QUALIFYING
Players must enter through the host State/Territory Association or Bowls Australia’s Last Chance qualifying by the nominated closing date, which can be found below.
State based qualifying
A player may attempt to qualify in more than one qualifying event around Australia, with the exception of Last Chance qualifying (explained below). An entry fee will be required to be paid for each qualifying event entered. Once a player has qualified in a particular discipline for the Australian Open, that player may not enter in any further qualifying events for that discipline. Attempting to qualify with a secondary team will result in that team being disqualified from that event. This is a change from 2012.
Last Change qualifying
Please click here for the Last Chance Qualifying schedule of play.
This event will be played as straight knockout due to the large number of entrants.
Qualifying events
State |
Dates* |
Venue |
Entries close |
ACT |
Women only August 30 – 31 & September 1 – 2, 2012. Click here for entry forms. |
Queanbeyan Bowling Club. |
August 14, 2012. |
Men only September 6 – 9, 2012. Click here for entry forms. |
Queanbeyan Bowling Club. |
August 14, 2012. | |
NSW Men |
All disciplines November 6 & 8, 2012. |
Bomaderry Bowls Club (Zone 7). |
Visit the Bowls NSW website for information. |
All disciplines November 21 – 23, 2012. |
Old Bar Bowls Club (Zone 6). | ||
All disciplines November 5 – 7*, 2012. Will extend to November 9 if required. |
Cabramatta Bowls Club. | ||
Qualifying spots will be allocated proportionally based on entries across the three events. | |||
NSW Women |
All disciplines November 12 – 14, 2012. Will extend to November 15 & 16 if required. |
St Johns Park Bowls Club. |
Click here for entry form. |
NSW |
Mixed pairs November 12 – 16* |
St Johns Park Bowls Club |
Click here for entry form |
NT |
Men’s and Ladies Singles (Metro) November 17 & 18, 2012. |
Humpty Doo Bowls Club, Darwin. |
September 21, 2012. |
Men’s and Ladies Singles (Country) October 4 & 5, 2012. |
Memo Bowls Club, Alice Springs. |
September 21, 2012. | |
Men’s and Ladies Pairs October 3 & 4, 2012. |
Memo Bowls Club, Alice Springs. |
September 21, 2012. | |
Men’s and Ladies Triples October 2, 2012. |
Memo Bowls Club, Alice Springs. |
September 21, 2012. | |
Mixed Pairs November 10 & 11, 2012. |
Humpty Doo Bowls Club, Darwin. |
November 1, 2012. | |
QLD |
All disciplines November 19 - 22, 2012. |
Visit the BQ website for info. |
October 10, 2012. |
SA |
Singles |
Visit the BSA website for info. |
October 15, 2012. |
Pairs November 19 & 20, 2012. |
October 29, 2012. | ||
Triples December 10 & 11, 2012. |
November 19, 2012. | ||
Mixed pairs January 14 & 15, 2013. |
December 17, 2012. | ||
TAS |
Singles December 17, 2012. |
North Launceston Bowls Club. |
November 26, 2012. |
Pairs December 18, 2012 |
North Launceston Bowls Club. |
November 26, 2012. | |
Triples December 19, 2012. |
North Launceston Bowls Club. |
November 26, 2012. | |
Mixed pairs December 16, 2012. |
North Launceston Bowls Club. |
November 26, 2012. | |
VIC |
All disciplines November 11 – 16, 2012. Click here for entry forms. |
Shepparton Park Bowls Club |
October 15, 2012. |
WA |
Men and women’s disciplines October 6 – 8, 2012. |
Visit the BWA website for more information. | |
Mixed Pairs November 11, 2012. | |||
BA Last Chance |
February 11 – 15, 2013. |
Darebin International Sports Centre. |
January 16, 2013. |
*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.
Entries
All entries are now closed.
Entry fees
Bowls Australia entry fees are as follows:
- Singles - $30
- Pairs - $40
- Triples - $50
Total entry fees are a calculation of the Bowls Australia fees above plus any green fees to be paid as determined by the State 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 entry into the singles draw will also be provided to the top-12 men’s players and top-8 women’s players on the Bowls Australia singles rankings as of December 31, 2012. Any position not accepted through this process will be allocated as another position into the Last Chance qualifying event.
Men's singles
Mark Casey (AUS) - defending champion
Women's singles
Lynsey Armitage (AUS) - defending champion
Men's pairs
Leif Selby and Nathan Rice (AUS) - defending champions
Women's pairs
Victoria Troster and Elise Cowan (AUS) - defending champions
Men's triples
Ray Lawerson, James Pearce and Alan Dove (AUS) - defending champions
Women's triples
Kelsey Cottrell, Anne Johns and Lynsey Armitage (AUS) - defending champions
Eligibility
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 or territory will be determined based on entries received in the qualifying events for the 2012 Australian Open.
Please note that Mixed Pairs is now included in the Australian Open as a Bowls Australia event. Qualifying positions have been allocated as a result of this.
Men | Singles | Pairs | Triples | Women | Singles | Pairs | Triples | Mixed | Pairs |
ACT | 11 | 5 | 2 | ACT | 2 | 2 | 2 | ACT | 1 |
NSW | 18 | 8 | 5 | NSW | 7 | 3 | 5 | NSW | 3 |
QLD | 17 | 7 | 4 | QLD | 10 | 5 | 5 | QLD | 3 |
NT | 4 | 2 | 1 | NT | 2 | 1 | 1 | NT | 1 |
SA | 13 | 6 | 4 | SA | 3 | 1 | 1 | SA | 2 |
TAS | 4 | 2 | 1 | TAS | 3 | 2 | 1 | TAS | 1 |
VIC | 27 | 22 | 9 | VIC | 16 | 11 | 10 | VIC | 3 |
WA | 11 | 4 | 2 | WA | 5 | 3 | 3 | WA | 2 |
BA last chance | 15 | 4 | 2 | BA last chance | 8 | 2 | 3 | BA Last chance | 0 |
Direct entries | 15 | 4 | 2 | Direct entries | 12 | 2 | 2 | Direct entries | 0 |
Total | 128 | 64 | 32 | Total | 64 | 32 | 32 | Total | 16 |
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.
