Recently we have received enquiries about the rule of Possession of the Rink. The situation is that a player started to walk up the green for head visit right after the opponent delivered the bowl.
The Technical Team is responsible for the technical aspects of the sport to ensure a safe and fair game for all players. Its specialized areas include, but not limited to:
Umpiring
To promulgate and secure uniformity in the laws and standards for the management and control of lawn bowls, competitions and related activities including but not limited to the Laws of the Sport of Bowls.
Coaching
To formulate short-term and long-term strategies for the development of coach education and accreditation programmes.
Venue and equipment
To ensure all greens in Hong Kong meet the standards required and provide a fair playing ground for all players.
HKLBA approve the specially designed lawn bowls shoes for Ms Dennis Wu of AYFP (Issued on 05/06/14)
Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association has endorsed the use of this specially designed lawn bowls shoes for Ms Dennis Wu of AYFP.
2014 Umpire Training Course (Issued on 14/2/14)
2014 Umpire Training Course is open for entry. Course Information ( Chinese version ) ( English version ) Application Form (Doc. format / Pdf. format)
MEMO : Practice on the same green before a match (Issued on 2/12/2013)
Recently there were queries about players practice on the same rink before a match, we would like to point out that Law 12.3 clearly stated that: “If, before play starts, a player in a competition or game plays on the same rink on the day of the competition or game, that player will be disqualified.”...
Restricting Movement of Players During Play (Revised on 8/9/2016)
Below is the latest update on Restriction movement of players, extracted from current bye-law (version 16).