Bowls ( also lawn bowls, variants include flat-green bowls and crown-green bowls ) is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a " jack " or " kitty ".

The home of the modern game is still Scotland with the World Bowls centre in Edinburgh at Caledonia House, 1 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ.

The current method of scoring in the professional tour ( World Bowls Tour ) is sets.

It is only played with two bowls each, the Jack also has a bias and is only slightly smaller than the Bowls.

Crown Green Bowls is very popular mostly in the North of England but also in Wales, West Midlands and Shropshire.

The Panel ( Professional Crown Green Bowls ) is played at the Red Lion, Westhoughton daily and is played to 41-up with greenside betting throughout play.

The game of Crown Green Bowls is looking to grow with the introduction of the Portuguese Masters in October and recent interest from Sky TV to re-televise the sport.

Short Mat Bowls is an all-year sport unaffected by weather conditions and it does not require a permanent location as the rink mats can be rolled up and stowed away.

There is a World Indoor Bowls Championships and also World Bowls Events.

The site also has a bowling green to the north of the rugby ground, which is used by Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club, which is the bowls section of the Cardiff Athletic Club.

Cardiff Arms Park is best known as a rugby union stadium, however Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club ( CABC ) was established in 1923, and ever since then, the club has used the Arms Park as its bowling club.

He became the first quarterback to start three Super Bowls and is joined by Jim Kelly as only quarterbacks to start at least three consecutive Super Bowls.

This game is regarded as 49ers quarterback Steve Young's final leap out of the shadow of his predecessor, Joe Montana, who had won four Super Bowls with the 49ers, two with Young as the backup quarterback.

There is, also, a thriving Bowls Club, with a carpet green, in Jubilee Park.

There is a Bowls Club and a Running Club based in the town.

Bromley Indoor Bowls Club is situated off Gillmans Road.

It is next to Poplar Town Hall – which has mosaic detail – and Poplar Bowls Club, which is part of Poplar Recreation Ground.

Bowls are played by the blind and paraplegic.

The two teams met in the first regular season game the Cowboys ever played in 1960 ( a 35 – 28 loss to the Steelers ), the first-ever regular season victory for the expansion Cowboys in 1961, and would later meet in three Super Bowls, all of them closely contested events.

The team has played in four Super Bowls ( IV, VIII, IX, and XI ), though losing in each one.

He served as the Vikings ' offensive coordinator from 1968 – 85, when the team won 11 division titles and played in 4 Super Bowls.

This was the only one of the four Super Bowls the Steelers of the 1970s played in that the team wore their white jerseys, and the only Super Bowl the team would wear white at all until Super Bowl XL 31 years later.

The last minute change of venue meant this was not only the last of three Super Bowls played at Tulane Stadium, but the last professional game ever played in the stadium, which was demolished five years later and replaced for the 1975 NFL season by the Louisiana Superdome, which has hosted every Super Bowl held in New Orleans since.

He also played in Super Bowls II ( 1967 ) and XI ( 1976 ).

San Diego was awarded the game, marking the second time consecutive Super Bowls were played in the same state with Pasadena hosting Super Bowl XXI.

This has now happened three times in NFL history ; Super Bowls II and III were both played at the Miami Orange Bowl and Super Bowls XLIII and XLIV were played in Florida ( at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa and Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens ).

The Bills became the first team to lose three consecutive Super Bowls, and just the second team to play in three straight ( the Miami Dolphins played in Super Bowls VI-VIII, winning VII and VIII ).

Two other Super Bowls were played nearby at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

From the 1988 to the 1993 seasons, the 49ers played in 5 out of 6 NFC Championship Games, winning Super Bowls XXIII and XXIV.

Gilbert was a member of the Bills who played in four straight Super Bowls XXV through XXVIII.

Following Super Bowl XXXII it would be the last back-to-back Super Bowls played outdoors until Super Bowls XLIII and XLIV.

This started a streak of 11 straight Super Bowls in which every game with the NFC as the home team was played outdoors and every one with the AFC as the home team was played indoors.

Bowls match in progress at Wookey Hole, United Kingdom

The score at halftime marked the fourth time in as many Super Bowls that the Vikings failed to score in the first half.

Bradshaw joined Fran Tarkenton, Bob Griese as well as Staubach as only three quarterbacks to start at least three Super Bowls.

The 49ers, an NFL-best 14 – 2 in the regular season and winners of the last two Super Bowls, were 6½ point favorites at kickoff.

This was the last of five Super Bowls at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

As previously mentioned, this would be the seventh and final ( to date ) Super Bowl in the Los Angeles area, tying New Orleans at the time for the city to host the most Super Bowls.

Thornhill is home to the Savile Bowmen, an archery club that shoots at Thornhill Cricket and Bowls Club.

Bowls club located on part of the old Hoffmans Social Club site at Canterbury Way and Hoffmans Way at the corner of the old factory site at New Street and Rectory Lane.

in Super Bowls, winning both in New Orleans and losing all three at Miami's Orange Bowl Stadium.

* Flat Green Lawn Bowls is played at three venues:

** Godalming and Farncomb Bowls Club plays at the Burys in central Godalming