Each season Bowls Tasmania conducts a Statewide Challenge round-robin competition between Bowls North, Bowls North West and Bowls Tasmania South in Open, Seniors (Over 60) and a Juniors section.
Open SWC:
The first round of Open SWC on 2 November 2025 at the Devonport Country Club will include the State team as the fourth team. The State team will then take no further part in Open SWC. The second round of Open SWC as per the calendar on Sunday 1 February 2026 in the North-West – BNW v’s BN playing morning and afternoon games against each other. The third round of Open SWC as per the calendar on Sunday 1 March 2026 in the South – BTS v’s BN playing morning and afternoon games against each other. The fourth round of Open SWC on Sunday 26 April 2026 in the North – BNW v’s BTS playing morning and afternoon games against each other. State Open Selection Trials – State Team v’s Allstars (top 24 men and women) will be held on Sunday 3 May 2026 in the North.
Senior SWC:
The first round of Senior SWC on 2 November 2025 at the Devonport Country Club will include the State team as the fourth team. The State team will then take no further part in Senior SWC. The remaining rounds of Senior SWC will all be played in the North with each region providing teams of 16 men and women. Draw will be:
Morning: BN1 v BTS1, BN2 v BTS2, BN3 v BNW1, BN4 v BNW2, BNW3 v BTS3, BNW4 v BTS4
Afternoon: BN1 v BNW3, BN2 v BNW4, BN3 v BTS3, BN4 v BTS4, BNW1 v BTS1, BNW2 v BTS2
The second round of Senior SWC as per the calendar on Tuesday 13 January 2026 in the North. The third round of Senior SWC as per the calendar on Tuesday 24 February 2026 in the North. The fourth round of Senior SWC on Tuesday 17 March 2026 in the North.
State Senior Selection Trials – State Team v’s Allstars (top 24 men and women) – Tuesday 14 April 2026 in the North.
Junior SWC:
The three rounds of Junior SWC for 2025-26 will be played at Longford over two days, splitting the normal three days play over two days with three two-hour time limit games on each day. Days for Junior SWC will be as per the calendar on 11 January 2026 and 22 February 2026.
Points for all games are cumulated with shields presented to the winning overall regions.
It should be noted that Bowls Tasmania State sides will compete for the same points as the regions (first two rounds of Open and Senior SWC only) but will be ineligible to be the winning Open and Senior Men’s and Women’s and the overall competitions.
CONDITIONS OF PLAY 2025-26
Conditions of Play 2025-26 (January 2026)
DRAW AND RESULTS 2025-26
The draw and results for each round of Statewide Challenge in each section can be found below – just click on whichever section you want to check the results.
OVERALL CUMULATIVE LADDER 2025-26
Individual ladders and the overall cumulative ladder after each two rounds of SWC up to and including 1 April 2026 can be found HERE.