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wrong bias: a bowl delivered where the biased side of the bowl has been placed opposite to the desired position for a given delivery. If a right handed player plays a forehand delivery, but has the biased side of the bowl on the right, the bowls bias will take an arc away from the intended target, and in most cases, outside the rink boundary.
Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curved path when being rolled.
Pedersen has won four Australian Open titles. The 2015 & 2016 fours, the 2016 pairs and the 2017 singles. [3]He has twice won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title, winning in 2015 and 2016 with Corey Wedlock.
Krizanic has won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including two golds. The latest gold medal was at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland. [5] [6] In November 2022, he won the silver medal at the World Singles Champion of Champions in Wellington, New Zealand. [7]
The player ranked number 1 at the end of the season is awarded the Short Mat Players Tour Order of Merit sponsored by Henselite Bowls UK. The short mat players tour events also feature Short Mat Bowls' only world rankings table, with a rolling two year ranking system in place. [19] This is the only world ranking system in place in short mat bowls.
Later in 2022, he won his first title at the Australian Open [12] and also won the singles and triples at the European Bowls Championships. [13] In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Ireland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [14] He participated in the men's singles and the men's pairs events.
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Each team that wins their set wins the Australasian Medal with the overall scores being combined to decide the winner of the Henselite Trophy. NZ has won the trophy 14 times to Australia's 4. Australia however are the current holders after defeating NZ 37–29 in Broken Hill, Australia in May 2009. This was Australia's first win since 1991.