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Bowls or lawn bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls to that they stop close to a smaller ball called a “jack” or “kitty”. It is played on a bowling green which may be flat (for “flat-green bowls”) or convex or uneven (for “crown green bowls”). It is normally played outdoors (although there are many indoor venues) and the outdoor surface is either natural grass, artificial turf, or cotula (in New Zealand).
Bowls in one of the “core sports” that must be included in each edition of the Commonwealth Games. With the exception of the 1966 Games, the sport has been included in all Games since their inception in 1930. The 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane included the first-ever event for women in lawn bowls with a Triples tournament introduced. Australia won six medals for lawn bowls in the Brisbane