SCUNTHORPE & DISTRICT 

BOWLS LEAGUE

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About the League

The objects of the league is to encourage and promote the game of bowls in Scunthorpe and District; to promote competitions for that purpose; to secure uniformity in the style of playing the game throughout the district, and to encourage and promote a sporting and social understanding between the Clubs in the district and the Bowls League.

The present day league is made up from 31 clubs in and around the Scunthorpe area providing 76 teams which are divided into five divisions plus a Ladies league. Bowlers also take part in the Knockout competitions  run within the district, playing for six trophies. 

  • Hospital Cup: Men's Singles 4 bowls 21 shots. 

  • Hunter Cup: Men's Pairs or Mixed, 4 bowls 21 ends. 

  • Star Shield: Open Triples 2 bowls 21 ends.

  • Jubilee Cup: Ladies Pairs, 4 bowls 21 ends.

  • Lysaghts Cup: Ladies Singles, 21 shots.

  • Eland Trophy: Club team KO, Three players in each of four rinks. Aggregate at 21 ends.

League matches and competitions are played to the laws of the English Bowls Federation (E.B.F).

THE BOWER TROPHY

Some years ago Horace Bower donated a trophy to be contested by teams representing the various district leagues within Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, so that bowlers who merited being considered for selection for county teams could have a platform to display their talents on a competitive stage, with selectors in attendance. As the main objective was to have a look at those not yet established as county players, a rule was incorporated to the effect that no more than 6 badge players could be in any one team. 

This no longer appears to be the purpose of the competition. It is now simply a competition open to any district league from Lincolnshire or Nottinghamshire with, as from May 2003, no restriction on selection.

Currently there are 10 teams in the competition. They are: Scunthorpe, City of Lincoln, Ashfield, Cliff, Grantham, Hucknall, Mansfield, Shirebrook, Sleaford and Spalding.

The teams are divided into two groups, with each team playing the other four teams in its group once during the season, and the winners of each group contesting the final. All teams play two matches at home and two away. The groups are operative on a two-year cycle, the fixtures for the second year in the cycle being the reverse of the first year. The groups are decided by a draw at the relevant AGM.

Matches are now played with six rinks of three, with three woods over 21 ends under the E.B.F. Code. Differing from the original format of two woods over 31 ends. Two points for each rink win with a further 10 points for the aggregate. Maximum points  per match, therefore, are 22.

Matches are played in creams or whites. A meal is provided after the match by the home team, with the visitors being charged accordingly. There is no gender distinction with regard to the composition of the teams.

 

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