Club Competition Details 2025
Rallying Call
The competitions are for everybody.
Full members should enter some competitions. No one should feel inhibited – we are a friendly club and all players are encouraged to enter our competitions, whatever their playing experience. This applies particularly to our new members.
New members (< 3 years)
A competition for recently joined members was introduced last year. It is the Derby Challenge and was competed for by 13 players. This competition carries all the kudos of the main club competitions with the winner being proudly displayed on the Club Honours board. Give it a go.
Singles Competitions
Championships and Challenges
- Marker required
- Coin toss decides who plays first
- 4 woods per person
- Normal scoring
- First to reach 21 wins
100 Up
- Marker required
- Coin toss decides who plays first 4 woods per person
- Nearest Wood scores 4, next scores 3, next 2, next 1
10 points available each end
- First to reach 100 wins
2 Sets of 9
- Marker required
- Coin toss decides who plays first
- 4 woods per person
- Normal scoring
- 9 ends played
- Winner scores 1, if level then 1/2 each
- Second 9 ends played,
- Player who didn’t start first end starts
- Winner scores 1, if level then 1/2 each
- Highest score wins
- If level a further 3 ends are played
- Coin toss decides who plays first
- Nearest to Jack wins (best of 3)
Pairs Competitions
- Mixed pairs choose partners (contact Peter Hagger if you require a partner to be found/allocated)
- Mens and Ladies pairs partners are drawn at random
- No Marker necessary
- Coin toss decides which pair plays first
- 4 woods per person
- Normal scoring
- 18 ends played
- Highest score wins
Markers
- Essential to make the competitions work
- Necessary for singles matches
- Optional for Pairs
- Anyone can be a marker whether in competitions or not
- All members should be willing to mark, it helps keep things moving
- Training not necessary
- BRHBC will be running some internal courses
- BRHBC will publish a ‘marker squad’ list
Organisation
- Pairs and match draws take place soon after the entry closing date
- Initial draw is posted on the Competitions notice board in the clubhouse
- Each round of matches has a date by which the matches must be played The first named (top) in each match are responsible for organising match
- Arrange date/time, marker (if required), and rink (book on the bar)When match is finished place scorecard in Competition Results box
- Optional to email result to peter.hagger@outlook.com
- Optional to update match schedules on notice board
- Competition noticeboard will be updated with results on a weekly basis
- Competition finals will take place on Finals Weekend
End of Season
- Everybody is invited to Finals Weekend (30th-31st August), a feast of Bowls competitions
- All Members are invited to the Presentation Dinner (24th October)