What is the integrity rule on selection, and how do I lodge a protest?

Integrity rule (graded competition). Clubs must select consistently with a graded competition. The rule is in question when a player is selected in a lower division when they should be playing higher, to strengthen the lower side and gain an advantage (for example to win promotion, qualify for finals or avoid demotion), or when an opposite-gender cross gender substitute is picked to strengthen a division unfairly. It is not a breach to drop a player for lack of form, to forfeit for lack of players, or to let a player play a lower division in a rescheduled game they can't make for a legitimate reason such as work, study or family. The club carries the onus of defending its selectors' decisions, and Bowls WA can declare a forfeit if a club regularly plays higher-side players in a lower side without a satisfactory explanation.

Protest against a result or umpire's decision.

1. The side manager ticks the protest box on the Pennant Return Sheet at the end of the game, and both managers sign the sheet.
2. The protesting club has until midday the next work day to lodge the protest in writing and pay the $50 protest fee to Bowls WA.
3. The Game Development Committee investigates and decides, and can change the provisional result.

A sub-standard green protest uses the Greens Protest Form with the same midday deadline and $50 fee. The fee is returned if the protest is seen as a valid concern, and forfeited if it is spurious. A decision or fine can be appealed in writing to the Bowls WA CEO within 48 hours of the written notification.