Interesting Rules of Bowls
INTERESTING RULES – #3
TOUCHERS.
A bowl is a toucher if, after having come to rest:
- It falls and touches the jack before the next bowl is delivered; or
- In the case of the last bowl of an end, it falls and touches the jack within the period of 30 seconds.
INTERESTING RULES – #2
PLAYING OUT OF TURN
- If a player plays out of turn, the opposing skip can stop the bowl and return it to the player to play it in the proper order.
- If the bowl has come to rest and has not disturbed the head, the opposing skip must choose whether to:
- Leave the head as it is and have their team play two bowls one after the other to get back to the proper order of play, or
- Return the bowl and get back to the proper order of play
- If the bowl has disturbed the head, the opposing skip must choose whether to:
- Leave the disturbed head as it is and have their team play two bowls, one after the other to get back to the proper order of play
- Replace the head to its former position, return the bowl and go back to the proper order of play, or
- Declare the end dead.
INTERESTING RULES – #1
PLAYING ANOTHER PLAYERS BOWL.
- If a player plays another player’s bowl instead of their own, the other player’s bowl must be replaced with the player’s own bowl.
- If the bowl which was replaced was marked or nominated as a toucher, the player’s own bowl must be marked as a toucher.
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