The BCGBA Rules Revision Meeting was held this afternoon and the key outcomes can be summarised below.

• The introduction of a £1 per player per club fee which will be ringfenced to fund the new BCGBA National Development Strategy. Lancashire will be providing clarification as to how this will be collected from clubs in due course after the AGM next weekend. This will be for a minimum of 3 years and all outcomes will be reported on annually.
• Clarification in the rules that any bowls travelling over a footer must be returned.
• The maximum weight of a bowl has been set at 3lb.
• Clarification in the rules that a disturbed bowl will be treated the same as a disturbed jack.
• Nicotine inhalers have been added to the list of devices that cannot be used on the green during play (unless there is a medical exemption).
• Clarification that players will not be allowed to play in bare or stocking feet.
• A proposal to add practice for Ladies County matches was not carried.
• The 18-23 Open Championship has been amended to 18-25.
• Changes to the structure of the World Club Team Championship have been made to have a group structure for the qualifying rounds and its name has been changed to the ‘World Team Championship.