(These are Links to Bowling
Related Websites which have been reviewed by Toucher Web Design.)
Unlike some of the other Lawn Bowling
Sites on the Internet I have not indiscriminately linked to all
the bowling sites I could find. The reason for this is that, quite
honestly, some of them are not of a very high standard and in some
cases they appear not have been updated for as much as three years.
The people who run these organisations should realise that the
quality of their websites reflects on their professionalism.
What I have tried to do is to link
to sites that add value to bowls on the Internet. I have of course,
also included links to the websites (good or bad) of the main associations
and organisations in the sport. You may also be interested in our
local and Vale of Leven links page where we feature links to other
local websites.
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Dumbarton and District
Indoor Bowling Club (DDIBC)
Our local indoor bowling club's website. |
Scottish Bowling Association
While this is the official website of the Scottish Bowling Association
it is, unfortunately, not one of the best websites. As a source
of information it has limited value and the association really
need to get this dragged into the 21st Century. They offer
official merchandise but to get this you have to print out
an order form then send it them. They could do a lot better
if they offered online purchasing. |
Scottish Indoor
Bowling Association
The official website of the Scottish Indoor Bowling Association.
As the Internet doorway to our National
Indoor Association this "home-cooked" looking
website does not convey the right impressions. While
it is "not a pretty site" it does contain lots of
useful information about results in the indoor leagues, etc.,
and the information is easy to find. |
World Bowls Board
The official site of World Bowls. Although based in Scotland World Bowls is truly
international with 56 member National Authorities in 44 Member Nations. This
site is a bit better and more easy to navigate. |
World Bowls Tour
(WBT) is a limited company formed in September 1996 by the Professional Bowls
Association, and the two major governing bodies for world flat green bowls,
World Bowls Ltd and the World Indoor Bowls Council (WIBC). Click the "Players"
link on their website and note the predominance of Scottish Bowlers at the
top. See! We are good at something. A professional looking site. |
Scottish Indoor
Bowling Website
Unofficial Scottish Indoor Bowling Association website. This
site contains a wealth of information and the person who runs
it clearly spends a great deal of time ensuring that it is
kept up to date. While the information could be better presented
he is to be congratulated on the sheer volume of content that
he provides. |
Tweed
Heads Bowls Club (Australia)
This is the website of a large bowling club in Australia. Have
a look and see how it's done down under. This is a great resource
that is kept well up to date. They
also host the test series between Scotland and Australia indoors
every year. |
Lawn Bowls Coaching
Information
An excellent website designed as a resource for
anyone interested in lawn bowls coaching. Massive amounts of
great information taken from the Australian coach, Rob Judson's
original website. |
Pitchcare
Pitchcare is an excellent, free online magazine for
Groundsmen, Greenkeepers
and people involved in green
maintenance. Registration is required before you get full access
but it is free. |
Scottish Woman's
Indoor Bowling Association
Information for the ladies who play indoor bowls. I hesitate
to call this a website because unfortunately the developers
have chosen to use free web space, which is peppered with irrelevant
adverts and completely unsuitable if you want to be taken seriously. |
Lawn Bowls America
United States Lawn Bowls Association. Not the standard we would
expect from a National Association or from our friends across
the pond but interesting anyway. |
Bowls Australia
The official site for the sport of lawn
bowls in Australia. A professional looking site with lots of
information about bowling in Oz. |
Bowls Canada
Bowls Canada Boulingrin is the Canadian sport association overseeing bowls, which
includes the promotion and development of lawn bowls, lawn bowling, indoor
bowls, short mat bowls and carpet bowls. A reasonable site, much better
than its American counterpart. |
New York Bowling
Club
How many of you knew that there was a lawn bowling club in
Central Park New York? |
English Bowling
Association
The official website for English Bowlers. A very professional
looking site but unfortunately I have found that it is buggy
and full of links that don't work. They provide a site map but
this has no links to the pages it lists? The site carries a
message saying that it is being redesigned so perhaps
this will be improved in the relaunch. |
Professional Bowls
Association
The website of the PBA, the association for professional bowlers
which anyone can join. A basic site - minority interest only. |
Bowls International
UK based bowling magazine. Probably the number one bowling
magazine in the UK but the website is mostly just trumpet
blowing for the magazine and their other publications. |
World
Indoor Bowls Council (WIBC)
Their official website leaves a lot to be desired. I may be mistaken
but it looks like it was designed by the same people who did
the Scottish Indoor Bowling Association site. |
British
Isles Indoor Bowls Council (BIIBC)
Their official website, which once again is a wee bit disappointing
and home made looking but it does contain some useful content.
It also looks like it was built by the same people who did
the SIBA and WIBC sites. |
Books
on Bowls
This is a non-commercial website where the owner
is a collector of bowling books. He has catalogued all the
books in his collection and added a record of Lawn Bowling
videos. |
Scottish
Sport
The Scottish Sport website is a good general source of sports
information for sports of all types, including football and
lawn bowling. |
Tradgames
An excellent website from a private individual who has provided
an interesting history of the various forms of bowls. |
www.bowls-clubs.co.uk
Site based in England that sells websites for bowling clubs.
Also offers a list of most of the bowling club websites in
the UK. (Including ours) |
Lindfield
Bowling Club Sussex
One of the Premier Bowling Clubs in Sussex, their website
contains lots of original information on the game of lawn
bowls. |
| If
you have a bowling website that is of a reasonable or
better standard and that offers real content and information
of interest to other bowlers get in touch with us and we
will consider linking to you. Similarly, if you have a site
that is not necessarily about bowling and you think it would
be of interest to our site visitors let us know. |
