Lerwick Outdoor Bowling Club Shetland
Rose bowl donated by G. Archer, Esq, in 1927.
Initially competed for by Lerwick Bowling Club and Lerwick Fish Traders.
Became trophy for Greens Championship in 1956.
Resilvered in 1993.
21-shot matches in knockout competition. Open to all members.
Cup presented by Frank Moffat, Esq., of Wanganui, New Zealand in 1929.
21-shot matches in knockout competition. Open to all members,
Handicap system operated by Committee.
Cup presented by Dewars Scotch Whisky in 1974.
21-shot matches in knockout competition. Open to female members only.
Cup presented by Alexander & Partners in 1994.
21-shot matches in knockout competition. Open to male members only.
First played for in 1982.
Open to all members over 60 years of age.
Matches of 15 ends in knockout competition. If, after 15 ends, the
scores are equal, an extra end will be played to determine the
winner.
Cup presented by Malakoff & Wm. Moore Ltd in 1992.
Matches of 10 ends played in league format.
Open to female members only. The Committee arrange players into
sections as appropriate and each section is played in a "Round
Robin" format.
The Committee shall decide if successful players go through to
quarter-finals or semi-finals .
The final shall be the best of 3 sets of 10 ends. Should both
players win 1 set and draw 1 set, an extra end will be played to
determine the winner.
Cup presented by H. Hunter in 1981.
Matches of 10 ends played in league format.
Open to male members only.
The Committee arrange players into sections as appropriate and each
section is played in a "Round Robin" format.
The Committee shall decide if successful players go through to
quarter-finals or semi-finals .
The final shall be the best of 3 sets of 10 ends. Should both
players win 1 set and draw 1 set, an extra end will be played to
determine the winner.
Cup presented by Hay & Co. in 1973.
Open to all playing members who have played for the club for at
least one complete year.
Players enter names individually and the Committee shall draw names
to decide pairings.
Each match shall be played over 18 ends in knockout competition.
If, after 18 ends, the scores are equal one extra end shall be
played to determine the winning pair.
Gents' cup presented in 1975
Ladies cup presented by Mrs. Ada Robertson in 1994.
Although not in itself a Premier Competition, the Tuesday evening Hat Night also runs throughout the season.
Members draw position discs from a “hat” and must play in position drawn.
Three rounds are played, the number of ends in each round being decided by the committee.
Winning teams move up to next rink after each round.
In the event of a draw, the team having won the greater number of ends in that game shall move on.
Should shots scored and ends won be equal, a coin shall be tossed; the winning side shall then move on.
Members' scores at the end of each Hat Night will be recorded in the Club House.
Members' best 10 scores are considered when seeking to ascertain the male and female trophy winners at the end of the season.
Shield presented by Mr. Robbie Watt in 1984.
3 games of 7 ends (less if weather inclement, at discretion of Committee).
Before each game, names are drawn from “hat” as in Hat Night competition.
Players MUST play in position drawn.
Player with highest score at the end of the competition wins.
In the event of a tie, shots against will be taken into consideration. If this fails to determine the winner, the number of ends won will be used to find the successful player.
Should there still be no outright winner, the players involved will play two bowls each to a jack; order of play being decided by the toss of a coin.
The Quaich was presented to the club in 1994 by the Newhiils Bowling Club for local competition.
2 - bowl triples competition.
Open to all members.
Restricted to 12 triples.
Triples play three matches of 7 ends (Committee may reduce number of ends if weather is inclement).
Win - 2 points; Draw -1 point.
The triple with the highest number of points at the end of the competition will be deemed to have won the Quaich.
If there should be a tie for first place, shots for and against will be counted to determine a winning triple.
If this still cannot identify a successful triple, the skips involved will each play two bowls to a jack - order of play will be determined by the toss of a coin.
This cup was presented to the Club in by Mrs. Wilson in 1984 in memory of her late husband.
The competition is open to all club members, but is restricted to the first 12 pairs to enter.
Pairs are divided into "reds" and "blacks".
Pairs play 3 sets of 7 ends. After each set, "reds" move to their right and "blacks" to their left.
Win - 2 points; Draw - 1 point.
The team with the highest number of points wins the cup.
In the event of a tie for first place at the end of the competition, shot difference will be taken into consideration.
If this still cannot produce a winning pair, the number of ends won in the competition will be looked at and the pair winning more or most ends will take the cup.
Should this still not give a definite result, the Skips of the pairs involved will each play two bowls to a jack - the order of play being decided by the toss of a coin.
This is a 3 bowl pairs competition.
A maximum of 12 pairs may enter.
Pairs are divided into groups, preferably 4 pairs to a
group.
In the event of 3 groups playing, the winner of each group and the
best runner-up will progress to the semi-finals.
If only 2 groups play, the winners and runners-up go through
to the semi-finals with the winning teams playing the
runners- up of the other group.
Three games will be played with each game being two sets of 6 ends
with a deciding set, if necessary, of 3 ends in which ends won will
count.
Semi-finals will be played over two sets of 6 ends and the final
shall be two sets of 9 ends. If both teams win one set, an extra
end will be played to decide the winner.
Both of these competitions were first played in 1984.
These are triples competitions in which teams play on the same rinks over 16 ends.
Each side selects its own teams.
The side with the highest aggregate score wins each competition.
In the event of a tie, the number of ends won will be used to determine the winning side.
Should this fail to find the winning side, the team captains will each play two bowls to a jack, order of play being decided by the toss of a coin.
Presented to the Club in 1999 by Mr. & Mrs. G. Mundie.
This is a fun competition to be played over three sets of six ends (similar to Hat Night).
Every player must keep his/her own score card.
At the finish of each end:
The bowl nearest the jack scores 3 points
The second bowl scores 2 points
The third bowl scores 1 point.
Points are scored by individual players - NOT by the triple.
Also at the finish of each end:
Lead moves to play second
Second moves to play Skip
Skip moves to play lead
After 6 ends, Reds move to their Right, Blacks move to their Left.
At the end of the competition the player with the highest number of points is the winner. Should there be a tie, the players involved will each play two bowls to a jack to determine the winner. Order of play will be decided by the toss of a coin.
This cup was presented to the Club by Mrs. Jessie Robertson in 1978 in memory of her late husband.
This is a rinks competition and is open to all club members.
The Committee select skips and then draw leads, seconds and thirds from a hat.
The competition is over three sets; the number of ends in each set to be decided by the Committee.
Teams are divided into Reds and Blacks,
Win - 2 points; Draw - 1 point.
The team with the highest number of points wins the cup.
In the event of a tie for first place at the end of the competition, shot difference will be taken into consideration.
If this still cannot produce a winning rink, the number of ends won in the competition will be looked at and the rink winning more or most ends will take the cup.
Should this still not give a definite result, the Skips of the rinks involved will each play two bowls to a jack - the order of play being decided by the toss of a coin.
This is a rinks competition originally for teams from various
clubs, e.g. British Legion, Masonic, Thistle F.C. etc.
Teams are divided into Reds and Blacks.
The number of ends played to be decided by the Committee but will
be over 3 sets.
Win - 2 points. Draw - 1 point.
The winning team will be the team with the highest number of points
at the end of the competition but, in the event of a draw, the
skips involved will each play 2 bowls to a jack. The order of play
will be decided by the toss of a coin.
This trophy was presented to the club in memory of former member Miss Moira Smith by her sister, Mrs. W. Halcrow, in 1999.
Entry is open to all lady club members who enter in pairs.
This is a knockout competition in which each game is played over 10 ends. If any game ends in a draw, the number of ends won will be used to determine a winner Should this fail to separate the players an extra end will be played.
The trophy for this competition is made from one of the bowls used by the late Jim Laurenson. The competition was begun in 1999.
Entry is open to all male club members who enter in pairs.
This is a knockout competition in which each game is played over 10 ends. If any game ends in a draw, the number of ends won will be used to determine a winner. Should this fail to separate the players an extra end will be played.
LADIES TRIPLES
Peterson Cup - presented by James G. Peterson in 1957
GENTS TRIPLES
Trophy presented by William Fraser in 1956.
First session: Ladies play 2 games of triples and gents play
3 games of triples.
Second session: Ladies play 2 games of triples and gents play 3
games of triples.
All games are over 15 ends
Each competition is won by the side having the highest aggregate
number of shots over the two sessions.In the event of a tie for
either trophy, the side which last won the trophy retains it.
Cup presented by Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Jarmson in 1994.
Open to all club members; entry in pairs. Maximum of 12 pairs to compete.
Committee divide pairs into two sections; each section being further divided into Reds and Blacks.
All games are played over 10 ends.
Win - 2 points, Draw -1 point.
The winning pair from each section will compete in a final of 10 ends.
If there is a tie for first place in a section, firstly, shots against will be considered and then, if still no winning pair is identified, the number of ends won will be used to find the winning pair.
Should the final result in a draw, one extra end shall be played.
In the event of fewer than 12 pairs entering for the competition, the committee shall conduct the competition in a format as closely allied to the above as possible.
Presented to the Club in 2005 by Mr. & Mrs. G. Mundie.
The Competitors in this event are the winners of the Club’s seven singles competitions:
Greens, Handicap, Veterans, Ladies League, Gents League, Ladies Championship, Gents Championship
The Committee will make a draw to determine order of play.
Each game will be played over 6 ends and the competition will be
played in Round Robin format.
Burned ends will be counted but will not be replayed.
The player with the highest aggregate number of shots scored will be deemed the winner.
In the event of a draw for first place, shots against will be taken into consideration.
If this does not determine a winner, the number of ends won will be counted.
Should there still not be a clear winner, the players involved will participate in a 3 end play-off with 2 points being awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.
This competition will be played over 2 sets of 9 ends with 4 teams drawn from the hat.
After the first set of 9 ends, the 2 winning teams will play each other on a new rink whilst the 2 loosing teams will play each other on another new rink.
The team with the highest total score for the day will be crowned the winners.
This is a triples competition, open to all club members.
It will be played over 3 sets of 6 ends, with the wining team after
each set moving to their right for the next game.
The winning team will be that which accumulates the highest total
after the 3 sets.
The teams will be selected by the club President, to represent, as
near as possible, those teams selected to represent Shetland in the
forthcoming inter-county competition.
The number of bowls per person and the duration of each game
will be decided on the day of the competition.
The mat for the first end must be 1 metre from the ditch and can be
placed anywhere around the green.
The minimum jack length is 19 metres (if in doubt, pace it out.
Don’t call for a measure!) Once the jack has been set
correctly, no player is allowed to be in front of the mat until the
final bowl of that end has been played.
If the jack interferes with another match, the same player re-bowls
it. If a bowl interferes with another match, any player in that
match can complain and the offending bowl is to be removed and
called dead (not to be re-bowled).
From the second end, the mat is to be placed as near as possible to
where the previous end’s jack finished.
Any bowls that end in the ditch are dead bowls (including the
jack). If the jack is being set, it is re-bowled by one of the
opposing team. If it is knocked there during an end then the
end is dead and has to be re-played, with the mat being set as
close to where the jack finished as possible.
FIRING OR DELIBERATELY PLAYING WITH WEIGHT WHICH TAKES THE BOWL
MORE THAN 2 METRES PAST THE JACK IS NOT ALLOWED AND THAT END IS
IMMEDIATELY LOST BY 3 SHOTS.
This is a competition for any member who has NOT won or come runner-up in a competition in that season and, therefore, would not receive a trophy at the annual presentation event.
The format of the competition will be decided near the event when entry numbers are known but will be based on the following, as near as possible.
The players will be drawn into 2 sections.
Each player will play each other in their section in a round-robin format over 5 ends per game. 2 points will be awarded to the winner of each game and 1 point each if the shots are equal. If the number of points are equal, the number of ends won will decide the winner and, again, if equal the highest number of shots will decide. If still equal, a deciding end will be played.
The winner of each section will play in a game of 6 ends and the player with most shots will win the trophy. Should shots be equal after 6 ends, one extra end will be played to decide the winner.