Bowls Formats
Lawn Bowls has many format variations, below are just a few. If you have a format you would like to share, please submit it and we’ll get it added and share it with the world.
There are currently 2 Bowls Formats in this directory beginning with the letter P.
Pairs
Players play in teams of 2, each player plays a set amount of bowls.
2 x 2 x 2 x 2 Pairs
3 Bowls Pairs
2 x 2 x 2 x 2 Pairs
3 Bowls Pairs
Power Pairs
- 2 bowl pairs.
- 2 sets of 5 ends.
- 1 end tiebreaker.
- 1 powerplay per set.
- 1 nominated kill per set.
- Average game length 40 mins.
- 4 teams per group, play round robin.
- 3 games per round or mini-tournament.
- Two bowl pairs is a fast and very active game.
- It’s also a great way of bringing new bowlers into the club.
- We recommend you have them pair up with a more experienced bowler, and that person plays lead with the new bowler playing skip. We think this way because:
- the new bowler doesn’t feel the pressure of bowling to a bare jack
- he/she gets to see experienced bowlers start to build a head
- the experienced bowler can guide the newbie on what shots to try and play.
- This can also be a great format for the middle of a Bowls Classic day where you can have a four split into 2 pairs with one pair playing the first set while the other has lunch, and then they swap for the second set. If a tiebreaker is needed in this format, it’s real fun for all four players to have just one bowl each.
- The winner from all groups is found using wins > sets > ends > diff. Other prizes can be paid out using this as a ranking method.
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