Moss Lawn Bowlshttps://mosslawnbowls.com/Notes from a small, informal lawn bowls group on a council park green in south London: reading the grass, bias and weights, rain days and teaching newcomers.enHow we teach someone who has never bowled their first four endshttps://mosslawnbowls.com/journal/teaching-a-newcomer-the-first-ends/https://mosslawnbowls.com/journal/teaching-a-newcomer-the-first-ends/What happens when a passer-by comes through the gate to try lawn bowls: shoes and courtesy, the first delivery, playing four short ends, and what helps people stay.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTRain days, and the six months of the year when the green is shuthttps://mosslawnbowls.com/journal/rain-days-and-the-closed-months/https://mosslawnbowls.com/journal/rain-days-and-the-closed-months/Why a council bowls green closes from October to April, what happens to the grass meanwhile, our rule for wet afternoons, and what the group does in the pavilion instead.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMTBias, weight and finding a set of bowls that fits your handhttps://mosslawnbowls.com/journal/bias-weight-and-fitting-bowls/https://mosslawnbowls.com/journal/bias-weight-and-fitting-bowls/What bias does, how to tell whether a bowl is the right size for your hand, claw and cradle grips, and when it makes sense for a newcomer to find a set of their own.Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMTReading a slow park green in the first weeks of the seasonhttps://mosslawnbowls.com/journal/reading-the-green-in-april/https://mosslawnbowls.com/journal/reading-the-green-in-april/Why a council bowls green plays heavy in April, how we time its pace in seconds, the quirks of each rink, and the small changes we make for the opening weeks.Sat, 19 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT