NIGHT OWLS / BAREFOOT BOWLS
The Night Owls competition for the 2024 – 2025 season will commence Tuesday 15th of October 2024 Registration Fee $10.00 per Player ( 4 Players per Team)
Individuals Players can register and we will try and find a Team for you.
Game Fees are $5.00 per Player
Start Time 7.00pm …..No Break 15 Ends Played …Finish Time 9.30pm
PHBC NIGHT OWLS Sponsored by ‘YH SUPPORT SERVICES’ your local ‘NDIS Service Provider’
Night Owls Bowls gives family and friends of all ages the chance to play semi competitively in a fun filled social atmosphere, It is also a great way to start your journey to becoming a Pennant Bowler.
The Bar will be open for business. SO PLAN EARLY, Make up a team and come along with your family and friends. Soak up the friendly atmosphere of the Para Hills Bowling Club.
Please contact the Club on 8285 6744 if you require further information, or contact Daryl on 0417 806 601 see you on the Green
LAWS OF THE SPORT OF BOWLS – LATEST VERSION
Bowls Australia (BA), in consultation with the National Officiating Advisory Group (NOAG) and World Bowls (WB), has launched the latest edition of the Laws of the Sport (Crystal Mark Version 3.1). Further information, including when the Laws of the Sport of Bowls are reviewed and a link to enable the downloading of the latest version (Crystal Mark Fourth Edition) can be found here.
The new edition, that can be purchased in Australia from Bowls Australia and the Metropolitan Bowls Association, includes updates to the Domestic Regulations (DRs) in particular DR 2; Bowls Australia Policies and; changes to the Index.
DR 2 has been rewritten to make the requirements for substitutes and replacement players simpler and more easily understood as well as some changes to maintain participation after withdrawal of players.
The new DR allows for Controlling Bodies to approve changes to the players nominated to form teams before the first round has been played.
This change will reduce the need for teams to forfeit in the first round when players who have nominated are no longer able to play.
Domestic regulations must follow the WB – Laws of the Sport and member nations are given permission to apply local domestic regulations according to Law 57.1.
Further information provided by Bowls Australia on this topic can be found here.
A copy of the updated version of “The Laws of the Sport of Bowls” (version 3.1 April 2019) can be obtained from the Para Hills Bowling Club when available.
The Metropolitan Bowls Association (MBA) have provided a completely unofficial summary of the changes made to the Laws & the Domestic Regulations. This can be found here. The MBA also advise that no decision has yet been finalised regarding the adoption of Bowls SA Policy on Instantaneous Penalties for Pennant bowls games.
POLICIES
Bowls SA advise “Within the sport of Bowls, there is a policy and procedure hierarchy that sets out the documentation that defines and governs the sport, the organisations affiliated, and the people involved. This hierarchy is as follows: Bowls Australia, State and Territory Associations (ie Bowls SA), Associations and Clubs.
In many cases, policies and procedures of the “higher” organisation will apply to all groups that fall under that organisation.”
The various governance policies that relate to our sport may be viewed here.
HEAT AND INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY
Bowls SA is conscious of its responsibility to provide direction to its Member Clubs and Associations in relation to the conduct of the game of bowls under extreme weather conditions such as heat and humidity, rain, hail, high winds and squalls, lightning and prolonged heat. As such Bowls SA has produced the Head and Inclement Weather Policy that applies to all clubs within the Metropolitan Area. A copy of the Heat and Inclement Weather Policy which was approved ond on the 29 August 2022 can be found here.