Purley Bowls Club

PLAYING BOWLS AT PURLEY BOWLS CLUB 2025

 

 

Booking Matches, Ballots & Rinks

 

From 2025, we will be using a new online booking system, ‘Surrey Match’ for selection availability for matches and to book rinks for internal & external matches, ballots, roll-ups etc.

 

Our fixture lists will also be published on ‘Surrey Match’.  N.B. They will no longer be printed in booklet form.

 

Information and instructions for using the new system will be published by Purely Bowls Club Committee.

 

Rink Booking Priorities

 

The priorities for rink bookings are as follows:

1.    The interclub match rink requirements. 

2.    The Ballot requirements (4 rinks on Monday and Friday afternoons; and 2 Rinks on Sunday mornings).  However, see below*.

3.    Surrey and National play-on dates

4.    Internal competition play-on dates

5.    Other Surrey & National matches

6.    Other Internal competition matches

7.    Roll-up bookings.

 

* Ballots

The Ballots are popular with newer members and members who prefer not to play in inter-club matches. We are continuing to provide, whenever possible, a minimum of 4 rinks for Ballot sessions on Mondays and Fridays and 2 rinks on a Sunday morning. Occasions may arise when, if there is no alternative (e.g. heavy demand for rinks on a Surrey/National play-on date), it may be necessary to curtail or cancel the Ballots on a particular day.

 

Please refer to the White Board in the Clubhouse on arrival to see which rink you have been allocated.

 

Booking to play in the Monday, Friday or Sunday Ballot

 

To play in a Ballot Session you must enter your name on the day on the Ballot Sheet located on the desk inside the Bowls Clubhouse before the booking deadline (see table below).

 

Day	Booking deadline	Start time	Finish Time
Monday	1:40pm	2:00pm	4:15pm
Friday	1:40pm	2:00pm	4:15pm
Sunday	10:15am	10:30am	12:30pm

 

A Ballot organiser will be allocated to each of the Monday and Friday ballots.  As we tend to have fewer participants on a Sunday, the Sunday Ballot session should be organised by the attendees.

 

Ad-hoc roll up on the day

 

A member is allowed to play on a vacant rink. However, if a member with a confirmed booking arrives to play on that rink, then the Roll-up-and-Play member must find another rink.

 

Please contact our captains if you have any queries regarding the above.

 

Ursula Wharf, Ladies’ Captain

David Reynolds, Men’s Captain

 

January 2025