"At Last, A Sportsman The British Can Be Proud Of"18 May 2003Comedy96 mins
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.
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In the world of spectator sports there are of course the all time greats: football rugby tennis golf and… lawn bowls? Try as he might Cliff Starkey (Paul Kaye) ...
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Blackball (2003)
A rebellious young British bowls player teams with another older and more traditional player to take on the Australian bowls team.
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