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Bowling Green, Dufferin County, Ontario
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, bowling could also refer to target bowling, such as lawn bowls. In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins on a long playing surface known as a '' lane''. Lanes have a wood or synthetic surface onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that affect ball motion. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved if all the pins are knocked over on a second roll. Common types of pin bowling include ten-pin, candlepin, duckpin, nine-pin, and five-pin. The historical game skittles is the forerunner of modern pin bowling. In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Bowls Terms
This page is a glossary of Bowls terminology. This page explains commonly used terms in the sport of bowls, which includes variations of outdoor bowls also known as Lawn Bowls, Crown Green Bowls, Indoor Bowls and Carpet Bowls. 1–9 : A game of bowls where the object is to reach a score of 100 ''shots''. Usually used in games based on a '' proportional'' scoring system. : The furthermost position that the ''jack'' can be placed following the ''lead'' bowler '' rolling the jack'' at the start of an ''end''. If the jack is rolled past this point, and remains within the ''rink'' boundaries, the jack is '' spotted'' on the designated mark, positioned 2 metres back from the ''ditch'' . : A game of bowls where the object is to be the first to reach a score of 21 ''shots''. : A game of bowls where the object is to be the first to reach a score of 25 ''shots''. : In some '' pennant'' games, the '' controlling body'' awards an 8 badge to members of a '' fours'' rink wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five-pin Bowling
Five-pin bowling is a bowling variant which is played in Canada, where many bowling alleys offer it, either alone or in combination with ten-pin bowling. It was devised around 1909 by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto, Ontario, at his Toronto Bowling Club, in response to customers who complained that the ten-pin game was too strenuous. He cut five tenpins down to about 75% of their size, and used hand-sized hard rubber balls, thus inventing the original version of five-pin bowling. Gameplay The balls in five pin bowling are small enough to fit in the hand and therefore typically have no fingerholes, although the Canadian 5 Pin Bowlers Association (C5PBA) have approved balls with thumb holes made by one manufacturer (the E. Parrella Co., known as EPCO). At the end of the lane there are five pins arranged in a V. They are midway in size between duckpins and ten pins, and they have a heavy rubber band around their middles to make them move farther when struck. Unlike any other form o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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