In the Council of Management meeting of 12 Dec 2016, the Councilors endorsed the following procedure on league fixture approval and confirmation.
Lawn Bowls Association of Hong Kong, China organises two league competitions every year, the Premier League and the Triples League.
Played on almost every Saturday afternoon throughout the year, all the bowling clubs in Hong Kong and virtually all local players are involved in the two leagues.
Premier League
Played on every Saturday afternoon between April and October, with a break during the summer, the Premier League includes all the elite clubs in Hong Kong and virtually all local players are involved.
A match comprises 18 ends and is played between sides of three teams of four players. Each player bowls two bowls per end. Each side plays home and away against every other side in the same division during a season.
Eight points are be contested each match, with two points awarded to each winning team, one point if there are tied teams, and two bonus points to the side winning the highest total of shots scored. If the total shots are tied, one bonus point will be awarded to each side.
The last two teams of each division will be relegated at the end of the season, while the top two teams will be promoted to the division above.
Triples League
Previously known as the Winter League, the Triples League is played between the Premier League seasons, usually from November to February. A match is played between sides of three teams of three players where each player delivers three bowls per end.
Each side plays half of the games at home and half away against every other side in the same division during a season.
Similar to the Premier League, eight points are be contested each match, with two points awarded to each winning team, one point if there are tied teams, and two bonus points to the side winning the highest total of shots scored. If the total shots are tied, one bonus point will be awarded to each side.
Approval mail for reschedule games (issued on 20/12/2016)
Some public green clubs waited for HKLBA approval mail and missed the timing on green booking in public venues. We would like to reiterate our policy and procedure on the HKLBA approval mail as below:
Triples League format (issued on 2/12/2016)
We received an inquiry about the format of The Triples League. Clarification from VP League With effect from 2014, the format of Triples League is 16 ends per match and three woods per player.
Refuse to play 3 woods when short of player (Issued on 24/10/16)
In a league game, a team is short of one player when start time arrives. According to Law of Sport of Bowls, they can start the game with first two players playing three woods each and the skip play two woods, The winning score is deducted by 25%.(Law of Sport of Bowls 39.2.2.) The...
Tied players
In the Council meeting of 25 July, the Council of Management approved the change of bye-law 3.7.a and 4.7.a.