Hampden Park Bowls Club

Our internal competitions are open to all playing members, although some have specific entry requirements. Entrants for Club competitions must guarantee their availability for Finals Days.

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Mixed Chase The Jack
The winner of the toss places the mat and delivers the jack. Where the jack stops is where both players bowl to. If the jack finishes outside the confines of the rink or on the line it is declared dead and will need to be recast by the opposing player. Each player plays in turn. If the Jack is knocked by a wood into the next rink, onto the bank or rebounds to less than 21m from the mat then the end is dead and will be replayed in the same direction (unless both players agree otherwise). The player who scores the most shots on the previous end plays first on the next end and decides on the position of the jack. The winner is the player with the highest score after 18 ends. If the game is tied an extra end is played.

Mixed Australian Pairs
Played by two opposing teams, each with two players delivering 4 bowls, played in a 2 - 4 - 2 format. The leads deliver 2 bowls each followed by the skips playing all 4 of their bowls and then the leads play their remaining 2 bowls. This alternating pattern continues throughout the game and any extra ends played. Leads and skips must change ends together and no additional visits to the head will be allowed. Rules are otherwise in accordance with the Laws of the game. The winners are the team with the highest score after 18 ends.

Mixed Yardstick
A 4 bowls singles where every bowl within a yard of the jack scores a point. The player with the most points after 15 ends wins or the player who is too far ahead to be caught by his/her opponent. If the game is tied an extra end is played. The player with shot bowl on that end is the winner.

Mixed Fixed Jack
The Jack is not cast but placed on a golf tee at full length going one way and minimum length going the opposite way. If the jack is displaced from the golf tee it is replaced onto the golf tee. On each end points are awarded for the nearest 4 bowls as follows: Shot=4, second=3, third=2 and fourth=1 irrespective of which player they belong to. The score on each end will always total 10. The winner is the player with the highest score after 18 ends. If the game is tied an extra end is played.

Additional Rules

1.Format
If fewer than 8 players enter any competition, a Round-Robin format will be applied, every entrant thus playing each of the other competitors in turn.

2. Handicap
All entrants will receive a handicap as determined by the past captains and head coach together with the competition secretary. The score is adjusted at the outset of the match so that the player with the higher handicap is credited with the difference between the two handicaps.