The game of bowls has long been the domain of elderly gents in pristine slacks, but in a corner of Surrey it is finding a host of new, much more sprightly fans.
If you asked the average teenage boy which kind of sport they liked playing, you would no doubt hear a diverse range of answers, from the classic contact sports of rugby, football and hockey to rowing, cricket and tennis. A few would obviously tell you they’d rather stick pins in their eyes than do anything physical and fewer still would say ‘bowling’.

However, in a corner of Surrey, at Ewell Bowling Club, that is exactly what has happened following an initiative with Glyn School for boys. Bowling coach Roy Hibbin was approached by the school’s PE department, which was looking for a summer sporting activity that would appeal to students who did not want to play a contact sport.

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