Saturday Pennant 2026 State Pennant Finals

Congratulations on the following clubs who have won their regional pennant grand finals and will be competing in Saturday Pennant 2026 State Pennant Finals:

All winning clubs have been invited by Bowls Tasmania to compete in the Bowls Tasmania Saturday State Pennant Finals which will be played on Saturday 18 April 2026 and Sunday 19 April 2026 on the North-West Coast. All winning clubs will be competing. Host clubs are Ulverstone, Turners Beach and Kings Meadows.

All Divisions except Divisions 3, 5 and 6

Game 1 – Saturday – 9.30am Start: North-West vs North

Game 2 – Saturday – 1pm Start: South vs Loser Game 1

Game 3 – Sunday – 9.30am Start: South vs Winner of Game 1

Division 3

Game 1 – Saturday – 9.30am Start: North-West vs East Coast, South vs North

Game 2 – Saturday – 1pm Start: North-West vs North, South vs East Coast,

Game 3 – Sunday – 9.30am Start: North West v South, East Coast v North.

Divisions 5 and 6

Divisions 5 and 6 One Game Only – Saturday – 1pm start – North vs South

Please note that Sides shall consist of 3 rinks of 4 players in the State Pennant Finals.  

Venues will be as follows:

Ulverstone – Premier, Divisions 1 and 3.

Turners Beach – Divisions 2, 4 and 5.

Kings Meadows – Division 6.

Participating clubs with more than one team playing in State Pennant Finals will be played at the same venue if at all possible.

Participating clubs are required to email their squad to your region’s Statistician at least four days prior to the event to confirm their eligibility.

Region Responsibilities:

• In conjunction with Bowls Tasmania, appoint venues.
• Appoint a relevant number of Umpires/measurers for each venue.
• Each regions Statistician’s to verify eligibility of their players in each grade and email eligible playing list to BTAS office two days prior to event

Host Venue Responsibilities:

• Allocate rinks as per agreement with Bowls Tasmania.
• Provide mats, jacks and scoreboards for each rink with names for participating teams.
• Provide Master Scoreboards for each game with names for participating teams and some-one to regularly update the overall scores (one of the participating team’s match managers could be asked to assist).
• Provide a Match Manager to oversee.
• Enter results into the online portal after each game.
• Host venues are required to provide a list of what they are prepared to provide for lunch (canteen style products only) and costs.   They will be required to provide a list what can be pre-ordered by participating clubs.  As there are usually a number of spectators present, host clubs will be encouraged to make food available for sale to these people as well.

Participating Club Responsibilities:

• Provide list of players to your region’s Statistician at least four days prior to event to verify their eligibility to play.
• Enter team players into the online portal (available from Tuesday 14 April 2026).

• Be aware of Conditions of Play and be sure all players are eligible.
• Prepare scorecards for all games.
• Participating clubs will be required to make every effort to use live scoring in State Saturday Pennant Finals.   Suitable training will be provided by Bowls Tasmania to participating clubs.
• Participating clubs will be provided with a list of food available and be requested to pre-order if possible and pay for the order before lunch on the day. Pre-ordered food will be available at the start of the lunch break. There will be no guarantee of the availability of food other than what has been pre-ordered.
• All teams participating (where practicable) must stay for presentations which will be made no later than thirty minutes after the final match at the club has been completed.

Practice Rules:

Rules for practice for Saturday State Pennant Finals will be as follows.

• Subject to permission of the host club, practice is permitted on any available rink on any green of the host club in the days leading up to Saturday State Pennant Finals. 
• Except for the team with the bye, there will be no practice permitted prior to any games on the day of Saturday State Pennant Finals other than the usual two trial ends.
• The team with the bye and players who did not play on Saturday morning, but who are playing on Saturday afternoon may practice on the rinks that the two teams have just played on at the conclusion of their game. However, they must be off the green 30 minutes prior to the start of play or by the time the cards are drawn, whichever comes first.
• Division 5 and 6 teams are not permitted to practice prior to their games other than the usual two trial ends.

Conditions of Play:

Conditions of Play can be found HERE.

Results:

Results will be posted on Bowls Link immediately after each game is finished.   To view the results, click HERE.

Bowls Tasmania will be live scoring all Premier Division and some other games so you will be able to see how each game is unfolding end-by-end via the Bowls Link Results portal – just click on the Results above.