National BPL Cup to be televised
In an exciting coup for the sport of bowls and players nationwide, Bowls Australia has today announced that this year’s national BPL Cup matches will be shown on Fox Sports. In an exciting coup for the sport of bowls and players nationwide, Bowls Australia has today announced that this year’s national BPL Cup matches will be shown on Fox Sports.
The BPL Cup is a fast and competitive Club competition that mirrors the format of the Bowls Premier League, as televised from New Zealand last week, and is into its second staging, with a progressive competition structure that concludes with a national decider featuring winners from each state and territory, held in conjunction with the BPL in November at Brisbane’s Club Pine Rivers.
The 2018 BPL Cup competition will kick off in three states across this weekend, with New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland all hosting their first events.
Western Australia and South Australia, where the competition has already commenced, will also hold preliminary rounds this weekend.
In total, there are a dozen events to be played across the five states.
The BPL Cup is in its second season and offers the chance for any Club team (of open gender) to represent their Club at local, regional and state/territory finals.
Winners of state/territory final win an all-expenses paid trip to Queensland to play alongside the BPL teams in national finals mid-November.
Adding even more impetus to the event this year is the exciting announcement that all of this year’s matches played during national finals for the BPL Cup will be televised on Fox Sports.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will all be filmed and telecast (on delay), displaying the best Club teams going head-to-head in one hour matches across seven episodes.
Could your Club be the next Edge Hill (QLD) or Club Merrylands (NSW) that make it all the way to the national final to earn a coveted spot on national television?
The only way to find out is to enter a team.
For more details about the 2018 BPL Cup or to enter a team, visit www.bowls.com.au/Events/BPL-Cup
