Bowling Legends

“Bowling Legends,” puts on record the names, faces and achievements of crown green bowl’s finest players over the last 100 years. Experience stories and tales of some the great players and relive memorable matches from top bowling tournaments such as the famous Waterloo and Talbot handicaps. Reminisce over final day reports from Blackpool’s, “Big two,” tournaments or simply read about top bowlers in years gone by. It explores the history of the Waterloo and Talbot bowling tournaments and includes the details, drama and excitement of the final days play in both competitions as well as other top events such as the Bass Masters, the Greenalls County Classic and Champion of Champions. Brief final day reports of the Waterloo and Talbot, are described from 1950 to 2012. Discover the names of old friends or relatives who reached the final day stages or use this book as a record of your own achievements in reaching the final stages of these great competitions.As new bowling champions have been crowned at both the Waterloo and Talbot tournaments over the years, new bowling legends have been created and some enthusiasts often attempt the impossible task of trying to compare the abilities of the current bowlers to those from a previous era. However, after studying the list of winners of these famous events it soon becomes clear that many of the professional players, as well as many of the top competition bowlers who are talked about and are still referred to as legends, have not won either of Blackpool’s `big two`, so details of the popular `big money` competitions as well as the professional panel and the star players who featured in the televised bowling events have been included. This book then provides an overview of the game of crown green bowls and tells the story of the Waterloo and the Talbot tournaments. The main aim however is to put on record the names, faces and achievements of players-both men and women–who are considered to be “Bowling legends.”