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About Tiger Bowls/China Open

Tiger Bowls-World Invitation is held in Hong Kong first with the China Open following in Shenzhen, China. These prestigious tournaments are endorsed by World Bowls. The goal of this event is to promote the sport of lawn bowls internationally while also increasing the players’ skills through competition against world class teams. 

Participants

Bowlers for this event are selected members of Team USA and National Teams from many different countries

Format

Day 1 – Ranking Stage: Teams are divided into groups and play in a round-robin format of 5 games.  
According to results, top 36 teams go into Plate section and remaining teams are in Cup section.
Day 2 – Qualifying Stage: Teams are regrouped according to results and play within that section.
At completion the top 4 teams of of Cup and Plate sections will be qualified to go on.
Day 3 – Knock-out Stage: The top 4 teams play the semi-finals and finals under single knock-out format.
Round robin games are 8 ends, divided into 3 skins. Skins 1 and 2 are 3 ends each. Skin 3 is 2 ends.
Each Skin is worth 2 points and 2 points are awarded for the win.
Knock-out games are 8 ends, no skin.
Conditions of Play
There are 66 teams divided into 11 groups of 6 teams each. The first day of competition is a Ranking Stage where teams will compete in a round-robin format of 5 games. At completion of the Ranking Stage, all teams will be ranked according to their game results. The top 30 teams will be grouped in the Cup Section and the remaining teams grouped in the Plate Section. Day two consists of the Qualifying Stage where teams are again sorted into groups of 6 and play 5 games of round-robin. The final stage takes place on the evening of day two where the top 4 teams of the Cup and Plate sections will then compete in the semi-finals and finals games.

The Ranking and Qualifying Stages games are skins games. The games are 8 ends with a total of 8 skins being awarded. Two skins for the winner of the team with the most points scored in the first three ends; two skins for the second three ends; two skins for the last two ends; and two skins for the team that wins the overall game. Any ties result in each team earning one skin. The semi-final and final games are regular games with the winner being the team with the most points after 8 ends.

No practice or trial bowls are allowed. No visitation to the head. Burned ends are not replayed or respotted and result in two game points being awarded to the opposing team.

Tiger Bowls News

2019
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Fours Team Lineup:
Adriana Sandoval - Southwest Division - Lead (top left)
Linda Pretzel-Roberts - Southwest Division - 2nd (bottom left)
Anna Witt - Central Division - Vice (bottom right)
Sandy Wall - Southeast Division - Skip (top right)


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A reminder of home.
2018
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This incredibly talented fours team took home a silver medal in the Plate section of Tiger Bowls. They then went on to take Bronze in the China Open. Incredible bowling representing BowlsUSA with distinction! Well done team!

Here is what the plate section means.
In the Tiger Bowls World Invitational, the women’s team finished 7th in the top 20 Ranking Stage of 32 teams.  Qualifiers 1st through 4th competed in the Cup Section Semi-Finals with Hong Kong’s Henselite team taking GOLD and China’s Quzhou team the SILVER; 5th through 8th qualifiers competed in the Plate Section Semi-Finals with England taking GOLD and USA the SILVER.

In the Belt & Road China Open, the women’s team finished 2nd in the top four of 14 teams to qualify for Semi-Finals with England earning GOLD, Philippines the SILVER, Henselite and USA the BRONZE.
 In Tiger Bowls, Team USA men finished a respectable 24th in a field of 62 teams.
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Bowls USA is pleased to announce the men and women teams approved to represent Team USA in the 2018 Tiger Bowls – China Open in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China (March 10-17).
2017
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Medals for USA at the Tiger Bowls/China Tour in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Zhuhai, China.
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The first 2 days was Tiger Bowls in Hong Kong. We then traveled to China for China Bowls that was 2 days and then traveled to another city for semi finals on Carpet. They also gave us a site seeing day to Macau. This was the 20th anniversary so the trip was 2 days longer then in the past. It was a great experience and we were treated so well. A extremely well run tournament." - Alice Birkinshaw 
Team USA Women(a PBA sponsored team) captured bronze medals at both the Tiger Bowls(Championship flight) and China Tour events.  The team  includes (L to R) Alice Birkinshaw (SCD), Mary Ann Beath (SCD), Betsy Lauryssen (SWD), and Cheryl Barkovich (SWD).
Team USA Men just missed qualifying for the quarterfinals in the tie breaker with Canada.  The teammates are Patrick Chan (SWD), Bob Birkinshaw (SCD), Kay Tong (SWD), and Marcus Zeino (PIM).
Our congratulations to Team USA for representing us so well!


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2016

Team USA wins Gold in Plate Division 2016

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(l to r): Rob Behncke (Central), Matt Bauchiero (Southwest), Grant Shear (Southwest) and Aaron Zangl (Southwest)
Read Matt Bauchiero's Blog about his experience - click here....
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