• Ten-pin bowling
  Ten-pin bowling
  Ten-pin bowling is a competitive sport in which a player rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic lane with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible.-Summary:The lane is bordered along its length by semicylindrical channels Ten-pin bowling (commonly just...
  
  , the most popular type of bowling today
• Nine-pin bowling
  Nine-pin bowling
  Nine-pin bowling is a bowling game played primarily in Europe. European championships are held each year. Over 90,000 members are on teams in Germany, often playing in officially registered Bundeskegelbahnen to be found in almost every sizable town...
  
  
• Five-pin bowling
  Five-pin bowling
  Five-pin bowling is a bowling variant which is played only in Canada, where most bowling alleys offer it, either alone or in combination with ten-pin bowling. It was devised around 1909 by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto, Ontario, at his Toronto Bowling Club, in response to customers who complained that...
  
  , a bowling variant which is played only in Canada
• Duckpin bowling
  Duckpin bowling
  Duckpin bowling is a variation of 10-pin bowling. The balls used in duckpin bowling are 4-3/4 in to 5 in in diameter , weigh 3 lb 6 oz to 3 lb 12 oz each, and lack finger holes...
  
  
• Candlepin bowling
  Candlepin bowling
  Candlepin bowling is a variation of Bowling that is played primarily in the Canadian Maritime provinces, Ontario, Quebec, and the New England states of Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, where it is more common than ten-pin bowling....
  
  
• Lawn Bowls
  Bowls
  Bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll slightly asymmetric balls so that they stop close to a smaller "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a pitch which may be flat or convex or uneven...
  
  : a Commonwealth Games
  Commonwealth Games
  The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
  
   and Paralympic Games
  Paralympic Games
  The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...
  
   sport; see Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games
  Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games
  Bowls is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since the inaugural edition of the event's precursor, the 1930 British Empire Games. It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games...
  
  
• Deck Skittles which may have a flat bowling bowl or 'cheese'.

Sports

• Bowling (cricket)
  Bowling (cricket)
  In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler; a bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an all-rounder...
  
  , the act of propelling the ball towards the wicket in the sport of cricket
• Irish road bowling
  Irish Road Bowling
  Irish road bowling is an ancient sport. It is centered in Ireland - primarily in County Armagh and County Cork. However, it also has players in Boston, Massachusetts; Cambridge, New York, and Bennington, Vermont, vicinity; Traverse City, Michigan; the Bronx, New York; New Zealand; Asheville, North...
  
  , a traditional Irish game, played along country roads, involving throwing a metal ball, the winner being the participant whose ball traverses the course in the fewest throws.
• "Going bowling": Involving oneself in a bowl game
  Bowl game
  In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
  
   (North American Football), either as a member of a team or as a spectator

People

• Dan Bowling
  Dan Bowling
  Dan C. Bowling is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He represented the 3rd district in the southwest part of the state, including Buchanan County and parts of Russell and Tazewell Counties. He was defeated by Will Morefield in...
  
  , Virginia state delegate
• John C. Bowling, president of Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois

Places

• Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, a village in Scotland
• Bowling, a residential district of Bradford
  Bradford
  Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
  
  , West Yorkshire

Fictional references

• "Bowling" (Malcolm in the Middle), Emmy Award-winning 35th episode of the TV series
• "Bowling" (List of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodes#ep39), an episode from the TV series