Lawn bowling has been described as the curling of the Commonwealth.
Some of the best Canadian players to have played the bucolic game will be on display this week at the national senior triples championships taking place at the Victoria Lawn Bowling Club.
Roney also has a gold and three bronze medals from the Asia Pacific championships, including in 2003 at Juan de Fuca in what was the test event for the 1994 Commonwealth Games. “It is a popular sport in Victoria and on the Island. And not only for seniors. A lot of young Canadian players are coming up.”
Lawn bowling is played in singles, doubles, triples and fours. The biggest difference from curling, of course, is that bowls is played outdoors on grass the equivalent of golf putting greens with elliptical balls and curling in arenas on ice with granite stones. Another difference is that in bowls the button is not painted stationary on the playing surface but is a white ball called a jack that is rolled and becomes a moving target.