​(Revised and Approved April 2017)

DEED OF GIFT
Mr. E. K. Clarke donated $1,000.00 and a trophy for this Ladies’ Fours Tournament. The grandsons of the late Mr. E. K. Clarke  may be interested in presenting the Clarke Trophy to the winners and should be given the date and time to attend if they wish. The $1,000.00 is in a trust account and the interest earned each year (usually less than $20.00 ) is used to maintain the trophy and to have a luncheon during the event. The Provincial Treasurer gives some funds for this to the host club.
Should the Clarke Trophy be retired, all monies not used for upkeep of the trophy, shall be donated to the Heart Fund.
The Clarke Trophy is a provincial ladies’ fours event which is held . It is to be a two day event held on Saturday and Sunday with no Friday night games. At the Provincial Match meeting in the fall, the Clarke Trophy will participate in the established Provincial Tournament rotation schedule ensuring all clubs have an opportunity to host the event.
 Each club is entitled to send two teams of players from their club to this event. It is desirable to have as many teams as possible playing in this event, and to facilitate this, each club may also submit additional teams to be put on a waiting list. Team entries are to be submitted to the host club two weeks before the tournament date. This will give the host club sufficient time to contact clubs if waiting surplus teams are needed to field as many even number of teams as possible.  To select a team (s) required to complete the field from the surplus list, the host club will conduct a blind draw from a hat. The host club will notify waiting teams that they will be playing as soon as possible. By Tuesday noon, of the Clarke Trophy weekend, the host club will forward all information (teams playing and draw times) to all participating clubs.
It is hoped more players will have the opportunity to enjoy this event in the future. Skips are encouraged to include a player(s) who has/have not participated before in the Clarke before, and/or is a bowler anxious to play in a fun tournament. Balanced teams will allow all ladies to have a positive experience.

TOURNAMENT PLAY

• Teams are to report to the registration table by 8:30 Saturday morning to pay the team fee and to draw for a Team Number to be used in the tournament.
• The entry fee is $40.00 per team. The host club will receive $20.00 per team to help with the cost of providing lunch on Saturday and the remaining $20.00 per team is used as prize money as outlined in the schedule. The prize money is split between the winner and runner up for 10 teams and less with 60% to the winning team and 40% to the runner up. For 12 or more teams, the entry fee will be awarded to the top four teams with 40% to first place, 30% to second place, 20% to third place and 10% to fourth place. Amounts will appear in the draw schedule.
• There will be two sections, Section A and Section B. Each section will have at least one  team from each participating club. For 10 teams and less, the winner of Section A will play the winner of Section B to determine a winner and runner up. For 12 or more teams, the winner of Section A will play the winner of Section B to determine first and second place winners. The runner up of Section A will play the runner up of Section B to determine third and fourth place winners.
• Play consists of a round robin and/or partial round robin to avoid byes. Games are to be twelve ends with a two hour time limit. A dead end is a played end. In the event of a tie at the end of the twelfth end, an extra end shall be played to determine a winner.
• Points will be used to break ties at the end of the round robin. The team with the higher points for, minus points against, will be given the higher placing in the standings.
• The host club is responsible for having umpires on duty during the event.

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Clarke Trophy Rotation Schedule (Revised October 2017)

Year	Host Club	Alternate Host Club
2018	Bridgetown LBC	Bedford LBC
2019	Bedford LBC	Cobequid LBC
2020	Cobequid LBC	Dartmouth LBC
2021	Dartmouth LBC	St. Mary's LBC
2022	St. Mary's LBC	Bridgetown LBC

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Clarke Trophy Draw and Schedule of Play

​Revision History: September 14, 1990, July 29, 1991, July 1, 1999, September 21, 2002.
Club Players’ Committee: October 2, 2014
Bedford: Carolyn Ulch, Jean Nagle
Bridgetown: Debbie Foster
Cobequid: Shelley Woodgate, Dorothy Harries
Dartmouth: Maureen Boudreau, Vivian Condran
St. Mary’s: Anita Knox
Wanderers: Lena Cameron, Verna Murray