Before the game
1.Check that you know the correct dress for the occasion, and wear it.
2. Make sure that you know the starting time of the game and be there in sufficient time to change your
footwear and be on the green ready to start at the appointed time.
3.In a team game, be there in time to welcome your guests.

During the game
1. Enter and leave the green by the steps provided.
2. Do not drop bowls on the carpet or green.
3.Shake hands with your opponent before and after the game.
4. Do not sit on the steps or the banks.
5.Do not drop litter in the ditches, use the receptacles provided.
6.Stand still while your opponent is about to play.
7.Do not infringe the laws of rink possession.
8.Wait until the results of the end has been decided before kicking away the bowls.
9. If you are responsible for keeping the score, compare your card with that of your opponent at regular
intervals. If score boards are in use make sure they agree with your card and the card of your opponent.
10. Unless you have been delegated to decide the shots at the completion of an end, do not interfere
in any way with this process.
11.If an umpire has been called, stay well clear of the head until a desision has been made.
12.If you have lost the game, remember to congratulate your opponent.
13. Never be heard to criticise the carpet, the green or your opponent.
14. Acknowledge a "Fluke" and commend an opponent's good bowl.