Australia Day Holiday Open Fours

26 Jan 2024

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This event is played at Dandenong Club with 32 entrants of teams of four.

Cost to enter is $200 per team.

The event includes a seated luncheon. Players will have lunch after the completion of their second match at 1:00pm. Lunch – Roast Lunch with Fruit Salad as dessert. Snacks will be provided post-game.

Prize Pool totals $6000.

This is a tier 4 rated Bowls Australia Event.

The day will run with 4 games at 9:00am, 11:00am, 2:00pm, and 4:00pm.

Presentation of awards after 6pm with the completion of the final games.

CONDITIONS OF PLAY

All Matches will be played under the current edition of the Laws of the Sport of Bowls, Bowls Australia Domestic Regulations, Bowls Victoria Rules for Competition and Conditions of Play.

1. Attire: Bowls Victoria Regulations for Attire apply.
2. The draw to be undertaken on an earlier date by the tournament committee of Michael Stevenson, Chris Wallace and Nicole McKenzie.
3. Each game will be 10 ends or 1 hour and 45 minutes.
4. There will be one trial end in each direction, fifteen minutes prior to the start time of the first game. Players will use two bowls each before the first game. No other trial ends are allowed.
5. Re-spotting the Jack. There will be no dead ends caused by Jack displacement. The jack will be re-spotted in accordance with Law 56.5 and placed 2 metres from the ditch on the centre line of the rink, and play will continue.
6. After each game, skips are to ensure that scorecards correspond, and then the skips will return both cards to the Tournament office located outside the function room main door before commencing the next game.
7. The following games are to commence as soon as the designated rink becomes available.
8. The winners will be decided on shots up, receiving 10 points for a win and 5 point for a tie. Each team shall receive an additional one point for each end won in each match. The overall winner will be the team with the highest number of points. If teams are equal on points, the winners are determined by shots up, then shots up divided by shots against.
9. Prizes are awarded for 1st prize: $2400, 2nd prize $1200, 3rd prize $840. Best margin for each round $300
10. No team can win more than one prize.
11. One match per round may be live streamed to the Dandenong Club Facebook page.
12. The Controlling Body has the right to alter the conditions of play if necessary.
13. The Tournament Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any team nomination