New Age Bowls Rules

Introduction

New Age Bowls is a game of precision, it can be played on any flat surface that allows the balls to roll. The game can be played in singles, pairs or fours. The object of the game is simple: to roll your bowls to as close a proximity to the jack as possible, and to ensure that one or more of your bowls are closed to the jack than any of those of your opponent.

Rules

The game will start with a coin toss with the visiting team calling heads or tails whilst the coin is in the air. The first bowler (the lead) places his/her mat and rolls the jack.

The players then take turns to bowl, with points being scored by each bowl that is closer to the jack than the opponent's closest bowl.

Upon completion of an end, play recommences in the opposite direction (i.e. from the end at which the jack previously rested).

It is permissible - and often quite amusing! - to strike other players' bowls with your own with the aim of gaining a strategic advantage.

Scoring

A point is awarded to the player or team whose bowl or bowls are the closest to the jack at the end of each round (or "end"). If a player or team has more than one bowl closer to the jack than their opponents, they will score the corresponding number of points.