At a meeting of the Management of Women's Golf Southland (subsequently adopted by Golf Southland Inc) and the Sub-committee of The Gilmour Rosebowl the following rules were set.

1. The Gilmour Rosebowl shall be competed for between Clubs affiliated to Golf Southland.
2. The Association shall have full and complete control of competition and it's rulings and decisions shall be conclusive and binding. “The Association” means Golf Southland (Inc) and / or its Board of Directors and its Sub Committee for this time being. The Association is empowered to alter add to rescind or otherwise amend these Rules and Conditions from time to time.
3. Should the challenger win the Rosebowl, then that club (as the holder) shall take over all challengers in the order they were received by the Association.
4. The holder shall play one challenge a month on a day of the week suitable to both the holder and the challenger.
5. The Rosebowl to be played for during the months of February to November.
6. Any failure by the holder or the challenger to meet the other, or for either to comply with the Rules and Conditions, shall be referred immediately to the Association, each party giving written version of the circumstances.
7. Challenge matches shall be played as follows
   1. Between teams representing the Challenger and the Holder, each team consisting of 5 amateur Ladies who are full financial members of the clubs concerned.
   2. Each member of each team shall meet his opponent in match play on current handicap indices and course handicaps. Play shall be over 18 holes only, each individual match being determined as a win, loss or draw.
   3. The Holder shall retain the Rosebowl unless the Challenger's team has more Individual wins than losses against the Holder.
   4. In every match the Rules of the game of Golf (as modified by valid local rules) shall be played and observed.
   5. Challengers must declare team with handicap indices to the holder at least 7 days before the challenge.
   6. Players comprising each team shall be "seeded" with the lowest handicapped player as No 1 and the highest as No 5. In the event of identical handicaps the playing order shall be decided by the team captain.
   7. The maximum handicap index shall be 40.4.
8. All Disputes and questions shall be referred (in writing)to the Association.
9. Any club winning a Gilmour Rosebowl challenge match shall have its name engraved on the Rosebowl once for the year.