Bowls Drive No.3 – Rules

 GAME 1 (6 ends)

“To warm up”

• No jack
• Mat up 3 pole lengths
• 3 woods closest to end ditch score 1 point each
• Knocking up (your woods) & knocking out (opponents woods) is encouraged!
• Measuring: straight line from wood to edge of the green

GAME 2 (6 ends)

 “Getting serious”

• Normal bowls & no chalking

 GAME 3 (6 ends)

 “Big points”

• Normal bowls & no chalking
• 1 point for each of the nearest  5 woods, regardless of distance from jack. 

Miscellaneous

• Draw a Green or Yellow numbered token from the bag before each game
• Maintain your own scorecard throughout
• Dead ends: if an end becomes “dead”, offending team scores minus 1 point per person.  Do not replay the end.
• A jack that is too long or too short, to be placed (not rolled again) by opponents at a distance of their choosing

02.09. 2024