A NEW season of barefoot bowls is back at the Mildura Bowls Club after a holiday break.

A more relaxed version of lawn bowls, teams of four players are encouraged to kick their heels off, or otherwise don flat shoes and unwind.

Nola Mason, who is involved with organising the teams, said barefoot bowls was an interesting sport to play.

"It's sort of a fun thing, but people do get very serious," ...