What is the BPL Cup?
Over the past five years, Bowls Australia has successfully staged nine Bowls Premier League (BPL) events.
In 2014, Bowls Australia also launched a new national participation initiative, Jack Attack, which is played at over 200 venues.
The BPL Cup marries the two products together to strengthen the correlation between the bowls that viewers see on television and the format of bowls offered at Clubs.
The BPL Cup provides an opportunity for Club based teams to progress through various rounds to National Finals, to be played in parallel with the BPL10 competition (at Club Pine Rivers, Queensland) from November 12-15, 2019.
2019 BPL Cup
Play the fast-paced BPL format as seen on television …and win an expenses-paid trip to the BPL Cup National Finals, played at Queensland’s Club Pine Rivers.
The BPL Cup National Finals will be played alongside BPL10. Finalists will get to play on the TV rink and meet the stars of the BPL.
2019 BPL Cup Team Registrations
In 2019, it is expected that the BPL Cup will be bigger and better, with more host venues. A key change to the BPL Cup format will occur in 2019, with all Preliminary rounds to now be Sectional Play, to encourage more team entries.
Click Here to view the 2019 Venues
How To Enter
Teams can enter by completing an entry form via the appropriate state/territory Registration Portal below. Entries for each event are limited to 16 and entries will close on the preceding Wednesday midnight (for Fri/Sat/Sun events) and preceding Thursday midnight (for Tue/Wed events).
ACT BPL Cup Registration Portal
NSW BPL Cup Registration Portal
NT BPL Cup Registration Portal
QLD BPL Cup Registration Portal
SA BPL Cup Registration Portal
TAS BPL Cup Registration Portal
VIC BPL Cup Registration Portal
WA BPL Cup Registration Portal
Entry Fees & Prizes
The entry fee is $60 per team (of up to 4 players), collected at the time of entry. $10 per team entry will be paid to the host venues.
Prizes for winners* (1 team from each state and territory)
For three team members…
– Return airfares to Brisbane
– Hire cars provided for transfers
– Four nights’ accommodation
– Reserved seats and hospitality for BPL Cup players to watch televised BPL matches
– Free supporter gear for an adopted BPL team
– For the BPL Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals, the matches will be played on the TV rink used for the BPL TV matches. These matches will also be live streamed.
Prizes are worth in excess of $4,000 per team (on average).
Format & Competition Manual
The format is is two-bowl triples and will follow the similar rules as the BPL and Jack Attack competitions.
Matches consist of two sets of five ends with a one-end tie breaker (if required).
In 2019 all Preliminary Rounds, Regional and State Finals will be sectional play.
Teams can register up to four players but only three players can play at any one time (substitutes during matches are allowed).
All players in each team are to be affiliated with the same Club.
Teams can enter in more than one event (and with different players from the same Cub).
• 2019 BPL Cup Competition Manual
Promotional Posters
Editable posters for Host Venue promotion can be downloaded here:
• Poster – coloured
• Poster – white
A one page flyer which summarises the format can be download here:
• BPL Cup – Format Flyer