November 15th, 2007
Pétanque is a form of the game Boules, which is quite popular in France. According to Wikipedia, it’s a form of boules where the goal is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet (jack). The game is normally played on hard dirt or gravel, but can […]
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April 22nd, 2006
Ha. What do you know…
Bowls is like Curling and vice versa. Main difference, one is played on manicured grass and the other, on prepared ice. Plus! It is related to Bocce, which is normally played on dirt surfaces.
Eh. Sorry, but Chess on ice? I’m thinking it’s a game of marbles in a grand […]
By Sasha Manuel -- 0 comments
March 22nd, 2006
Call me stupid but I really don’t get the point of Lawn Bowling. I’m not talking about technicalities but rather just baffled by the reason why it became a world sport. Pffft.
I know it’s not being played in my country [uh, as far as I know anyway] but apparently is big in most member nations […]
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