Bowls Premier League
Current season, competition or edition: 2015 Australian Premier League season | |
| Sport | Bowls |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Countries | Australia New Zealand |
| Most recent champion(s) | Murray Steamers |
| Most titles | Brisbane Gold (1) Murray Steamers (1) New Zealand Blackjacks (1) |
| Official website | www |
The Australian Premier League is a bowls competition involving teams from Australia and New Zealand.
History
The first edition of the competition occurred in November 2013 the inaugural clubs will be Adelaide Endurance, Brisbane Pirates, Melbourne Roys, New Zealand Blackjacks, Perth Suns and Sydney Lions and was won by Brisbane Gold.[1] Two further teams joined the competition in 2014 to make an 8 team competition, the Murray Steamers (owned by Moama Bowling Club) and the Gold Coast Hawks (owned by Club Helensvale). The Murray Steamers defeated Adelaide Endurance in the final of the 2014 competition to be champions for the second running of the event.
Format
Each of the eight teams will play each other twice during the competition.
At the end of the qualifying rounds, the top four teams will play off in the finals series. The top four teams are decided by points. If teams are equal on points they will be split on net total shots (shots for minus shots against).
- Elimination final: Third-placed team vs fourth-placed team
- Semi-final: First-placed team vs second-placed team
- Preliminary final: Loser of semi-final vs winner of elimination final
- Final: Winner of semi-final vs winner of preliminary final
Each match consists of a two five-end sets, with a one-end tie-break played if required. The game format is pairs, with three bowls for each player per end. The team with that wins both sets, or one set and then the tie-break, is the winner.
Instead of spending time rolling the jack, as per normal competitions, the players place the mat and advise the marker the length of the jack they would like to play to.
Players have 30 seconds to deliver their bowl from the time the jack is placed at the start of an end, or once their opposition bowl has come to a rest.
Teams can nominate one Power Play end per set, enabling teams to earn double the shots scored in that end.
A team coach replace a player with a substitute during the game, but only immediately preceding the delivery of a bowl by their team player.
References
- ^ "Brisbane's panning for Gold pays off". Australian Premier League. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.