In the past, there was grace period for league games in private greens and no grace period in public greens. With a view to optimizing the use of bowling greens and for standardization, the Council of Management on 16 Jan 2017 resolved that the grace period would be cancelled but start time would remain unchanged....
League practice and policy (Updated on 23/6/21)
In addition to Law of Sport of Bowls and HKLBA bye-law, League panel follows a series of practice and policies to manage the league competitions. These practice and policies are summarized below for bowlers easy reference.
Effective time of League fixture (issued on 15/12/2016)
In the Council of Management meeting of 12 Dec 2016, the Councilors endorsed the following procedure on league fixture approval and confirmation.
Approval mail for reschedule games (issued on 20/12/2016)
Some public green clubs waited for HKLBA approval mail and missed the timing on green booking in public venues. We would like to reiterate our policy and procedure on the HKLBA approval mail as below:
Transfer of player (issued on 15/12/2016)
We received an enquiry about bye-law 3.9 and 4.9 transfer of player “A player who has played in a completed match or more in any sides entered by one Club in any one season is not allowed to play in a side entered by another Club unless prior approval of the National League Panel...