http://www.booksonbowls.co.ukDetailed descriptions of all bowls books and videos. We have found this website invaluable, and Geoff Barnett, the webmaster, has been incredibly helpful
http://www.bowlsclub.info/This site has again been invaluable to us, and webmaster Ian Thomas has been most helpful.This site lists websites - clubs, other commercial websites (not that these will be of any interest, since you can find everything you need here....!), associations, holiday companies both in the UK and around the world. It really is a top class resource for bowlers, with well over 1000 links
http://www.fredfern.com/This is a commercial site, based in Brisbane, Australia, so is really a competitor. However, we don't expect to sell many new products to Australia because of the postal charges (but any Aussies reading - do check out our book and memorabilia sections; we will be having Aussie badges for sale soon) so we don't mind listing this site. Check out the 'Information' panel where he has some fascinating stuff about how bowls are made and tested, and the history of the game
http://www.tradgames.org.uk/James Masters, the webmaster, has allowed us to use some images from his site - for which we thank him and duly give credit. His website gives a lot of interesting background to many traditional games. Bowls, of course, is included, but so are board games, pub games and many others.
http://www.esmba.org.uk/INDEXES/INDEXLAWS.htmThe ESMBA represents short mat bowling in England. The link will take you to their Laws of the Game page
http://www.bowls.org/admin/gamelaws.htmlThe full set of official rules for the Crown Green game, on the British Crown Green Bowling Association (BCGBA) website. Crown Green is a fascinating form of bowls played mainly in the UK, in the approximate area to the north west of Birmingham (West Midlands, Shropshire, North Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire) and also including Yorkshire
http://www.bowlsengland.com/index.htmThe EBA governs flat green outdoor bowls for men in England. We cannot find an authorised set of EBA laws of the game online anywhere - apparently for copyright reasons (which seems a bit strange; the other bowls bodies manage it), but this is the EBA / Bowls England site where you can purchase the Laws of the Game booklet
http://www.fedbowls.co.uk/This site contains the EBF Laws of the Game covering the Federation code (mostly played down the east side of the UK). There is no direct link to the Laws page - select 'The Constitution' and then 'Laws of the Game'
