CROWN GREEN .....
What a shambles crown green is when you compare it to level green. People wearing what they want, normally scruffy jeans and flat caps. They look like darts players. They should be down a dog track rather than on a bowls green.Bowls going everywhere, this is really the poor mans version of the game isnt it? Mind you that's why its not played much in the south, where we have elegance, demur and know how to conduct ourselves. Crown Green, rubbish game!
Response Number 1 :Posted by Friday, June 20, 2003 at 07:16:17 (EDT):
I don't know the rules of crown green or how it is played but i do not think that the fact that people can wear what they want is a reason to put it down. Yes we have to play in whites and greys for all comps in lawn green bowls, but have you ever been up to Worthing to watch the national finals. Yes all the finals are played in county coloured shirts or whites and greys. But look at the public bowls greens when you walk through the gates, there is people turning up and playing in whatever they want, it is to encourage people to play!!!
Jack Elliott (16 year old bowler from the south)
Response Number 2 :Posted by Thursday, July 03, 2003 at 16:01:24 (EDT):
I can agree with the comments about dress in some cases. you cannot however be so critical of crown bowling and bowlers unless you have played it. the comments are either tongue in cheek or made by someone who likes the genteel pastime of playing in triples or fours, where luck more than skill takes over. i have played both, in crown bowling skill is all important you cannot hide away in a tea and biscuits group,with or without the uniform.
Response Number 3 :Posted by Phil Monday, September 08, 2003 at 11:14:42 (EDT):
Having played both flat and crown green bowls, there is no doubt that crown green is the harder to play. As the previous comment suggests, in flat green and indoor bowls it is often down to how much luck the number 3 or skip has in fours. In flat green/indoor bowls there is not enough singles play for my liking and thats why i'll always be a crown green player because singles is the true test of skill and courage, due to only having 2 bowls each you must produce top quality bowls immediately or you will be beat very easily.
With regards to dress code, yes we are not as pretty as flat/indoor bowlers but its part of the beauty of the game in that it is a working mans sport, open to all. The costs surrounding clothing, bowls, ridiculously high club memeberships all mean that flat/indoor bowls is not easy for a working class man or a young person to go and play.
phil