Why lawnbowl is considered as a sport?

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It's been a busy week.. Told ya before but yeah~ I'm here... :P

Macam orang bujang balik kerja, tak tahu nak cakap kat sapa cerita 1 hari ni. Asik cakap dengan rumet je, so aku dah busan. (bukan rumet aku yang busan. oopss sori2 rumet) wakaka

Fine. Aku nak cite gak. Korang tahu lawnbowl? Korang tahu bowling padang? Tak tahu?

Errr~ Bowling? Bola yang ada 3 lubang tu? Baling kne 10 pin tu? Longkang? Familiar with that? Lawnbowl tak ada semua tu. hehe.

Yang aku tahu lawnbowl bukanlah 1 permainan yang kalau tanya semua orang, tak semua orang tahu. Lawnbowl adalah 1 permainan yang semat cam bowling, tak main dengan lumpur. Lawnbowl ada class macam golf, sebab boleh main lawnbowl pakai khakis. Tapi lawnbowl akan menyebabkan anda hitam.Sebab tu kita klasifikasikan dia sebagai sukan. haha

Elemen-elemen penting dalam lawnbowl:

(1) Bowl

(2) Bola Jack (white and smaller than bowl)

(3) Mat

(4) Lawn :)

Bowl and Jack

How to play?

Lawnbowl can be play single, pair, or fours. For pair, the first person who draw the bowl called LEAD. The second person called SKIP. SKIP will be at the end of the lawn while LEAD draw their bowl. They will give a instructions regarding the distance of the bowl from the jack and how to score more. For fours, first person is LEAD, and the third person is SKIP. 

Skills is very important.

The bowl is not in round shape. It has bias where one side of the bowl is heavier than another one. So, we can't draw the bowl straight, we have to take some angle and always beware with the bias to reach the target. In lawnbowl, you will notice a loooooooottttt of body language (lawnbowl language to be specific) by using hands. For me, its complicated!!! wahaha. WEIGHT translated as the force, LINE translated as the angle you take to draw the bowl.

(1) Put your mat wherever you want but the distance should be less than the first sign.

(2) Draw your jack.

(3) Draw the bowl approaching the jack. Mark will be given on the total of bowl that close with the jack.

As simple as that kan? Why lawnbowl is part of sports? haha

But, just imagine this.

How you want to draw a bowl to reach the target best without any instrument to measure the angle and the force?

Thats the toughest part. Sports that test your critical thinking. huhu

It really test your patient too.  A lot of waiting, bends and walk. But for about two hours per game? Ngeh3. 3 games each day? 6 hours of standing, bending and walking. Poor my knees -__-

Takpe mungkin boleh kurus. Kaki aku kecik la pasni!

These is what happened just now:

I play best as a lead. Aku baling jack. Aku draw bowl. Sometimes ok. Many times bowl senget and slow. My partner, she's a lion! >_< (Kamonnn dayah, jaga weight, jaga angle, bola sini kanan sikit, kiri sikit, belakang sikit, depan sikit bla bla bla... for 3 hours).  Turunkan weight 3 kaki! Tambah weight 5 kaki!--> Macamana nak bajet? Arghhh~ tension.

I'm glad I born as a *budak muke tak ada perasaan and bajet cooooool*. huahua. Sabau jelah. Aku tak taula game nanti kalau kau jadi dinasour. 

What I learned today, in lawnbowl... We cant afford to lose attention or make a simple mistakes. A simplest mistakes also, NO! Hilang markah. We are perfectionist! teeheee

Macam hidup ni. Sama je. Kalau boleh memang kita tak boleh buat silap. Tapi nak buat camane. No one is perfect. Mistakes is the best teacher. So kalau bowl pertama senget, pastikan bowl kedua ketiga...ke lapan juta tak senget lagi.

Got it?

Owh mungkin aku terlalu sarcastic. Happy bowl! :)