Lawn Bowls is a vibrant and accessible sport that can be played and enjoyed by all ages, both indoors and outdoors. Lawn Bowls is popular world-wide and, because of its competitiveness, skill and the fact that it is a non-contact sport, the game suits people from a young age through to their nineties. For an in-depth overview, see About Lawn Bowls within The Clubhouse section.
If you are interested in taking up the sport, pop into your local club for a chat. If you’re not sure where your nearest club is, our Links section might help direct you to your country’s governing body as a good starting point. A good website to look at is www.worldbowls.com. For advice on the best bowl for you, ask your local retailer or view our bowls online.
Taylor has been the leading bowls manufacturer in the world for over 200 years. Taylor Bowls are the most accurately made and advanced bowls in the world. Through recently invested production equipment and advancing technology, we have created extremely accurately designed running surfaces that are unique to our brand and no other manufacturer can match. These offer consistent exacting lines when playing a draw shot or a controlled weighted shot.
We guarantee our bowls are matched sets and take the same bias every time having been tested by the world’s most experienced testers. All our players use sets off the shelf and no adjustments are made! These facts are backed up by our NEW 15 year bowls guarantee.
Taylor is also recommended by many professional lawn Bowlers.
“I use the ACE – it’s a good all-round model, suitable for any position from lead through to skip and reliable in any situation both indoors and out.” Andy Thomson
“There is a Taylor Bowl to suit every playing condition. I have confidence in all the models and regularly switch between them.” David Gourlay
What’s The Difference Between Medium and Heavy Weight?
Some of our bowls are available in two different weights. Heavy weight and Medium weight bowls run with the same bias. Medium weight bowls tend to run on further on slow greens. Due to very little demand for Medium weight bowls, most of our models only come in heavy. If you currently play with a Medium weight bowl and are wanting a new set of bowls, we would recommend coming down one size in a heavy weight. This will be the nearest equivalent.
If A Bowl Chips, Is This A Manufacturing Fault?
If a bowl gets chipped, this is not necessarily a manufacturing fault. The chip may have been the result of a bowl striking a sharp object – a stone in a ditch or a nail etc. Most chips can be repaired but Taylor would ask you to return any damaged bowl for inspection and analysis.
Why Are Some Models Only Available In Certain Countries?
While some of our models are suitable on any surface and in a variety of conditions, others are developed specifically for conditions in a particular country or for a particular surface. The Redline-SR and SRV, for example, is ideal for most southern hemisphere conditions, but not suitable for the UK.
The ‘Master Bowl’ is a working reference bowl that all manufacturers and testers use to determine the legality of new and existing models via a table test. All of the current Master Bowls are produced by Taylor Bowls.
What Does The Stamp On My Bowl Mean?
This is an oval shaped stamp designed for the new World Bowls Limited. It is an essential requirement for bowls to be legal for competition play. The letter ‘A’ on the stamp signifies that the bowls were made by Taylor Bowls in Glasgow. The Manufacturing date of the bowls is 10 years before the date stamp on the bowls i.e. Bowls stamped ’25’ were manufactured in 2015.
Each bowl in a set should carry an identical serial number.