"The NYLBC currently has about over 100 members, many of whom found the sport after accidentally coming upon it in Central Park and asking what they were looking at."
"We leaned over the fence on West 69th Street and saw these crazy people all in white running after a set of bowls and we didn't know what the hell that was, so we were very intrigued."
"We don't play sports, but ever since that day, we've been hooked."
"They wanted to be closer to the lawns."
Bowling Green Park, established in 1733, originally included a bowling green for lawn bowling. Today, the New York Lawn Bowling Club is the only remaining club in the city, located off West 69th Street in Central Park. The club, celebrating its centennial, has over 100 members who often discover the sport by chance. Lawn bowling involves rolling biased balls towards a target, the jack, on a specific playing green. Members, including club president Joe Kelly, share a passion for the sport after being introduced to it unexpectedly.
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