BowlsLink does a good job of providing results and ladders but can only do so for 1 competition at a time. Navigating to the next competition can be tedious with a lot of clicking involved. Bowlsup Reports fixes this as it allows you to view results and ladders for multiple competitions at once. It also provides this information in a better format as well as providing other reports not available in BowlsLink.

Results report

all rounds are available at once - no more clicking to get to the round you want

if they exist, all rounds of the sectional finals series matches are also immediately accessible

viewing individual rink scores requires just 1 further click

the side name of a nominated club will appear highlighted

Ladder report

Contains exactly the same information as a ladder viewed directly in BowlsLink except for the colour coding added by Bowlsup.

Good values such as winning scores, points for and positive shot difference are shown in green.

Bad values such as losing scores, points against and negative shot difference are shown in red.

Neutral values such as drawn scores, number of draws and zero shot difference are shown in blue.

Player Ladder report

Contains everything that a player ladder viewed directly in BowlsLink has but with many added extras.

Extra columns for the number of games each player has played in each position

Extra column for Winning %

Extra column for Average Shot Difference column

Data can be sorted in either direction on the Ladder Position, Player, Side, Played, Wins, Draws, Losses, Winning %, Shot Difference and Average Shot Difference columns

Ladder Matrix report

This report shows an abbreviated form of the current ladder with all results and other fixture information in a tabular form. This allows for a quick overview of the performance of all sides in the competition.

Ladder by Round report

A major shortcoming with BowlsLink ladders is that you can only see the ladder for the latest completed round. That is, if looking at competition where all 18 rounds have been played, there is no way to view the ladder as it was for any of the previous rounds 1-17. The ladder by round report rectifies this shortcoming.

Each side is shown with a different coloured background. To the right of the ladder there are rounded boxes with matching coloured backgrounds showing the ladder position with points and shot difference for this and each preceding round. When you put the mouse over the side name (or touch it on a touch device such as a mobile phone) each of the relevant coloured boxes are highlighted to more clearly show the ladder position on each round.

Another good feature of this report is that it uses scores regardless of whether or not they're "official" ie. entered by the homeside but not yet confirmed by the opposing side. This means it can be used as a live ladder before the official ladder is finally updated after all scores have been confirmed.

Side Stats report

This lists various statistics for each side:

Their overall performance when playing at home compared to playing away

Their best and worst results when playing at home compared to playing away

The number of close wins and losses

Below the table of home vs away results is a bar chart showing the number of times each side's results fell within certain winning and losing ranges. Each bar is colour coded to match the background of each side's name. When you put the mouse over the side name (or touch it on a touch device such as a mobile phone) each of the relevant coloured bars are highlighted to more clearly show the pattern or results.

Played Over Sides report

The conditions of play for pennant competitions typically contain rules regarding the eligibility to play finals and others that restrict the interchanging of players between sides prior to finals. Complying with such rules can be tedious as it requires accurate and up-to-date record-keeping by selectors. This report solves these problems by providing such data.

Versions of Bowlsup Reports

The demo version allows you to run all 6 report types for any pennant competition in Vic Metro for seasons 20/21 and 21/22 and all Vic country pennant competitions for 21/22. Free to use.

Go to reports demo

The version for individual users allows you to run all report types for any pennant competition where the results are on BowlsLink. This is free until the end of 2022. From 1/1/2023 the cost will be $1 for each competition added. This is a one-off cost - there is no ongoing cost for running reports for competitions already paid for.

The version for club users is the same as that for individuals except that code is generated which allow the report bundles specified to run on a club's website. Instructions are provided for adding the generated code to the club's website.

Some clubs have BowlsLink embedded in their websites, Pakenham Bowls Club for example, but doing so has exactly the same shortcomings as it does when looking at BowlsLink directly. (It's actually worse. Because Pakenham play in Vic Metro, every division has sections. After looking at results for a match, you cannot easily get back to the competition. The browser's back button won't help as it will take you to the previous location within Pakenham's website and the Back to Competition link will take you back to section 1 of the competition. From there you have to click a few more times to get to the right section.) Having Bowlsup report bundles appear on club websites instead is a much better solution. This is free until the end of 2022. From 1/1/2023 the cost will be $5 for each competition.

The distinction between being an individual user or a club user is made when the user registers with Bowlsup Reports. Registration as an individual user requires a valid email address with the account being password protected. Registration as a club user has the additional requirement of providing the URL of the club's website.

Bowlsup Applications

These applications are on Bowlsup now

Versions of Bowlsup Reports

These applications are coming soon to Bowlsup