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March 2022

  • Richmond Union Bowling Club members on the green, Melbourne, Australia

    Bowling for pride: Melbourne club that inspired cult comedy plays host to LGBTQ comp

    In its 153 years the Richmond Union Bowling Club has survived fires and gentrification. These days it welcomes all at its Pride Cup

November 2021

  • Two people play crown green bowls

    Brief letters
    Get out on the green to keep yourself fit

    Brief letters: Crown green bowls | Light housework | Woke at 80 | Radio gagger | Solar electricity

April 2021

  • Hugh Hornby in 2013

    Other lives
    Hugh Hornby obituary

    Other lives: Crown green bowler who was also an authority on folk football games
  • Ball boy … Jon Heder in When Jeff Tried to Save the World.

    When Jeff Tried to Save the World review – slacker movie is an underachiever

    Where’s the Dude when you need him? Bowling alley-set directorial debut would score with more laughs and more feeling
  • The amazing world of sport
    'Give me oxygen': teenager hits first 7-10 bowling split on TV for 30 years – video

    Teenager Anthony Neuer has got himself into the history books with an incredible 7-10 split, the first of it's kind caught on television for 30 years

May 2020

  • Brickhouse Bowling Club in Chipping village, Lancashire.

    Ease lockdown for angling, shooting and bowls, urge lobbyists

    We tick the box for non-contact and can be played outdoors, says bowls manager

January 2020

  • The amazing world of sport
    ‘That is ridiculous’: brilliant bowls shot lights up World Indoor Championships – video

  • Bowling alley at USAF base, Burtonwood, 1959.

    From the Guardian archive
    UK's first tenpin bowling alley opens - archive, 1960

August 2014

  • track cycling

    Commonwealth Games 2014: 25 of the best photos from Glasgow

  • England's Alex Dowsett leaves Glasgow green

    Commonwealth Games 2014: England reach semi-final in men's hockey and take silver in cycling - video

July 2014

  • Alex 'Tattie' Marshall

    Commonwealth Games 2014: Scotland beat England in men’s pairs semi-final

    Scotland’s ‘Tattie’ Marshall and Paul Foster beat England and the final two bowls may have been ‘the best of Marshall’s life’

August 2013

  • Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

    That 1980s sports blog
    Sporting partnerships of the 1980s

    That 1980s Sports Blog: From Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean to Steve Davis and Tony Meo, via Barry McGuigan and Barney Eastwood

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