Bowls

Bowls participation overview

Around 153,100 women take part in bowls at least once every four weeks. 

Bowls is the 5th most popular sport for women aged 55 and over and has the oldest age profile of any sport with 95% of players aged 55+.

Men are more likely to bowl than women, with the biggest difference at age 75-84 with almost twice the proportion of men as women taking part.

Less than 1% of women who bowl are from a BME group.

Key links: 
Bowls England