Kids are just bowled over
The Sunday Mirror|October 13, 2024
1-hour version attracts youngsters to sport
DOMINIK LEMANSKI
Kids are just bowled over

CHILDREN as young as nine are turning their hand to lawn bowls.

Traditionally, the genteel game has almost exclusively attracted older folk.

But player numbers fell 12% during the pandemic and there were fears the sport might not recover.

Now young recruits are helping reverse the decline after game chiefs created a one-hour version of the game in a bid to "shift the demographic".

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