Bowls Drive Instructions and Score Card
BOWLS DRIVE INSTRUCTIONS AND ORGANISATION CREATE A NUMBER OF STARTING POINTS ( NUMBERED 1 TO 4 FOR 16 PEOPLE TO PLAY) AROUND THE GREEN. ONE ON EACH SIDE IS ENOUGH FOR 16 PEOPLE TO TAKE PART.
IF YOU HAVE 24 YOU NEED 6 POINTS ( THAT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE 24 PEOPLE ON THE GREEN).
BEAR IN MIND THE SIZE OF THE GREEN.
4 PEOPLE START AT EACH POSITION – IDEALLY TWO LADIES AND TWO MEN.
ONE LADY AND ONE MAN ARE CLASSIFIED AS BEING ‘A’ TEAM AND THE OTHER TWO ARE ‘B’ TEAM.
ASSUME THIS IS THE 4 WHO START AT POSITION NUMBER 1.
YOU NEED TO CREATE SOME SMALL POSTS TO STICK IN THE GREEN AT THE APPROPRIATE STARTING POINTS TO WHICH YOU SHOULD ATTACH A, SHEET/PIECE OF PLASTIC/ WOODEN PLATE
THE MARKER FOR THE START POSITION HAS TWO ARROWS ON THE TOP OF IT WITH ONE POINTING LEFT AND ONE TO THE RIGHT WITH THE NAME ‘LADIES’ UNDER THE LEFT ONE ON ‘GENTS’ UNDER THE RIGHT ONE.
OTHER SIGNS ARE NUMBERED 2,3, 4 ETC DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ARE PLAYING.
IF YOU DON’T HAVE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF EACH SEX PLAYING CHANGE LADIES TO SAY LIONS AND GENTS TO GORILLAS (THEN SEX DOESN’T MATTER).
STARTING TO PLAY
‘A’ LADY TAKES AND SENDS THE JACK FOLLOWED BY HER WOOD. ‘B’ LADY THEN FOLLOWS. THE LADIES SEND THEIR NEXT WOOD. THE ‘A’ GENTS SENDS HIS FIRST WOOD. ‘B’ GENTS FOLLOWS THEN BOTH GENTS SEND THEIR SECOND WOOD.
THAT END IS NOW COMPLETE AND YOU SEE WHICH PAIR HAVE WON THE END. ENTER YOUR SCORE AND YOUR OPPONENTS SCORE ON THE CARD.
THE ‘A’ LADY SENDS THE JACK AGAIN WITH THE OTHERS PLAYING IN THE SAME ORDER.
AFTER 2 ENDS THE ‘B’ LADY SENDS THE JACK AND THE ‘A’ LADY BOWLS LAST WITH THE OTHERS FOLLOWING THE ‘B’ LADY IN THE SAME ORDER AS BEFORE.
CONTINUE WITH EACH PLAYER HAVING TWO JACKS.
AFTER 8 ENDS IT’S TIME TO MOVE.
THE PAIR THAT WINS THE SET OF 8 ENDS MOVES TO THE NEXT POINT.IF IT’S A DRAW THE PAIR THAT WINS THE LAST END MOVES ON FOLLOWING THE ARROWS. THE PAIR THAT LOSES STAYS AT THE POINT THEY STARTED AT.
THEREFORE THE LADY MOVES TO THE LEFT AND THE GENT MOVES TO THE RIGHT.
THIS HAPPENS AT EACH POINT.
TO RESTART AFTER EVERYONE HAS MOVED THE WINNING LADY THEN PLAYS WITH THE LOSING GENT WHERE SHE ARRIVES AND THE WINNING GENT PLAYS WITH THE LOSING LADY WHERE HE ARRIVES.
THE GAME RESTARTS WITH THE LOSING LADY GOING FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER LADY, THEN MEN IN THE SAME ORDER AS THEIR PARTNERS. PLAY FOR 8 END AS BEFORE.
WHILST PLAYING THE 2ND SET OF EIGHT ENDS ACCUMULATE YOUR SCORE AS YOU WOULD IN A NORMAL GAME BUT COUNT ONLY THOSE 8 ENDS TO DECIDE WHICH PAIR MOVE AGAIN.
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY PLAYING WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS.