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Official eXtreme Lawn Bowls Thread

http://www.bowls-aust.com.au/

Pretty exciting news about Glasson, can't wait for the next dose of Bowls.

Huh???? Lawn Bowls????

Has someone drugged you Rysh?

rysh you have been listening to far too much progressive.....

hehe

whats extreme about bowls?

There were 29 cases of lawn bowls injury recorded on Victorian hospital emergency department surveillance systems. Fifteen cases (3 males; 12 females) were identified on the new Victorian Emergency Minimum Database (VEMD) over the two-year period (1995-97). These data are drawn from 25 Victorian hospitals. The number of cases extracted from the database probably underestimates the actual number of lawn bowls injury presentations because the specific sport being played at the time of injury is inconsistently reported in VEMD sports injury case records. Another 14 cases (4 males; 10 females) were recorded on the superseded Victorian Injury Surveillance System (VISS) database that collected adult injury data from 4 Victorian hospitals for various periods between 1988 and 1995.

Injuries were caused by falls (59%, including trips and slips on the green during play, when traversing the ditch and on steps and paths in areas around the clubhouse and car park); overexertion (31%, sprains and strains); being struck by a bowl (7%) and foreign body in eye (3%). Injuries included: sprains and strains (35%); fractures (35%); cuts and bruises (23%); and one case of shoulder injury, not specified (3.3%). The most common sites of injury were the ankle and the wrist. Approximately three-quarters (76%) of the injured players were female, indicating they may be at higher risk of injury because ABS sports participation data indicate they comprise only 39% of bowls participants. Eight of the 29 cases (28%), all female and aged over 60 years, were admitted to hospital.

A similar pattern of injury was evident when Australian data on lawn bowls injuries, from the National Injury Surveillance Unit (NISU) in Adelaide, were analysed. The NISU database recorded 65 lawn bowls injury cases (from 50 participating hospitals across Australia) during the period 1986-1997. Seventy-one per cent of injured bowlers were female; 65% were aged over 60 years. The major causes of injuries were falls, including trips and slips (54%); overexertion resulting in sprains and strains (28%); and being hit by the bowl (18%). The injurious falls were fairly evenly divided between loss of balance, slips (mostly on the green but a few on steps, bank and paths) and trips (mostly over bowls). Fractures (37%) and sprains and strains (31%) were the most common types of injury. Eleven cases (17%) were admitted to hospital.

Anecdotal evidence from the Royal Victorian Bowls Association (RVBA) suggests that the common scenarios for falls in lawn bowls are:

* when crossing the ditch from the bank to the green, players step forward over the ditch, instead of sideways, and stumble or slip into the ditch;
* players deliver the bowl when unbalanced (there needs to be 65-70% weighting on the leading foot to maintain balance, otherwise a bowler falls over); and
* players step backwards during play and fall over the bowls that are behind them.

Older people, especially older women, are particularly vulnerable to fall-related fractures that can cause longer-term disability and may reduce quality of life and independence. Because of the older age of participants in lawn bowls, clubs and associations need to be vigilant about eliminating fall hazards from the game, the playing environment and club facilities (including the car park).

lol
Women and balls are a fairly dangerous combination in the twilight years.

That's cuz lawn bowls is predominantly played by old farts who try and play a game that's completely designed to fuck up the elderly!

1. See long distance
2. Pick up heavy objects
3. Bend

Duh there's injuries hahaha!

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Originally posted by Deeman That's cuz lawn bowls is predominantly played by old farts who try and play a game that's completely designed to fuck up the elderly! 1. See long distance 2. Pick up heavy objects 3. Bend Duh there's injuries hahaha!

bahahaha deeman, my parents place backs onto a lawnbowls club. i think we need to commentate the games on sunday morning there.

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Originally posted by Anomyst bahahaha deeman, my parents place backs onto a lawnbowls club. i think we need to commentate the games on sunday morning there.

Oh man you are so ON!

Hahahahahaha that would be comedy central!

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Originally posted by Deeman That's cuz lawn bowls is predominantly played by old farts who try and play a game that's completely designed to fuck up the elderly! 1. See long distance 2. Pick up heavy objects 3. Bend Duh there's injuries hahaha!

You forgot 4

4. They serve alcohol

Winning combination for someone stacking it

Hahahaha OH DEAR!

hahaha my dad loves lawn bowls or bocce however you call it.

He's even got trophy's from competetions he's won.

hahaha too funny

Does he have trophy's for how many people he's fragged on a bowling green though?

wtf is fragged?

lol

they take the 'sport' very seriously.

what a laugh.

Fragged as in 'wasted'
I thought in a serious game there would be at least some maiming of the opposition... just how many of those "accidents" in the carpark and on the green where just because Old Mrs Brown got into the sherry and toppled over... or was she, pushed.

rysh do u play for the heidelberg team

We need 'Full Contact' Lawn Bowls!

A Lawn Bowls game where you can tackle, hip n shoulder and jostle for the bowl thru scrums n shit

Let's see how the oldies take on that game.

Winner gets 'teh mad medication'

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Originally posted by Deeman Winner gets 'a new pair of hips'

fixed

hahahah MRS BROWN

HAHAHAHA

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Let's see how the oldies take on that game.

they'll beat you and Jayse vegies any day.

hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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Originally posted by MiSSyM they'll beat you and Jayse vegies any day. hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

You would think that but 'vegie' is a fairly loose term used on the old bowlin green.

You say that out loud and a bunch of old ass bowling folk point to an old munter in an electic wheelchair named Cornelius. Once a club champion but now destined to sit there dribbling and constantly repeating the phrase, "Back in my day we could bloody bowl, you guys are rubbish"

His so called 'team mates' have rigged his chair to a remote control so they don't have physically get their drink from the bar. They just have the bar staff load Cornelius up and then they steer him over to the green. When the drinks have been delivered they just look at him and say "Thanks Cornelius, strokes are just fucked things aren't they" He's then remote controlled back to the corner.

You watch who you're callin 'vegie' there sista!

We're belting these old fukka's for Cornelius DAMMIT!

lol i fkn love you deeeeeeeeeeman!

hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa

you're the best!

Hahahaha what the fuck was I on about??

Na but seriously ... I'm there for Cornelius!

"fragged" comes from "frag grenade" and was popularised during the vietnam war to denote killing one's superior officer by throwing a grenade into their tent.

Rubbish, it comes from Quake 1, a far superior game to virtually all shooty games since.

Q3 was better

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