Short Mat Carpet Bowls Rules

Short mat bowls is played on a 45 ft x 6 ft roll down carpet with full size bowls.

Short mat carpet bowls rules. Short mat bowls is based on the outdoor sport of lawn bowls so many of the rules are adaptations of the rules of the outdoor game with the basic aim being to deliver as many woods bowls as possible nearer to the smaller target bowl the jack than any of the opposition s woods. To protect the carpet while bowls are being delivered a mat that may extend behind the carpet must cover the footer at the delivery end. Page 2 of 2 short mat carpet bowls rules 080216 from the opposite end of the mat. If a bowl is played beyond the limits of the rink or strikes the spindle on its way to the jack it will be counted dead and take no further part in the game.

The rules for playing carpet bowls 1. G there is no requirement in the short mat game for players to bowl with a matched set of bowls. Any bowl which comes to rest between the player and the spindle shall be counted dead and removed from the rink. Instead of the ditch used in outdoor bowls fenders mark the ends of the mat.

It is ideally suited in canada because it is not affected by heat sun wind rain or snow. Equipment carpet 1 1 a carpet shall be a minimum of 1 83m 6ft and a maximum of 1 98m 6ft 6in wide and a minimum of 9 14m 30ft and a maximum of 10 06m 33ft long. Page 2 of 2 short mat carpet bowls rules 230617 bowlers will play their bowls alternately and no bowler will play until his opponents bowl has come to rest. Slippers or soft soled shoes without heels should be worn.

If the jack is driven to the side of the rink but not wholly beyond its limits play will continue. A singles game with two players each playing 2 3 or 4 bowls singly and alternately. Short mat bowls rules as the title implies the game is played over a much shorter length than the flat green game. A game shall be played on one rink mat as.

A pairs game with two players on either side each playing 2 3 or 4 bowls. The centre block line shall be 380 mm 15 long and centred across the centre of the rink mat. Short mat bowls is an indoor version of lawn bowling played on a 45 foot long x 6 foot wide mat with regular lawn bowls and a heavier jack. It also has a daunting 18 inch block and a much heavier jack than the one used for lawn bowls or indoor bowls.

White lines parallel to the ends of the carpet and at a distance of 10 feet from each end are drawn across the carpet.