Bunbury Bowling Club - Games Described

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Pennants

This is the serious end of bowls.

Pennants is competition against other clubs conducted over the whole season.

Ladies pennants are played on Tuesday mornings. Their pennants competition consists of two or three rinks of 4 ladies on each rink.

Points are awarded for rink and overall wins. As you get more proficient this is a great competition to be in as it is a team game and a representation of your club.

The men have two different pennant competitions held Saturday and Tuesday afternoons.

There are two or three rinks of four players who compete as a team.
Each winning rink scores a point and then all scores are added up for overall points.

Some people enjoy the seriousness of pennants and some don't.

However, give it a go, as you will never know if you will enjoy it if you don’t.

It’s a great way to meet people from other clubs and improve your game.

See here for Pennants schedules

Scroungers

Scroungers is a singles game played at 9 o’clock Sunday morning by the men. As yet there is no ladies scroungers competition.
It’s good practise and a great way to learn the basis of bowling draw bowls.

You will have to pay $5 annual fee to be a member of Scroungers and $5 a game.
Present your disc to the organizer at the table near the snooker tables. The draw will be shown on the board outside the Captains office at 9.30.

In scroungers only three bowls are used.
Points are awarded for the three bowls closest to the Jack. 3 Points closest, 2 points second, 1 for third.
There is no score sheet as such. Scores are recorded directly the scoreboard.

If you haven’t scored on an end you will be expected to stay at the mat end to set up the Jack for the next end.

The first on the mat will indicate which way he intends to bowl and you will walk up to the mat on the other hand. Sixteen ends are played.
The winner takes their discs off the board and puts them in the box beneath in the order of who won their rink.

Everyone retires to the bar.

The second round all the winners play each other, second place play each other etc. This round is four ends. The final round is over two ends. Scroungers is a great way to learn bowls and meet other bowlers.

Discs In

When you pay your initial membership fee you will be allocated a round metal disc with your name and a number on it.

It will hang in the disc box outside the northern clubhouse entrance for the men.
Ladies discs are in the Ladies Lounge.

To put your name in for a game take your disc to the Captain's office with $5 and you’re in.

In the draw for the game your disc will be placed on a board of hooks outside the Captains office.
This will show the green, rink and group you will play in.

The competition is 2 by 4 by 2.

This means one player will play two bowls, change ends and you will play four bowls, change ends and your partner will play his last two bowls.
This format will continue throughout the game.

Cash Pairs

The nomination form for cash pairs is on the standing desk at the rear of the concertina doors between the bar area and dining area.

It is nominated pairs so you must ask someone to play with you.
If you have no partner put your name & phone number on the bottom of the relevant nomination sheet and someone will pick you up.

Nomination sheets for upcoming competitions for the ensuing weeks are also on this desk.

On the day of play one of you will pay $10 ($5 ea) for a scorecard from the table covered with cards with two persons behind it.
Select a card and ensure the number on it is recorded. The card will have your green and rink on it.

This is a competition in which players deliver two bowls each alternatively, changing ends after each two bowls.
This is called 2 by 2 by 2 by 2.

It is very popular as it allows you to look at the head and play shots other than leading which is your usual position when starting out.

Railways

Selection in this competition is a bit different.

It will cost $4 paid to the men sitting at a table near the snooker tables.

At 2.30 you will draw a numbered disc from a bowl. This will give you the group you will play in.
The groups are in fours.
Numbers 1 — 4 are in one group, 5 — 8 in another group and so on.
If you have numbers 1, 2, 3 or 4 you should be on rink 1 but it doesn’t always work that way.
Just call out your number and ask for other numbers in your group.

This competition is 2 by 4 by 2.