Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Pennants – Rescheduled Round 7 & 8 matches
Match and Program and the MBA have agreed that all round 7 & 8 matches missed due to the Covid shutdown will be played for all Divisions in the Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday Competitions. Most matches will be played at the end of the season with all finals delayed by one or two weeks.
Below is a list of the changes. Barring any further unforeseen circumstance, all finals will be completed before Easter.
A revised calendar, incorporating these changes will be released soon.
If any further Covid restrictions are imposed, there may be further modifications to the playing schedule.
Wednesday Pennants
Rounds 7 and 8 will be played after round 18. Finals will be played 2 weeks later than originally scheduled.
| Wednesday – All Divisions | |
| Round 7 | Wednesday March 3rd |
| Round 8 | Wednesday March 10th |
| All Divisions playing Finals – Premier, Divisions 1-3 | |
| Semi Finals | Wednesday March 17th |
| Preliminary Finals | Wednesday March 24th |
| Grand Finals | Wednesday March 31st |
Thursday Pennants
Round 7 will be played on Tuesday 19th of January. If the Round 12 match, which is due to be played on Thursday January 14th is unable to be played on that day (because of hot/wet weather), Round 12 will follow the Conditions of Play and be played on Tuesday 19th of January and the round 7 match will be played on Tuesday February 16th. If that date is required to play Round 16 then Match and Program will make a further decision regarding Round 7.
Round 8 will be played after round 18. Finals will be played 1 week later than originally scheduled.
| Thursday – All Divisions | |
| Round 7 | Tuesday January 19th (backup Tuesday February 16th) |
| Round 8 | Thursday March 4th |
| All Divisions playing Finals – Premier, Divisions 1-2 | |
| Semi Finals | Thursday March 11th |
| Preliminary Finals | Thursday March 18th |
| Grand Finals | Thursday March 25th |
Saturday Pennants
Rounds 7 and 8 will be played after round 18. Finals will be played later than originally scheduled with the Semi and Preliminary Finals played on the weekend of the 20th & 21st of March (Saturday/ Sunday).
The Finals of the State Triples, which were due to be played on Sunday 21st March will be rescheduled by Bowls SA.
| Saturday – All Divisions | |
| Round 7 | Saturday March 6th |
| Round 8 | Saturday March 13th |
| All Divisions playing Finals – Premier, Divisions 1-5 | |
| Semi Finals | Saturday March 20th |
| Preliminary Finals | Sunday March 21st |
| Grand Finals | Saturday March 27th |
If there are any questions regarding this, please contact Match & Program (matchcommittee@bowlssa.com.au).
Jeff Allen Ron Mulliner
Match & Program Committee Metropolitan Bowls Association
