Do junior bowlers need to obtain their own sets of bowls?
Most clubs have an inherited stock of bowl sets that are freely available for use by novice bowlers. Invariably these are “5-inch” (diameter) bowl sets. However, even the smallest size (00) is a handful for small, young children. In some cases they manage the awkwardness in the knowledge that their fingers will grow and their hand will become stronger. Children with hands too small for standard bowls can begin with ‘4-inch’ biased carpet bowls. However, adult lawn bowlers don’t need carpet bowls, and therefore few clubs have them. They are manufactured to similarly exact specifications and factory testing tolerances of lawn bowls so, although less expensive, they are not cheap.
