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Beeton Lawn Bowling Club celebrates National Bowls Day

June 11, 2026   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

The Beeton Lawn Bowling Club celebrated National Bowls Day on Saturday, June 6, by welcoming local residents and offering the chance to try the sport.

National Bowls Day is recognized by lawn bowling clubs across the country as a way to introduce new players to the game.

If you have ever driven by the Beeton Club and seen players out on the greens, wondering about the activity, this was a chance to try it and see what the club and the sport are all about.

“Bowls Canada is the head organization for lawn bowling in Canada, and the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association is the governing body in Ontario,” explained Beeton Lawn Bowling Club treasurer Sue Zylski. “This is the 10th year we have done this. We are trying to move lawn bowling into a more professionally recognized sport. They are trying to get more coaches and more professionals in the sport. Our goal here is just to get more people involved. Lawn bowling is a really good sport for all ages. We have a member who is 13 years old, and we have members who are over 90 years old.”

Lawn bowling has a reputation as a sport for older people; however, that stereotype doesn’t do the sport justice.

The sport requires a lot of concentration and skill and can be very competitive.

In the UK, the sport is enjoyed by many younger people who take it seriously.

“Today is an opportunity for people to come and try it,” Sue explained. “If they haven’t bowled before, or haven’t bowled in a few years, they can come and try it out. We have smaller bowls for the little kids. People often walk by our lawn bowling club in Beeton, or have seen in TV but have not tried it. This is an opportunity to try it with no pressure and no cost. It’s just for people to drop in and try it. We try to be as casual as possible at this club. We don’t have leagues, we just play jitneys, which means that whoever shows up on a Monday or Thursday night, we throw names in a hat, then we make up the teams with whoever shows up. You’re not playing with the same people all the time, we mix it up.”

Quite a few local people turned out for the event, with many trying the sport for the first time.

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