Club Rules

RULES FOR GREENS PLAY

The continued excellence of our club facilities is dependent upon every member taking care of the greens. The guidelines below are intended to be a baseline for ways in which everyone can help preserve our club’s most-important natural resource.

Flat soled shoes required; no heels or tread soles that can damage our greens.
Please use sidewalk and avoid cutting across the greens.
Bowls, jacks, mats and rakes only on the greens. All other equipment or personal materials should remain on the sidewalks and benches.
No beverages allowed on the greens (no exceptions please).
Bouncing or dropping bowls on the green is discouraged.
Please follow the greens schedule as posted, unless directed otherwise by a member of the greens committee or the board. Respect the greens when closed. This could be the result of wet weather, fertilizer application or maintenance activities.
Please be mindful of over-worn areas of the greens and avoid practicing or playing on those areas whenever possible. Please avoid placing mats, bowls, or feet on these patches to allow them the time needed to be repaired. Change mat placement to avoid undue wear on the same spot.
Please return jacks, mats and rakes to the same green storage rack as assigned. Use of more than one jack per rink is discouraged. Low boy plastic cones are encouraged for practice drills rather than multiple jacks.
Greens flood lights are to be extinguished no later than 10 pm and greens are not to be used after 10 pm. Please note that greens fees are $2.00 after dark.
Our outdoor sound system should always be kept at low levels, so as to not disturb our neighbors, and should never be used after 10 pm.
While we all love our pets, this is not a dog park and the presents of dogs inside our premises is discouraged. If a dog is brought onto the property it must be on an attended leash at all times. The kitchen is strictly off limits for our four legged pals.
Children under the age of 12 years are discouraged from walking, running, playing or being on the greens at all. Children learning or playing the game must be accompanied and supervised by an adult member.

We appreciate your cooperation and consideration in preserving the GREENS, our greatest assets!

CLUBHOUSE RULES

Please Clean up after yourself.

Club Etiquette

Etiquette is about the customs and rules that govern social interaction within any specific environment.
For bowlers it is about behavior on the green and in and around the club.

A dictionary definition of etiquette is:
"The unwritten or conventional laws of courtesy between players."

Some of the unwritten guidelines are:

Be ready — always be on time for the start of play and for the start of each game.
Bowlers tend to start and finish a game with a handshake.
Visitors are always made welcome.
When ready to bowl, check with the next rink to see if another player is ready to bowl, so that you don't bowl at the same time.
First names are used on the scoreboard, club names if playing a visiting team.
Make sure that the path of the bowl is clear to avoid hitting another bowl.
Do not encroach on an adjoining rink when delivering your bowl.
Do not talk when another player is about to deliver a bowl.
Do not criticize bowls — either from your own team or the other.
Remember that your opponent has possession of the rink as soon as your bowl comes to rest; do not linger in the head and thereby obstruct the skips first bowl.
Take an interest in the game; follow how the head is building up so you don not have to ask other team members.
Do not walk around talking to bowlers participating in other games; allow them to concentrate on their own game.
Do not pass or walk in front of the player who was last to play — they have the right to see how their bowl progresses.Help clear the head after the result has been determined.
Show a good spirit — win well and lose well.
Walk quickly when changing ends and walk within the confines of the rink on which you are playing.

Revised 5/15/2024