Rules and Information of the Competition

  • All entering teams are divided into two groups.  Each team plays four timed games of 50 minutes against other teams in the same group, with a one hour break between games. 
  • Teams consist of two players of mixed sexes and will play normal pairs format.
  • The winning team and the runners up will be decided by the number of points won, 2 points for each win, 1 point for each draw and 1 point for each end won in the game. In the unlikely event of a tie,
  • the winner will be the team with the highest shot difference. 
  • Each game will START on the bell and will be timed. A bell will ring again after 50 minutes, after which, players should complete any end already started, ie where the jack has been delivered AND centred before the bell.
  • Toss for the mat on each game. Jacks can be placed before the bell rings at the start of each game.
  • No trial ends all shots count on all ends.
  • No visiting the head.
  • During the game (other than the initial delivery of the jack) if a jack goes out of play it will be re-centred on the 2-metre mark (back tee) if available, or the nearest free spot ahead and play will continue. If it is put out of play by the final wood of a game the jack will also be re-centred on the 2-metre mark (back tee) as stated and shots counted from that position. There will be no dead ends.
  • The Skip on the left-hand side of the scorecard to complete the scorecard. And the Skip on the righthand side of the scorecard to enter the scores on the scoreboard. Both skips should check and sign the scorecard, then hand them to the Competition Organizer or their representative, without delay to avoid loss of points. 
  • Teams decide their own order of play which may not be changed during the course of a game but can be changed for subsequent games.
  • Except for the above the laws of the game, as applied to Spain, will apply.
  • The entry fee of €16 per team to be paid to the appointed Club official in the clubhouse before play commences and the scorecards will then be issued.

Umpire/Timekeeper        Tony Hesketh-Field  

If any team fails to arrive or are over fifteen minutes late for the game, 6 points will be given to their opponents. 

Please arrive thirty minutes before the start of your game. Whites or Team colours and smooth sole shoes to be worn

Protocol for Bowling in the Bonalba Open Mixed Pairs under current Covid Regulations and the LLB Generic Protocol.

Protocol for Bowling in the Bonalba Open Mixed Pairs under current Covid Regulations and the LLB Generic Protocol.

  1. Entry to the Bonalba Bowls Complex is through the Car Park Gate only.
  2. We will be using a Non-Touch Thermometer to test each bowler/person on arrival. Anyone with a temperature of over 37.4 C will not be allowed on the premises.
  3. Please read the section “Before Travelling to the Venue” in the LLB Generic Protocol Document.
  4. We will be starting sessions from both ends of the bowling green. The RED GROUP will start at 9.00 am at the car park end of the green. Please take your bags to that end when starting and they can be left there for the remaining sessions.
  5. The GREEN GROUP will be starting at 10.00 am at the Club House end and can leave your bags at the designated bag drop.
  6. Between sessions, the RED GROUP must not walk past rink 8, toward the car park end, until the game on that rink has finished.
  7. Social distancing to be observed at all times.
  8. Players to wear masks except when bowling.
  9. Hands to be sanitised before, during and after the game. 
  10. Sanitiser will be provided at the end of each rink.
  11. Hands and equipment will be sanitised when touched i.e. when the Skip removes the mat from the green at the completion of an end, bowl or jack in the ditch, use of ditch markers and after measuring. 
  12. Touchers – use of spray chalk or chalk pen only.
  13. The tables and chairs will be sanitised during the game change over.
  14. The toilets will be sanitised frequently.
  15. Clubhouse – all persons will enter through the main door and exit through the Side door ensuring social distancing is maintained.

The objective of this Protocol is to provide an environment as safe as possible for all players and club members.