Preston Lawn Bowling Club

Lifing of Bowls, Jack, or Mat

 

37.6  Bowl displacement by a bowl from a neighbouring rink

1. If a bowl at rest on the rink is in danger of being moved by a bowl from a neighbouring rink, any player at the head must choose whether to:

         1. lift the bowl at rest to allow the other bowl to pass and then replace it, as long as this action would not influence the outcome of the head; or

         2. stop the bowl from the neighbouring rink.

 

2. If, during a Singles game, a bowl at rest on the rink is in danger of being moved by a bowl from a neighbouring rink, the marker must stop the bowl from the neighbouring rink.

 

3. If a bowl that has been stopped was in its original course and was delivered on a bias that would have taken it back into its own rink, it must be replayed.

 

38.6  Jack displacement by a bowl from a neighbouring rink

If a jack at rest on the rink is in danger of being moved by a bowl from a neighbouring rink, any player at the head or the marker must stop the bowl. If the bowl was in its original course and was delivered on a bias that would have taken it back into its own rink, it must be replayed. 

 

Also – Mat

6.2.5 If a bowl from a neighbouring rink, moving in its original course and on a bias which will take it back into its own rink, is travelling on a path which will bring it into contact with the mat, any player on the rink on which the mat is being used can lift it so that the bowl can pass and then replace the mat in its original position.