Lawn bowling: Isn’t that the same same thing as bocce? Not at all. Actually, they’re pretty similar, but don’t say that around avid players of either game. Yes, they’re both… ...

In France, it became Boile. In England, it became Lawn Bowls or simply Bowling. In the United States, it became 10-pin bowling after someone lost the instructions and rules on the way over.

NEW BEDFORD – It’s been said that lawn bowling originated in ancient Egypt. The game has been played in England since the 13th century. In New Bedford it dates back to the late 1890s, brought ...

Lawn bowling: Intensely competitive? Aaron Sloen, from Northern Ireland, lines up a shot during the U.S. Open of Lawn Bowls at the Newport Harbor Lawn Bowling Club in Corona Del Mar.

The Fernleigh Lawn Bowling Club’s quaint clubhouse, built nearly a century ago, sits tucked away off Farmington Avenue and is known as “the best-kept secret in West Hartford” by i… ...