{"id":33,"date":"2020-06-01T16:31:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T22:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bowlssask.ca\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2020-11-25T15:30:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T21:30:41","slug":"new-to-bowling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bowlssask.ca\/get-involved\/new-to-bowling\/","title":{"rendered":"New to Bowling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-33-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" poster=\"https:\/\/bowlssask.ca\/isl\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bowls-poster.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/bowlssask.ca\/isl\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bowls.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bowlssask.ca\/isl\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bowls.mp4\">https:\/\/bowlssask.ca\/isl\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bowls.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h2>How to Play<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>A normal club game consists of 12 ends and lasts less than 2 hours<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s a lot like curling on grass, only MUCH WARMER (and many would say more challenging)<\/li>\n<li>Bowls are not round, the sides are flattened.\u00a0 The running surface is also asymmetrical with one side of the surface being more round than the other which makes the bowl \u201ccurl\u201d to one side or the other.<\/li>\n<li>The amount of \u201ccurl\u201d depends largely on the speed of the green, and can range from as little as a foot (on a very soft green), to as much as 20 feet on a hard, fast green<\/li>\n<li>Games can be played with 1-4 players per team\n<ol>\n<li>In singles and pairs each player plays 4 bowls<\/li>\n<li>In triples each player plays 3 bowls<\/li>\n<li>In fours each player plays 2 bowls<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>The first bowler can choose the position of the mat on the centerline of the green<\/li>\n<li>The first player (lead) rolls a 3&#8243; white ball (called a \u201cjack\u201d or \u201ckitty\u201d) towards the opposite end of the green to become the target<\/li>\n<li>Provided the jack is bowled far enough (21 meters) and remains in play, it is centered on the green and the same player then rolls a bowl from the mat, trying to stop it as near as possible to the jack<\/li>\n<li>Players take turns, by position, delivering their bowls until all bowls have been played<\/li>\n<li>A bowl is permitted to strike and move the jack, or to knock it out of play (causing the end to be replayed)<\/li>\n<li>A bowl is permitted to strike and move other bowls, or to knock them out of play<\/li>\n<li>A bowl (during its original course) that strikes the jack becomes a &#8220;toucher&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>A jack or a &#8220;toucher&#8221; that goes into the end ditch is LIVE provided it stays inbounds<\/li>\n<li>The team whose bowl is nearest the jack counts one point for each bowl they have nearer to the jack than their opponents\u2019 best bowl<\/li>\n<li>The team that last scored must deliver the Jack.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Have more questions? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/bowlssask.ca\/common-questions\/\">here to find out answers<\/a> about costs, how to get started and what a club can offer you!<\/p>\n<p>Want to know where you can play? Look for <a href=\"https:\/\/bowlssask.ca\/find-a-club\/\">the club nearest you<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>Short Mat<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Short Mat<\/strong> Bowls is an indoor version of <strong>lawn<\/strong> <strong>bowling<\/strong>, with slightly different rules, played on a 45 foot long x 6 foot wide <strong>mat<\/strong> with regular lawn bowls, and a heavier jack. It is ideally suited in <strong>Canada<\/strong> because it is not affected by heat, sun, wind, rain, or snow! Short mat clubs in Saskatchewan generally operate October through April.<\/p>\n<p>For short mat club locations near you <a href=\"https:\/\/bowlssask.ca\/find-a-club\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Play A normal club game consists of 12 ends and lasts less than 2 hours It&#8217;s a lot like curling on grass, only MUCH WARMER (and many would&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New to Bowling - Bowls Saskatchewan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bowlssask.ca\/get-involved\/new-to-bowling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New to Bowling - 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