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Pub and Parlour - Bowls

  • Bowls on a Carpet
  • Custom Table Bowls
  • Snooker Table Bowls

Bowls Layouts

Carpets - One player from one pair / team should be positioned to replace the centre block and remove dead bowls. One player from the other pair / team can advise on which bowls are nearest and chalk touchers. When it is their turn to play another pair can take the same jobs over plus take measures when the end finishes, update the scoreboard and return the bowls to the delivery end.

Never walk along the carpet.  Only the persons who are involved in the specific jobs above ever set foot on the carpet.

Snooker Table Bowls

Snooker Table Bowls 1

Format - 2, 3 or 4 player Singles, Pairs

Dimensions - 12 ft x 6 ft table

Bowl size - 2 1/4"

bowls and chute delivery head legal jack

Roll the unbiased jack down the ramp from within the 'D' . Then, either position it along a central line between blue and black spots, or deliver it anywhere on table - past the blue spot and 1 ft in from the cushions (as above).  Roll the strong and equally biased bowls down the ramp.

Snooker Table Bowls 2

Format - 2 player Singles, Pairs

Dimensions - 12 ft x 6 ft table

Bowl size - 2"

bowls and chute red spots yellow spots

Each set numbered 1 to 4 has a different bias, adding a further element to the game.

Play one complete set against another (red v yellow stickers - not obvious in photos).

Snooker Table Bowls 3

Format - 2 player Singles, Pairs

Dimensions - 12 ft x 6 ft table

Bowl size - 2"

bowls and chute both jacks biassed jack

Colours make it easier to distinguish the bowls. Each colour has a different bias.

Play 2 weak bowls and 2 strong bowls against 2 medium and 2 very strong.

Can be played with unbiased or biased jack.

Snooker Table Bowls 4

Format - 2, 3  or 4 player Singles, Pairs

Dimensions - 10 ft, 9 ft , 8 ft table

Bowl size - 1 ¾"

bowls and chute bowls and biassed jack

Smaller equally biased bowls with pairs numbered 1 to 4.

A biased jack to roll anywhere on the table.

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Bowls on a carpet - Floor based (any floor area)

'Short Mat' style Carpet Bowls - Bowls carpet 1 - Team Game

(carpet also used by Western Skittles)

(based around ESMBA rules)

Format -  Teams of 4, (Pairs select)

Dimensions - 37ft x 6ft thick felt carpet

Bowl size - 3 7/8"

jack near ditch chalk spray scoreboard three sets

Place your jack by hand.  Deliver your bowls around the centre block to rest in the scoring area.

Bowls entering the ditch donlt count unless they touched the jack first. Touchers are chalked.

Close ends can be measured. Perhaps play with weight but no striking.

Indoor Carpet Bowls - Bowls carpet 2 - Team Game

(based around ECBA rules)

Format -  Teams of 4, (Pairs select)

Dimensions - 30ft x 6ft Verdemat Medium carpet

Bowl size - 3 7/8" bowls

jack line central spinner bowl - both sides taking a measure carpet bowls scoreboard

All bowls must pass the central line without hitting the spinner. Any bowls leaving the carpet don't count.

Touchers don't apply.

Carpeted Floor Area Only

Parlour Carpet Bowls ( 3 sets)

Format - 2, 3 or 4 player Singles, Pairs

Dimensions - 15ft x 6ft minimum carpeted area

Bowl size - 2 ½" bowls

on carpet one set bowl in hand

Plastic markers provide a temporary boundary on any spare area of carpet. If the carpet is not entirely level it makes for a more varied game.  Deliver the unbiased jack then try to be closest with your bowls. Start the next end from where you finished the last.

An alternative scoring method can also be played where the 3 nearest bowls to the jack are scored (whoever they belong to). Nearest counts for 4, second bowl for 2 and third bowl for 1.

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Example Floor Plan

 space required for both bowls mats

Custom Bowls Tables - Table top (Host provided)

Table Bowls with Ditch - Custom Table 1

(also used by table croquet)

Format - 2 player Singles, Pairs

Dimensions - 6ft 6 x 4ft

Bowl size - 1 1/2"

 

table bowls scoreboard delivery end ditch head

The ditch awaits at the end of this custom bowls table.

Send the jack down the ramp to be repositioned along a central line (flat green style) or play anywhere on the surface. Jack remains live in ditch and can also be respotted. Special toucher rule applies.

'Short Mat / Carpet Style' Table Bowls - Custom Table 2

(also used by Petanque de Table, Billiard Target Board, Table Curling, Bumper Shuffleboard)

Format - 2 player Singles, Pairs

Dimensions - 7ft 6 x 2ft

Bowl size - 1 1/2"

full table head Table Bowls score wheel

A short mat / carpet hybrid transferred to the table.

Place the jack first, then send bowls down the ramp, around the central block, and into the scoring area. No touchers. Jack in ditch is penalised.

Table Bocce

 

Format – 2 player singles, Pairs

Custom-made

Table bocce court table bocce - weighted shot table bocce - end zone table bocce - silver v yellow

The board is 6 feet in length, with a leatherette surface marked out as a simple bocce court.  4 metal boules per player / pair are rolled down a chute in an effort to be nearest the pallino (jack) in the other half of the court. Unlike the full size, outdoor game, no boules can be thrown (no volo shot) but punto shots (for points) and raffa shots can be played with weight to move nominated boules or pallino.

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