{"id":1407,"date":"2024-12-11T13:07:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T13:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/?page_id=1407"},"modified":"2026-04-15T00:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:06:53","slug":"carpet-bowls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/index.php\/carpet-bowls\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpet Bowls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Thursdays 10am &#8211; 12noon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a32 per session &#8211; everyone welcome! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aligned with the regulations of the English Carpet Bowls Association, the group, a Section of the BCA, follows the adapted rules suitable for play within village halls and community centres. The game entails delivering bowls from a designated area on the carpet while avoiding a centrally placed circular block. The standard Jack, akin to indoor bowls, measures 2.5 inches in diameter and is positioned along a centre line, thirty feet from the end of the carpet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Convening on Thursday mornings, the group initially relied on borrowed equipment, generously provided by Anfield Plain Methodist Church. Encouragingly, the membership flourished in the initial months, prompting the BCA to invest in its own second-hand equipment. Presently, the group meets weekly, attracting between 12 to 20 players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognising the growing interest, the group is now aiming to expand its capacity by acquiring a second set of equipment, enabling more enthusiasts to participate. <em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group Leads:<\/strong> &nbsp;Ian Stoker <a href=\"mailto:ian.stoker57.is@googlemail.com\">ian.stoker57.is@googlemail.com<\/a> or Martyn Jones <a href=\"mailto:martynjones553@gmail.com\">martynjones553<\/a>@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:85% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/carpet-bowls.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1405 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/carpet-bowls.png 789w, https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/carpet-bowls-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/carpet-bowls-768x355.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursdays 10am &#8211; 12noon \u00a32 per session &#8211; everyone welcome! Aligned with the regulations of the English Carpet Bowls Association, the group, a Section of the BCA, follows the adapted rules suitable for play within village halls and community centres. The game entails delivering bowls from a designated area on the carpet while avoiding a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1407","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1524,"href":"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1407\/revisions\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brancepethcommunityassociation.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}