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REMINDER : Rules to club competitions are included in the constitution which can be accessed on the members page of the website. Our ladies are playing at Cheltenham Spa this afternoon in the Top Club competition. Give them your support if you can.

Bowls Etiquette

Familiarise yourself with the rules of Lawn Green Bowls. Make sure you are in proper team colours and properly dressed for the match. Use the steps to get onto the green. Don't walk across other rinks whilst play is going on. Before a match, introduce yourself and shake hands with the opposition and your own team . Remain silent and still when a player of either team is on the mat. The player on the mat must not be distracted by bowlers moving at the head. Only when his wood has come to a complete stop should there be iuj at the head but only till the next player is on the mat. All movement by the opposing player/team must cease at this time. He may ask a member of his own team or the marker to point something out at the head before he bowls his wood . During the match you take directions from your skip. The lead places the mat and bowls the Jack. The 2 should update the scoreboard  and may mark the scorecard. The 3 directs the skip and does any measuring.  No-one s...

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