DRESS CODES .....
One of the main barriers against young people entering the game (here in South Africa anyway) is the Dress Code which makes people dress according to the fashion sense of old men (belts, hat bands, shirts and pants of this and that length, of this and not that colour, and so on).
I am looking for the dress codes in countries other than South Africa in the hope that a more enlightened and progressive view will help persuade the authorities here that the dress code is petty and bad for the future of the game.
Any info and opinion will be welcome.
You can email me at bonpaul@icon.co.za
Thanks
Response Number 1 : Posted by on February 09, 1998 at 20:56:08:
Hi, Here in New Zealand, we have club coloured shirts. Every club has their own unique colour or pattern and these can be worn in all events. The only real rule to wearing them is if you are in a "Team" event, the WHOLE team must wear them or none at all. This applies to men and woman.
Response Number 2 : Posted by on March 21, 1998 at 06:26:41:
Hi there, once again from New Zealand! We are edging out of the dark ages slowly! Women have now been allowed to wear shorts!!! Yahoo.. Keep trying..Things will change SLOWLY.
Response Number 3 : Posted by on May 12, 1998 at 20:00:48:
Yeah, coloured shirts are all the rage in Melbourne, and my bowls club ( Greythorn ) is changing over from whites next season. Although we have sponsorship, they still cost $40.00 each. I think they will add colour to the game, and perhaps help attract younger bowlers. I will hold my breath in anticipation for the move to rainbow coloured bowls, a la 10-pin bowling. I wont be too hard to tell who's holding shot then !
Response Number 4 : Posted by on May 25, 1999 at 08:18:38:
Hi I'm a young bowler from England. Our uniform is not all that great either. I have to wear a knee length old fashioned pleated skirt. I think the uniform should be brought into the nineties or something. Its nearly the millenium and I'm waering something out of the 1940's!!!! Only when the uniform changes, will we see an increase in younger people.
Response Number 5 : Posted by on August 19, 1999 at 07:29:56:
Does anyone recall anything about a young bowler in the UK being banned in the early 1990s for not conforming to the dress code?
Please email me if you do!
Response Number 6 : Posted by on August 19, 1999 at 07:43:57:
If you are referring to a young bowler from Devon in the early 1990's it was probably Griff Sanders - he was/is always in trouble with the local bowling authorities and does not appear to get on with the DBA committee. It is a shame because he is an excellent and exciting bowler.
Response Number 7 : Posted by on September 03, 1999 at 14:49:09:
thats nice to know
Response Number 8 : Posted by on March 24, 1998 at 03:11:24:
Hi in Namibia men are allowed to wear tailored shorts with long white socks and registered club coloured shirts. The same rule regarding teams applies.
Response Number 9 :Posted by on November 19, 1999 at 22:24:07:
I bowl in Victoria, Australia, things have certainly changed since I first started to bowl only 5 years ago, now ladies can wear parachute silk pant suits, mix and match white skirts and T shirts instead of everything having to match, it certainly cuts the cost of bowls clothes, we can wear a sun visor or cap,in navy or white, in fact we don't have to wear a hat unless we choose to, we can go without stockings, wear tailored shorts, and navy jackets and rain coats.
I do feel that hat bands are a good idea as you can tell at a glance which club a person bowls at. Our men members wear cream T shirts with our club colours on the collar, and coloured emblem on the pocket, they look very smart. I visited Durban about 3 years ago and went to a bowls shop hoping to purchase something different to wear, I was horrified by the clothes I saw in the bowls shop, really out of the ark, but not only bowls clothes, everything seems to be quite a few years behind us, let's hope you catch up before too long.
Response Number 10 :Posted by on November 19, 1999 at 22:35:23:
I bowl in Victoria Australia, things have really changed since I started to bowl only 5 years ago, now ladies can wear white tailored shorts, mix and match white skirts, pants and T shits, this is great as it reall cuts the cost down. We can wear white or navy sun visors and caps, in fact we don't have to wear a hat at all if we choose not too, we also can go without stockings. Our men members wear cream T shirts with our club colours on the collar and coloured club emblem on the pocket,they look very smart.I went to Durban about 3 years ago and went to a bowls shop with the idea of purchasing something different to wear, I was horrifed by the clothes I saw, they were out of the ark, but not only bowls clothes, everything over there seems to be way behind us,let's hope that you soon catch up.
Response Number 11 :Posted by on November 19, 1999 at 22:36:20:
I bowl in Victoria Australia, things have really changed since I started to bowl only 5 years ago, now ladies can wear white tailored shorts, mix and match white skirts, pants and T shits, this is great as it really cuts the cost down. We can wear white or navy sun visors and caps, in fact we don't have to wear a hat at all if we choose not too, we also can go without stockings. Our men members wear cream T shirts with our club colours on the collar and coloured club emblem on the pocket,they look very smart.I went to Durban about 3 years ago and went to a bowls shop with the idea of purchasing something different to wear, I was horrifed by the clothes I saw, they were out of the ark, but not only bowls clothes, everything over there seems to be way behind us,let's hope that you soon catch up.
Response Number 12 :Posted by
Here in Victoria our willow lodge bowls club president wears an earphone attached to his radio in his pocket so he can listen to the footy while he plays PENNANT , that's how dull bowls appears to be.