Men's Pairs and Women's Pairs Club Championships
Saturday, June 7, 2025
9;00am start

The Stanley Park Men’s and Women’s Pairs Championships will be held simultaneously and is restricted to club members only.

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Saturday, August 27. First Game starts 9:00am  

Recommended time to arrive is 8:15am

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Entry fee is $10 per person, or $20 per team, or $6 per spare (2 games max)

Please bring your own lunch. Coffee/Tea will be provided.  Prize money will be presented at Awards Day at the end of the season.  

 

Please note the start time is now the same as V&D inter-club play. The first game starts at precisely 9:00am, preceded by trial ends.

 

In the morning session each team will play THREE 10-end games. Only the Top 4 in the standings after those three games will progress to play in the afternoon, and they will play two more ‘’knockout games (semi-finals, finals and 3rd place consolation final)

 

THREE BOWL PAIRS: Each team will play four 10-end games of 3 bowl pairs. Time limit is 65 minutes per game in the three morning games and 70 minutes in the semi-final and finals.

 

DRESS CODE:  Team members should wear collared shirts of the same colour.

 

Schedule

Please arrive no later than 8:30am to register and randomly select the game cards. 


 

Start times are:

Trial Ends 8:45

Game One 9:00

Game Two 10:15

Game Three 11:30

Lunch break approx. 12:35

Top Four advance to afternoon knockout play

Semi-Final 1:00 (1 vs 4, 2 vs 3 in standings)

Finals 2:15

Presentations 3:30

 

Conditions of Play (SPLBC)  

• FORMAT: 3-bowl pairs. Time limit is 65 minutes per game in the three morning games and 70 minutes in the semi-final and finals.

• TRIAL ENDS: Two-up, two-back trial ends at approximately 8:45 AM

• BELL: A bell will start and end a game. No more jacks can be delivered after the final bell has sounded. Ends already underway can be completed. 


• HEAD VISITS: Skips can visit the head just once before their last bowl. Leads and thirds may not visit the head.  


• JACK OUT OF BOUNDS: Re-spot the jack on the 2 metre ‘T’. 


• SCORING: Teams will get 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss.  Shot differentials are capped at +10 or -10 per game.  


• SCORE CARDS: At the completion of each game, skips to sign both score cards and the winning skip will deliver both signed cards to the scorekeeper. 


• LATE ARRIVAL: If one or both team members are more than 10 minutes late (after the starting bell) they will forfeit the game and the ‘Bye’ criteria (below) will be applied.

• BYE. If a bye is unavoidable, the team receiving the bye will be awarded 3 points and a shot differential that is the average of all other games in that same round.  

• SPARES: Any spares must be pre-approved by the convener  


• STANDINGS: After the three morning games, the Top Four in the standings will progress to the semi-finals. The following criteria will be used to break ties in the standings: (a) points won; (b) shot differential +/- record; (c) strength of opposition (SOO) based on electronic rankings*.
 However, if more than four teams win all three games, then SOO alone will decide who advances to the semi-finals.

• KNOCK-OUT RULES: Games cannot end in a tie. If tied, a 2-bowl tiebreaker will decide who advances. A new coin toss will be required for the tiebreaker. If a game score is out-of reach you do not need to play all 10 ends.

• UMPIRE: No umpire will be available.  An Umpire kit is available for all to use if needed. If undecided, asked someone in an adjacent rink to decide. His/her decision is final.


• FOOTWEAR & DRESS CODE: Team members should wear collared shirts of the same colour (see page 16 of the V&D Handbook). 


• CELL PHONES: As a courtesy please turn off cell phones or put on vibrate mode. Do not hold telephone conversations during the game.


• PRIZES:  Will be paid at Awards Day in September. Approx 10% of entry fees will be retained to cover hospitality costs

• INCLEMENT WEATHER: All players must be ready to play regardless of the weather. See ‘Cancellations’ below. 

• CANCELLATIONS: The Convener or Director of Bowling (if present) has the authority to suspend, reschedule or cancel play if adverse weather conditions are an issue.  In the event of cancellation before the game has started, entry fees will be refunded. SPLBC reserve the right to deduct club expenses in the event of cancellation. If only one game has been completed before the cancellation, entry fee money will be donated to a local charity, after club expenses have been deducted. If two or more games have been played before cancellation, prize money will be distributed based on the results of the played games.

 

 *Strength of opposition (SOO) is a way to break a tie in the final standings when points and differential are equal between two or more teams. Simply put, the team that had the toughest draw (based on the final standings of the teams you have played) will win the tie breaker. Our electronic scoreboard makes this easy to determine. SOO is established by adding up the final placement standings of your four opponents and the lower the total, the stronger the opposition. For example, TEAM 'A' and TEAM 'B' finished with identical points and differential. However, TEAM 'A' played against teams that finished 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th in the final standings, so their 'SOO' would add up to  ‘26’. TEAM 'B' played against teams that ended up in 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd place (their SOO would add up to ‘86’) so TEAM 'A' clearly had a tougher draw and therefore win the tie breaker decision. Remember, the lower SOO number wins the tiebreaker. If our electronic scoreboard is not in use, prize money will be shared between the teams involved.

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PAST WINNERS:

Women’s Pairs Past Winners:  

2024 – L. Blake/J. Ballantyne

2023 - E. McNamara/J. McInerney
2022 - L. Gorman/E. McNamara
2021 – C. Young/J. Lawson 
2018 – E. Bell/D. Farlinger/E. Murray 
2017 – G. Stowell/P. Vanderley 
2016 – C. Beaulieu/C. Young
2015 – S. Watanabe/M. Hodgson
2014 – L. Kennedy/N. Khajurian
2013 – L. Goodeve/R. Brandel
2012 – S. Watanabe/Y. Satake
2011 – D. Schindel/L. Kennedy
2010 – D. Adams/L. Kennedy
2009 – S. Watanabe/Y. Satake
2008 – P. Waine/J. Bedier
2007 – E. Bell/M. Hodgson  

 

Men’s Pairs Past Winners:  

2024 – C. Braovac/R. Tremblay

2023 – A. Nieuwold/B. Galvin
2022 – A. Nieuwold/J. Kruzick
2021 – B. Hutchinson/D. Sullivan 
2020 – A. Nieuwold/C. Chapman (aka Gender Neutral Pairs) 
2018 – T. Ludski/D. Griffiths 
2017 – N. Wilson/B. Hutchinson 
2016 – C. Braovac/A. Carten
2015 – A. Nieuwold/A. Carten & J. Bell/J. Gerhard
2014 – L. Erwin/J. Sinclair
2013 – A. Carten/K. Bespflug
2012 – A. Nieuwold/L. Erwin
2011 – R. Beaulieu/J. Bradford
2010 – J. Bell/J. McCluskey
2009 – J. Bell/A. Carten
2008 – J. Bell/J. Gerhard
2007 – J. Bell/P. Spencer