GENERAL COMPETITION RULES
| 1. The entrance fees shall be agreed at the A.G.M. of the Association,per player per event, payable at the time of |
| entry. Such entries on the Official Form signed by the clubs Honorary Secretary shall be in the hands of the |
| Association's Honorary Competition Secretary by the date stipulated on the form. |
| 2.The Competition shall be confined to the clubs which have joined the Association and have paid their affiliation |
| fee for the current year. No restrictions shall be placed on any member playing in more than one competition |
| but shall not play for more than one club on any year. |
| 3. The competitions shall be played under the laws of the I.I.B. and the rules of BOWLS ENGLAND. All singles |
| shall be played to 21 shots and shall be under the management of the Officers of the Association, who shall |
| determine all questions or disputes that may arise and which do not come within the scope of an umpires duties, |
| as published in the handbook. Any party may appeal against a decision, made by the Officers of the |
| Association,to the council, whose decision shall be final and binding. |
| 4. ALL COMPETITIONS MUST USE BOWLS BEARING AN I.I.B STAMP DATED 2005 OR LATER |
| 5. Within 72 hours of the published closing date of the previous round the player named first on the list is the |
| Challenger and will offer his Opponent three (3) dates,, which must not be in all one CALENDAR week, but must |
| be prior to the closing date, one of which must be accepted. The CALENDAR WEEK runs from Monday to |
| Sunday. |
| 6. Score cards must be completed by each side and include the players names. These will be signed by the skips |
| and cards retained by the winning team / player. The result must be e-mailed or telephoned to the Competition |
| Secretary within 24 hours of the competition of the match, except for matches played on the closing date of the |
| round which must be e mailed o telephoned in on the day of the match. |
| 7. Where the Challenged side cannot accept any of the offered dates due to prior commitments to competitions |
| to a higher level, the general practice is for one or more extra dates to be offered. |
| 8. Competition rounds must be completed by the closing date for each round which is published in the |
| Association hand book. |
| 9. The Semi-Finals and the Finals will be held on a date and at a venue as arranged by the Competition |
| committee. |
| 10. SUBSTITUTES : |
| Substitutes are permitted in all competitions except the singles in accordance with the rules below. In the event |
| of a substitute being used common decency requires that the opponents are informed. The substitute shall |
| also be made known to the Competition Secretary when the result is forwarded to him. No one person can |
| play for two different teams in the same competition. |
| . In Pairs and Triples one - and the same - player may be substituted. |
| . In Fours two - and the same two - may substitute. |
| . In Mixed Pairs, one player of each gender - and the same players - may substitute. |
| PLEASE NOTE THAT HEE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON HOW MANY TIMES A SUBSTITUTE MAY PLAY. |
| ORIGINAL PLAYER (S) MAY ALSO RETURN TO THE TEAM AFTER A SUBSTITUTE HAS PLAYED. |