The ancient sport of lawn bowling is growing in popularity as younger members join the ranks.
With her foot touching the mat, Tess Ball bowls during a tournament at the San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club in Golden Gate Park on Aug. 18.You’re trying to get the 3-pound ball in your hand to land as close to the small white ball as possible — but if you aim for it, you’ll almost definitely miss it.
A player keeps scoring during a tournament at the San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif. on Aug. 18, 2022.Different bowlers count how many points their teams earned getting closes to the jack during a tournament at the San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif. on Aug. 18, 2022.Joe Wottenbrook bowls during a tournament at the San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif. on Aug. 18, 2022.
In the past two years, more locals have taken an interest, hungry for ways to socialize outdoors, a relatively safe alternative during the ongoing pandemic. And people interested today aren’t necessarily your archetypal player. Steve Anderson, center, jokes with another bowler at a post-tournament party at the San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club in Golden Gate Park on Aug. 18.Grimes wasn’t exactly bucking the trend himself when he joined seven years ago after he retired. He was driving by the greens at Golden Gate Park and decided to try it out. He said he was immediately hooked on the social aspect coupled with being in such a “blissful environment.
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