The lawn bowls event at Commonwealth Games 2010 has six competitions for men and women.
Brief about the game
Lawn Bowls is an accuracy game. In this game the goal of the player is to roll bowls, which are asymmetrical in shape to the closest small white ball. The small ball is known as sweetie, kitty or jack. The game is popularly played in Commonwealth countries like England, New Zealand and Australia.
Rules
As mentioned earlier the task of this game is to roll a ball to the nearest white ball. After the ball is bowled by each team, the one which is nearest to the white ball scores one point. The first player or the team that scores 21 pints wins the game. The game is played outdoors on a flat lawn that is about 37-38m long.
Categories and events
There are two events - men's and women's, in which there are three categories each. The three categories are singles, pairs and triples.
Date
4th October - 13th October 2010.
Venue
Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex
Jorbagh, Jungpura,
New Delhi
Previous winners of the game
Lawn Bowls Medal Winners 2006 CWG
| Country | Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wales | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| England | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Legendary players Leif Selby - Australia
Willie Wood - Scotland
Jo Edwards - New Zealand
