Gordon Allan
entered journalism straight from school in Aberdeen in 1951.
After seven years on the local newspapers, interrupted by National
Service in the RASC, he spent thirty years in Fleet Street,
mainly as a sports sub-editor and reporter with The Times.
He lives in Carshalton, Surrey.
Ranging from world championships outdoor and indoor to seaside tournaments,
Bowls: A Game for Two Seasons is a survey of the last twenty
years of the twentieth century, which Gordon Allan believes to have
been the most eventful in the history of the sport. ‘We are’,
he writes, ‘witnessing nothing less than a revolution in the
pastime that Dr W. G. Grace knew when he became President of the
English Bowling Association almost 100 years ago.’
… Among the changes to have taken place, the author notes
professionalism, television coverage, the influx of young players,
sponsorship, five-figure prize money, and mixed competitions. This
book takes an objective view of the changes and looks forward to
a dynamic bowls scene in the years to come.
List of Contents to follow
Reviews to follow
Publication Details
Paperback ISBN:
978-1-898595-31-1
Page Extent / Format:
Release Date:
December 1999
Illustrated:
No
Paperback Price:
£6.95 / $xx.xx
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