Considering there are Reunification Cup and Finals days coming soon, the league panel special approves to extend the normal 22 day period for re-arranging postponed games until the end of July 2017. Home side should make offer before 26 June (Mon) and away side should accept or counter offer before 28 June (Wed). All postponed...
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.
No grace period for all league games (issued on 27/3/17)
In the past, there was grace period for league games in private greens and no grace period in public greens. With a view to optimizing the use of bowling greens and for standardization, the Council of Management on 16 Jan 2017 resolved that the grace period would be cancelled but start time would remain unchanged....
League practice and policy (Updated on 23/6/21)
In addition to Law of Sport of Bowls and HKLBA bye-law, League panel follows a series of practice and policies to manage the league competitions. These practice and policies are summarized below for bowlers easy reference.
Transfer of player (issued on 15/12/2016)
We received an enquiry about bye-law 3.9 and 4.9 transfer of player “A player who has played in a completed match or more in any sides entered by one Club in any one season is not allowed to play in a side entered by another Club unless prior approval of the National League Panel...
Effective time of League fixture (issued on 15/12/2016)
In the Council of Management meeting of 12 Dec 2016, the Councilors endorsed the following procedure on league fixture approval and confirmation.