Lawn Bowls is a sport where people with a physical disability can participate equally with able-bodied competitors.
There are no rule changes to rules and competitors can compete on both normal green and synthetic surfaces.
Classifications
B1: Totally blind, no light perception in either eye up to light perception but the inability to recognise the shape of a hand at any distance or in any direction.
B2: Partially sighted, ability to recognise the shape of a hand up to a visual acuity of 2/60 and/or visual field of less than 5 degrees
B3: Partially sighted, visual acuity above 2/60 up to 6/60 and/or visual field of more than 5 degrees and less than 20 degrees.
B4: Severely disabled bowlers such as tetraplegics or severe cerebral palsy, unable to use a bowl larger than 64mm diameter.
B5: Ambulant and wheelchair bowlers with restricted grip and upper body limb function, poor balance and co-ordination, unable to bowl a full length end or needing a splinting device to do so. .
B6: Ambulant and wheelchair bowlers with reduced balance function (loss of 5 points or more) but able to bowl a full length end.
B7: Ambulant and wheelchair bowlers with minor balance problems (loss of less than 5 points).
B8: Ambulant bowlers, who have a permanent and irreversible disability, have lost 10 points on the bench test, but have no noticeable impairment of function.
Lawn Bowls Documents
- Download the WSA Guidelines » Click Here
- IPC Bowls Guidelines » Click Here
- Lawn Bowls Awards History
For more information on Lawn Bowls please contact:
Bowls Australia http://www.bowlsaustralia.com.au/