Entries
Entry into the Australian Open 2011 will be via the interstate qualifying process. Please see below for details of the qualifying events in your state. Players are allowed to enter qualifying in more than one state, however the entry fee must be paid each time a player attempts to qualify.
Any player who attempts to qualify for the pairs or triples and is unsuccessful, is then ineligible to be a replacement player for a team in the main draw. The player must qualify in their own right in another qualifying event to be allowed to play in the main draw.
Allocation of qualifying positions
The number of qualifying positions in each state has been determined based on entries received in the qualifying events for the 2010 Australian Open. For those states who did not run qualifying for all disciplines, one position is still available for those states for the 2011 Australian Open.
Men | Singles | Pairs | Triples | Women | Singles | Pairs | Triples |
ACT | 7 | 3 | 2 | ACT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
NSW | 20 | 8 | 8 | NSW | 9 | 4 | 5 |
QLD | 13 | 5 | 6 | QLD | 4 | 1 | 2 |
NT | 1 | 2 | 3 | NT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
SA | 7 | 4 | 4 | SA | 3 | 1 | 1 |
TAS | 2 | 1 | 1 | TAS | 3 | 1 | 1 |
VIC | 60 | 30 | 31 | VIC | 27 | 13 | 12 |
WA | 6 | 3 | 2 | WA | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Direct | 12 | 8 | 7 | Direct | 12 | 8 | 7 |
Total | 128 | 64 | 64 | Total | 64 | 32 | 32 |
Future Australian Open qualifying positions allocated to each state will be based on the previous year's entries. This is specific to each gender and discipline.
Qualifying events
State | Dates* | Venue | Entries close | Entry details |
QLD | July 24-29 | Bribie Island Bowls Club (qualifying at other regional and metropolitan locations). | Men's singles qualifiers | |
SA | Singles: Nov 1-2, 2010 | Grange Bowling Club | Oct 11, 2010 | |
NT | Singles: July 7-8 | Nightcliff Bowls Club | Minimum entries not reached - event not held | |
WA | MS - Sat, Oct 16 | TBC | Friday, October 1, 2010 | Men's singles entry form |
NSW | November 28 to December 3 | Wagga RSL | ||
TAS | Singles - December 12 | Latrobe Bowls Club (North/West Coast) | November 22, 2010 | |
ACT | MS: Sun, Sept 12 & Mon, Sept 13 *Note dates are subject to change based on the number of entries received | Queanbeyan Bowling Club | Friday, August 27 @ 12pm | Entries closed |
VIC | February 7-11, 2010 |
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*Please note dates listed above are tentative. Further information and clarification of dates for specific disciplines will be posted when received from the respective state and territory associations.
Minimum entries
For any qualifying position to be awarded, there is a minimum number of entries required. Should this number not be reached, the position for that gender / discipline / state will not be granted. This will be decided once entries have closed.
Singles: 8 entries
Pairs: 6 entries (6 teams, 12 individuals)
Triples: 4 entries (4 teams, 12 individuals)
Direct entries
Direct entries will be awarded to outstanding players who will be seen to enhance the event, at the discretion of Bowls Australia. Any direct entry positions not awarded or accepted by the close of entries of the last qualifying event will become qualifying positions. Direct entries awarded to date are listed below.
Men's singles
Leif Selby
Brett Wilkie
Anthony Kiepe
Aron Sherriff
Women's singles
Karen Murphy
Kelsey Cottrell
Joyce Lindores
Men's pairs
Mervyn King and Stuart Airey (UK)
Women's pairs
Sharyn Renshaw and Therese Hastings
Men's triples
Paul Jopson, Ben Twist and Kurt Brown
Women's triples
Clare McCaul, Jan Khan and Val Smith (NZ)
