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Growing up in Liverpool we lived next door but one to a pub with a bowling green. My Dad never played but when I was 13 one of the pub regulars asked my Dad if I would like to try crown green bowling. I did and loved it, was never off the green, got into the clubs B team then quickly progressed to the A team. Became club captiain, won every single club competition over the years including the Club championship. Looking back it was a fantastic time in my life, especially when playing league games at 13 and being looked upon by my opponent as just a kid and an easy opponent, they soon realised that wasn’t the case. Really miss my days of crown green bowling, have played flat green here in Edinburgh for a good twenty years, enjoy it but it will never match my days as a crown green bowler.
A game I would have loved to have tried. I watched a televised Crown Green bowls many years ago and thought it was great to watch, seemed fast and very competitive compared to our game up here which although competitive looks a bit slower paced, certainly what Ive seen on tv. I think the Crown bowls I watched could have been in Blackpool but it was a few years back