Story: Bowls, pétanque and tenpin

1988 World Championships

The 1988 World Bowls Championships were held in Auckland. In the triples final New Zealand was up against Scotland. As this clip shows, the game went down to the wire.

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Lindsay Knight, 'Bowls, pétanque and tenpin - Lawn bowlers and competitions', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/37982/1988-world-championships (accessed 5 December 2023)

Story by Lindsay Knight, published 5 Sep 2013, updated 1 Jan 2015