Anyone for Lawn Bowls? Everyone for Lawn Bowls!

New sets of '0', '00', 4" indoor biased bowls, and 30' mats available for borrowing!!!

As in everything, to start anything an action must occur - to start a car we turn a key, in tennis we serve the ball, in football we have a centre bounce. In Lawn bowls, we 'Lay the Mat'.

'Laying the Mat' is an initiative from the Royal Victorian Bowls Association & Victorian Ladies Bowling Association, through the support of Sport and Recreation Victoria, that aims to increase junior participation in Lawn Bowls through working with both Primary and Secondary schools across Victoria.

Lawn Bowls is one of the few sports that is naturally inclusive to both young & old, abled & disabled, literally everyone can participate actively in the sport.

The philosophy behind this initiative is that people (in this case clubs and schools) are prepared to work together - its just a matter of providing what they need.

'Laying the Mat' aims to:

• Provide necessary resources to schools and clubs in order to make Lawn Bowls more accessible to both primary and secondary schools;
• Allow students to develop an understanding and appreciation of lawn bowls as a recreational pursuit;
• Provide students with some basic skills and knowledge of the game which will enable them to play lawn bowls at their leisure;
• Enhance the development of co-ordination skills and provide stimulating exercise for the students. As lawn bowls is a game of strategy, practice will also help develop strategic skills;
• Develop links between schools and local bowls clubs so that students and teachers can continue to play bowls as a form of recreation.

This site provides schools and clubs with resources by way of equipment, activities, contacts and other items that will assist the development of relationships and creating participation opportunities for primary and secondary schools.