Burton & Puddington Bowls Club



Law Of The Week – Scoring And Marking

One point for each wood nearer to the jack than your opponent.

To count, a wood must have been sent at least three metres from the footer.

BUT if all your opponent’s woods have gone off, and you still have a bowl to deliver, you do not have to send it three metres. Your wood is still in play and so will count.


Markers must sit together and check the score every three ends and at the completion of the game. If they cannot agree the score, the game is replayed from the last agreed end.


References From The Laws Of The Game

3.1 A bowl must be played at least three metres from the footer and rest on the green to count, except when all the bowls of the opponent(s) are out of play.

3.2 The winner of an end is the player whose bowl is nearest the jack or, if all the bowls of the

opponent(s) are out of play, still has at least one bowl in play. The winner shall be the leader and have the first attempt to set a mark at the succeeding end. In pairs either of the winning pair may be the leader at the next end.

3.3 The winner of each end will count one point for each bowl nearer to the jack than the nearest bowl of the opponent(s) or, if all the bowls of the opponent(s) are out of play, one point for each bowl still in play.

3.4 The result of the end shall be clearly indicated, by the winner, to the two markers, except at competitions at which an official marker for each game has been appointed, and official scoreboards are in use. Where there are two markers they must sit together and agree each other’s score cards every third end and at the end of the game. Where the score cannot be agreed, by the markers or players, it shall revert to the end where both score cards show the score to be in agreement.