Why Play Bowls?
We believe everybody should realize the joy and benefit of playing sport, and there are so many reasons why bowls is ideally placed to unlock these fantastic advantages. Here are our top 6 reasons to give bowls a try
1. Playing bowls can be for everyone. Whatever your physique bowls is a non-contact sport for everybody and it will help improve your fitness levels, mental wellbeing and provide a skilful challenge to test you.
2. Bowls is not expensive. To get going you don’t need lots of new kit and we put on taster sessions for free. Even when you get the bug, joining a club can cost as little as £50 and most clubs will lend bowls until you wish to purchase a set of your own.
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3. After football, bowls has the second highest number of clubs in the country. In the Harrogate District there are 16 clubs, with so many places to play, it’ll take no time at all to get to a bowls club close to your home.
4. Compared to most sports, age and gender differences have less of an effect on a game of bowls, so it’s a perfect sport to spend time and enjoy a bit of friendly competition with your family. A game where a 8 year old can play a 80 year old on an equal footing. Where females can compete equally in teams and competitions.
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5. Bowls clubs are sociable places full of people looking to have fun, so bowls is a great way to relax, make new friends and feel part of your local community. A great way to spend time playing in the summer and meeting people to socialise with over the winter months.
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6. It’s not what you may think. Whilst very social it is also competitive. The game can be taken up as a social activity – strictly for leisure – or it can be played in a team within a league or as an individual in competitions. In a team game, with support from your team mates around the green it can be fun, lively and very competitive. There are many bowlers who have previously (or still do) played contact sports such as football rugby and cricket or have enjoyed cycling and running so really enjoy the more competitive side provided by the challenge of bowling.
So, if you are wanting to;-
Become more active,
Make new friends,
Find a new team or individual sport …. Play bowls …
