. It was a dark and stormy night. The rain came down in torrents. And the number two said to young Jerry “You’re on, leading and […]

Jack high or Waist high?

The first new bowls gadget for 100 years? A strange and wonderful new sentence has appeared in the yet-to-be-published Fourth Edition of the ‘The Laws of World Bowls’, law 23.3. In case you haven’t got the Third Edition about your person as you read this (and if not, why not?), law 23.3 bans measuring in […]

Mental Toughness

You’re eight shots ahead, your opponent is clearly demoralised. Yet within four ends they’ve caught up, are 17-16 ahead and get a four on the next end to win. What happened? What happened was that you empathised so much with their feelings of demoralisation that you eased up and let your empathy for their despair […]

Size matters

A doting father was watching his daughter in a County match. She was bowling beautifully, her concentration was full-on and she was putting bowl after bowl on the jack. One of the spectators asked the father: “She’s amazing: what size bowls does she bowl with – I thought she used bigger ones?” “They’re a size […]

Boost club funds

Need a new idea to boost club funds? Why not add chalk sprays, measures and grip to your bar stock? Although the bowls majors (Taylor, Aero, Henselite etc) won’t supply you directly if you don’t have a shop, they don’t mind if you buy from us and sell from behind your club bar. We will […]