Carpet Bowls Rules

The rules for playing carpet bowls.

Carpet bowls rules.

Originating in england it is played particularly in the south of england although it is played at league and county level in east anglia the midlands and the north. As the title implies the game is played over a much shorter length than the flat green game. Short mat bowls rules. There are also a few players in eastern townships quebec canada despite the name carpet bowls is not just a trivial indoor game played at home.

Rules of the games carpet bowling revised may 2010 page 2 of 6 points is achieved through a penalty score the end is not replayed. In a fours game each plays two bowls the leaders play their two alternately then. Carpet bowls is a variant of lawn bowls played indoors. The game has its own set of rules and any prospective player would do well to be conversant with them before playing the game proper.

It is played on a long and narrow carpet ball table a high walled table that measures 12 feet long and 24 inches wide. The carpet is between 40 45ft 12 2m 13 7m and 6ft 1 8m wide. The ecba are not experts on pandemics so while any decision to resume playing carpet bowls is at the discretion of the counties and their clubs it is imperative that uk government advice and public health measures be followed to reduce the risks for community transmission. Carpet 1 1 a carpet shall be a minimum of 1 83m 6ft and a maximum of 1 98m 6ft 6in wide and a minimum of 9 14m 30ft and a maximum of 10 06m 33ft long.