1. It relieves stress. It’s a great way to forget your problems and just relax and concentrate on your game.

2. It is exercise. Do you know you can walk up to five kilometres playing a game of bowls? Aside from the walking you are lifting, stepping, concentrating, getting your vitamin D and enjoying yourself.

3. Make friends. When you join a Bowling Club you become an important member of that club, you meet people, you make friends, you travel to play at other clubs and improve your social life.

4. Confidence building. To achieve in any sport builds confidence as your abilities improve, your concentration gets better and your hand eye co-ordination skills build your overall confidence.

5. Brain alertness. The sport of Bowls isn’t just rolling a bowl down to the other end of the green. There are many problems to sort out such as wind, green speed, bowl bias, length to the jack/kitty and just how much pressure to put on the bowl to get it where it’s supposed to be.

Just think about the benefits of playing bowls no matter what your age and give it a try.

Two games were played on Tuesday.

1. Fours – Honor Stollery (swinging lead) Robyn Tierney, Lee Veitch and Judy Watson 13 played Honor, Zita Farrell, Ann Gardner and Kate Cooper 12.

2. Triples – Jenny Holt, Heather Bailey and Julie Alavoine 16 played Eileen Blain, Jill Rosen and Margaret Gailey 16 as well. Judy’s team won the club vouchers on a countback.

Tuesday October 24 – Boorowa Recreational Club Presidents Day / Women’s Social Bowls.

Thursday October 26 – First round of the Club Fours Championships.