Charity Days Condobolin Sports Club and its sub clubs were pleased to sponsor lady bowler, Karen Dunn, when she recently had her longer than waist hair shaved in the name of Charity. Karen was also sponsored by Hairdresser Jacq, who took charge of the scissors, and many of the town business houses, who donated prizes for the competition. Karen was very pleased to hand over $!,000 dollars to the Leukaemia Foundation. Thank you to all the sponsors and congratulations to Karen for her good work.
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Earlwood Bardwell Park Bowls and Sports Club members are proud to tell you about the Charity day which was held at the end of April. Held annually, this is always recog-
rt Umpires Repo Q1. A lead delivered the jack and played the first bowl. The opposing lead A then queried the length of the jack, What happens? Q2. A player leaves the green without the consent of her opponent, and returns 15 minutes later to find the opposition are claiming the game. Can they do this? Q3. Whose duty is it to agree that a bowl is dead? Q4. When does play start in a game? Q5. Does the player, playing before the skip have to do the measuring? Q6. Can a trial end in progress, continue after the scheduled starting time? Q7. How is the pace of the green determined? Q8. In the first end of a match the leads and seconds have played their bowls when play is abandoned for the day. Are all players in both teams constituted? Q9. A bowl comes to rest on the edge of the ditch leaning on the jack, which is in the ditch. Is this bowl a toucher? Q10. If a player acts as a substitute in a team which is defeated, may she act as a substitute in another team in the same competition? 18
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Condobolin bowler, Karen Dunn
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE A1. Nothing. After the first player to play has delivered the first bowl, no-one has the right to challenge the legality of the original position of the jack. Law 22.7 A2. Yes. No player shall delay play by leaving the rink of play or their team unless their opponent agrees, and then only for no more than 10 minutes. Law 51.1 & Law 51.8 A3. The Skips or opponents in Singles should decide whether a bowl is dead or not as soon as they realize it is necessary. (If the players do not realise that a decision is necessary as soon as the bowl comes to rest, the decision can still be made even after the bowl in question came to rest). If they cannot reach agreement, they should ask the umpire to make a decision. Law 27.3 A4. In any game, the start of play is the delivery of the jack by the first player to play in the first end. Law 18.3.1 A5. No. Before the game begins the skip shall nominate any player to do the measuring. Skips can, at any time, delegate
nised as one of the enjoyable and competitive days in the inter club area, with members coming from the Eastern and the Western parts of Sydney. This year, the clubs hosted were from: Belmore, Blakehurst, Bronte, Clovelly, Concord RSL, Double Bay, Five Dock, Greenlees, Grandviews, Leichhardt, Matraville, Peakhurst, and Ramsgate. There were 26 teams in all, competing and having a whole load of fun and laughter, as the EPB girls tried to prove their mettle. In addition, there were raffles, craft, a cake stall, lucky dips and something for everyone. As a result of the day, after donations, sales and sponsorships, not to mention fantastic bowls – a donation will be going to: • Ovarian Cancer Research • Fred Hollows Foundation.
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their own powers and any of their own duties (except those describe in Laws 37.1.7 and 37.1.8) to any other members of the team as long as they tell the opposing skip immediately. Law 37.1.9 and Law 37.4 A6. No the end shall cease immediately. Conditions of Play 10. A7. The number of seconds taken by a bowl from its delivery to the moment it comes to rest at approximately 27 metres from the mat line. The higher the number of seconds taken, the faster the pace of the green. Law 1.3.25 A8. No. Each member of a team (including a replacement player if used) will become a constituted player in a team immediately that member delivers their first bowl. DR 4.5.1. A9. No. No bowl will be a toucher if it plays onto or comes into contact with, the jack when the jack is in the ditch. Law 24.3 A10. Yes. The player can continue to act as a substitute in that or any other team in the same competition (if they remain eligible). DR 4.7.2.4
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