Bowls NZ Umpire Exam Questions
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What are the duties of the lead who plays first in an end? - ANSWER -Place the
mat, Deliver the jack, Make sure that the jack is centred before delivering the first
bowl. Law 40.3
What does a marker mean when telling a player that a bowl is jack high or jack
level? - ANSWER -It means that the nearest part of the bowl is in line with and at
the same distance from the mat line as the nearest part of the jack. C26
The bowl slips out of a player's hand during the delivery back-swing. The
opposing skip insists that the bowl is now dead. The player calls for an umpire.
What does the umpire do? - ANSWER -The umpire should explain to the opponent
that the player can start the delivery of the bowl again as it was not deliberately
released from the hand. C.3
Skip "A" complains to the umpire that skip "B" is receiving advice from a club
member who is sitting at the end of the rink. What action does the umpire take? -
ANSWER -Check whether the person who is giving the advice is the team coach.
If the person is the coach, then no action is required. (Note that the umpire should,
before the start of the game, be given the names of any team coaches who are
present.) Law 44 If the person is not the coach, then the umpire should ask the
person to stop advising the players. If the person does not stop giving advice, the
umpire should ask the Controlling Body to take appropriate action. Laws 45.3,
45.4
The jack is in the ditch. Under what circumstances is it possible for a bowl in its
original course to come to rest in physical contact with the jack, be considered a
live bowl, but not be considered a toucher? - ANSWER -The bowl, at the end of its
original course, has remained partly on the green and partly overhanging the ditch,
where it is resting on the jack. Law 14.3
, Player "A" plays a running bowl which misses the jack but comes into contact
with a group of bowls at the back of the head. The running bowl rebounds from the
bank and collides with one of the bowls which is still travelling across the green.
What should happen to the bowl which was still moving? - ANSWER -The skips
should place the bowl where they believe it would have come to rest. If they
cannot agree, the end should be declared dead. Law 37.5.2
A player, while walking about the head, accidentally moves a bowl which is at rest
on the green. What should happen to the displaced bowl? - ANSWER -If the
displaced bowl has not disturbed the head, the opposing skip should put the bowl
back to its former position. If the displaced bowl has disturbed the head, the
opposing skip should put the bowl back to its former position and replace any part
of the head disturbed after the displacement. Law 37.1.4
Player "A" drives at the jack in an attempt to kill the end. The bowl strikes the
jack which then comes into contact with an opponent's foot. What should happen?
- ANSWER -The opposing skip should choose whether to: place the jack where the
skip believes it would have come to rest and replace any part of the head disturbed
by the displaced jack; or declare the end dead. Law 38.1.2
The lead in team "A" delivers the jack and plays the first bowl. The lead in team
"B" then realises that team "B", and not team "A", should have delivered the jack.
What should happen? - ANSWER -Team "B" should re-start the end. Law 9.
During a Singles game player "A" is at the head while player "B" is delivering the
last bowl. When the bowl has come to rest, player "A" kicks in the bowls and says
"That's two shots to you". Player "B", who is still in the process of walking
towards the head, replies "I thought that it was three shots to me" and calls for the
umpire. What should the umpire do? - ANSWER -Player "B‟ should put the jack
and bowls back to their former positions to allow the process of deciding the
number of shots scored to be carried out. Law 38.1.3, Law 37.1.4 & Law 22.2
Under which circumstances is a bowl which has touched the jack in its original
course no longer a toucher? - ANSWER -If it is neither marked nor nominated
, before the next delivered bowl has come to rest or, in the case of the last bowl of
an end, before a period of 30s that applies under Law 23.1. Law 15.3
A bowl, which is in a measure for shot, is leaning against a bowl which is
preventing a measurement being taken. What should happen? - ANSWER -The
bowl which is to be measured should be secured in its position and the intervening
bowl should then be removed. Law 23.6.2
The lead in team "A" delivers the jack - which comes to rest in the front ditch. The
lead in team "B" then delivers the jack - which comes to rest less than the
minimum distance from the mat line. What happens next? - ANSWER -The jack
should be centred with the nearest point of the jack to the mat line being 2 metres
from the front ditch, and the mat should be placed in line with law 6.1.1 by the first
player to play. Law 10.3
Neither a jack nor a toucher in the ditch can be seen by a player who is standing
on the mat. How can the player be helped? - ANSWER -Position of the jack can be
marked by a white indicator which is not more than 50 mm wide and not more than
100 mm high, fixed vertically either on top of the bank or against the face of the
bank, immediately in line with the jack. Law 18.2 Position of a toucher can be
marked by a brightly coloured indicator which is not more than 50 mm wide and
not more than 100 mm high, fixed vertically either on top of the bank or against the
face of the bank, immediately in line with the toucher. Law 14.4
Player A delivers a running bowl which hits the jack with such force that the jack
becomes stuck in the face of the bank. Player A's bowl comes to rest in the ditch
immediately below the jack and is marked as a toucher. The jack is below the level
of the green and cannot be seen from the mat. What should happen? - ANSWER -
The jack is stuck in the face of the bank so it should be declared dead. The end,
therefore, should be replayed. However, for domestic play, Member National
Authorities can decide not to have the end declared dead. Instead they can decide
to have the jack respotted in line with Law 56.5. Laws 19.1.3, 19.4
Team "B" delivers a bowl which comes to rest very close to the side boundary of
the rink. Both skips examine it and agree that it is in play. Later, when declaring
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What are the duties of the lead who plays first in an end? - ANSWER -Place the
mat, Deliver the jack, Make sure that the jack is centred before delivering the first
bowl. Law 40.3
What does a marker mean when telling a player that a bowl is jack high or jack
level? - ANSWER -It means that the nearest part of the bowl is in line with and at
the same distance from the mat line as the nearest part of the jack. C26
The bowl slips out of a player's hand during the delivery back-swing. The
opposing skip insists that the bowl is now dead. The player calls for an umpire.
What does the umpire do? - ANSWER -The umpire should explain to the opponent
that the player can start the delivery of the bowl again as it was not deliberately
released from the hand. C.3
Skip "A" complains to the umpire that skip "B" is receiving advice from a club
member who is sitting at the end of the rink. What action does the umpire take? -
ANSWER -Check whether the person who is giving the advice is the team coach.
If the person is the coach, then no action is required. (Note that the umpire should,
before the start of the game, be given the names of any team coaches who are
present.) Law 44 If the person is not the coach, then the umpire should ask the
person to stop advising the players. If the person does not stop giving advice, the
umpire should ask the Controlling Body to take appropriate action. Laws 45.3,
45.4
The jack is in the ditch. Under what circumstances is it possible for a bowl in its
original course to come to rest in physical contact with the jack, be considered a
live bowl, but not be considered a toucher? - ANSWER -The bowl, at the end of its
original course, has remained partly on the green and partly overhanging the ditch,
where it is resting on the jack. Law 14.3
, Player "A" plays a running bowl which misses the jack but comes into contact
with a group of bowls at the back of the head. The running bowl rebounds from the
bank and collides with one of the bowls which is still travelling across the green.
What should happen to the bowl which was still moving? - ANSWER -The skips
should place the bowl where they believe it would have come to rest. If they
cannot agree, the end should be declared dead. Law 37.5.2
A player, while walking about the head, accidentally moves a bowl which is at rest
on the green. What should happen to the displaced bowl? - ANSWER -If the
displaced bowl has not disturbed the head, the opposing skip should put the bowl
back to its former position. If the displaced bowl has disturbed the head, the
opposing skip should put the bowl back to its former position and replace any part
of the head disturbed after the displacement. Law 37.1.4
Player "A" drives at the jack in an attempt to kill the end. The bowl strikes the
jack which then comes into contact with an opponent's foot. What should happen?
- ANSWER -The opposing skip should choose whether to: place the jack where the
skip believes it would have come to rest and replace any part of the head disturbed
by the displaced jack; or declare the end dead. Law 38.1.2
The lead in team "A" delivers the jack and plays the first bowl. The lead in team
"B" then realises that team "B", and not team "A", should have delivered the jack.
What should happen? - ANSWER -Team "B" should re-start the end. Law 9.
During a Singles game player "A" is at the head while player "B" is delivering the
last bowl. When the bowl has come to rest, player "A" kicks in the bowls and says
"That's two shots to you". Player "B", who is still in the process of walking
towards the head, replies "I thought that it was three shots to me" and calls for the
umpire. What should the umpire do? - ANSWER -Player "B‟ should put the jack
and bowls back to their former positions to allow the process of deciding the
number of shots scored to be carried out. Law 38.1.3, Law 37.1.4 & Law 22.2
Under which circumstances is a bowl which has touched the jack in its original
course no longer a toucher? - ANSWER -If it is neither marked nor nominated
, before the next delivered bowl has come to rest or, in the case of the last bowl of
an end, before a period of 30s that applies under Law 23.1. Law 15.3
A bowl, which is in a measure for shot, is leaning against a bowl which is
preventing a measurement being taken. What should happen? - ANSWER -The
bowl which is to be measured should be secured in its position and the intervening
bowl should then be removed. Law 23.6.2
The lead in team "A" delivers the jack - which comes to rest in the front ditch. The
lead in team "B" then delivers the jack - which comes to rest less than the
minimum distance from the mat line. What happens next? - ANSWER -The jack
should be centred with the nearest point of the jack to the mat line being 2 metres
from the front ditch, and the mat should be placed in line with law 6.1.1 by the first
player to play. Law 10.3
Neither a jack nor a toucher in the ditch can be seen by a player who is standing
on the mat. How can the player be helped? - ANSWER -Position of the jack can be
marked by a white indicator which is not more than 50 mm wide and not more than
100 mm high, fixed vertically either on top of the bank or against the face of the
bank, immediately in line with the jack. Law 18.2 Position of a toucher can be
marked by a brightly coloured indicator which is not more than 50 mm wide and
not more than 100 mm high, fixed vertically either on top of the bank or against the
face of the bank, immediately in line with the toucher. Law 14.4
Player A delivers a running bowl which hits the jack with such force that the jack
becomes stuck in the face of the bank. Player A's bowl comes to rest in the ditch
immediately below the jack and is marked as a toucher. The jack is below the level
of the green and cannot be seen from the mat. What should happen? - ANSWER -
The jack is stuck in the face of the bank so it should be declared dead. The end,
therefore, should be replayed. However, for domestic play, Member National
Authorities can decide not to have the end declared dead. Instead they can decide
to have the jack respotted in line with Law 56.5. Laws 19.1.3, 19.4
Team "B" delivers a bowl which comes to rest very close to the side boundary of
the rink. Both skips examine it and agree that it is in play. Later, when declaring
