Law56
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56 Sets play
56.1 Format of play
56.1.1 Competitions played in the sets format must consist of sectional play,
knockout (eliminating) play or a combination of both.
56.1.2 Each game must be played over the better of two sets, with each set
consisting of nine ends or any other format agreed beforehand by the
Controlling Body.
56.1.3 The winner of a set will be the player or team with the highest number
of shots when the ninth end is completed.
56.1.4 If the shot scores are tied after the ninth end of a set, the set will be a
draw.
56.1.5 During sectional play, all nine ends of a set must be completed.
56.1.6 During knockout play, there must be no further play in a set if, at any
point, it becomes impossible for one player or team to draw or win the
set, given the number of ends left.
56.2 Tie-breaker
56.2.1 If the game is tied after the two sets have been completed (each player
or team having won one set or both sets having been drawn), a tiebreaker consisting of three ends must be played to decide the winner.
56.2.2 The winner of the tie-breaker will be the player or team with the highest
number of shots when the third end is completed.
56.2.3 There must be no further play in the tie-breaker if, at any point, it
becomes impossible for one player or team to draw or win the tiebreaker, given the number of ends left.
56.2.4 If the shot scores are tied after the third end of the tie-breaker, the
players or teams must play a fourth tie-breaker end to decide the winner.
56.2.5 If the fourth end of a tie-breaker is a tied end, the players or teams will
play more tie-breaker ends until a winner is found.
56.3 Winners of sectional play
56.3.1 Points will be awarded as follows.
56.3.1.1 Three game points will be awarded for each game won. No
game points are awarded for any game lost.
56.3.1.2 One set point will be awarded for each set won. A half set
point will be awarded for each set drawn. No set points are
awarded for any set lost. (The tie-breaker is not a set.)
56.3.1.3 If a game is forfeited, the non-offending player or team will
be awarded three game points, two set points and a net total
of shots that is equal to the average net total of shots scored
by the winners of all other games played in the same round
of the same section.
56.3.2 Section winners will be decided as follows.
56.3.2.1 Highest number of game points scored.
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56.3.2.2 If game points are equal, the player or team with the highest
number of sets won.
56.3.2.3 If game points and sets won are equal, the player or team
with the highest net total of set points over all games in the
section.
56.3.2.4 If game points, sets won and net totals of set points are
equal, the player or team with the highest net total of shots
over all games in the section (not including tie-breaker
ends).
56.3.2.5 If game points, sets won, net totals of set points and net
totals of shots are equal, the player or team that won the
game between the players or teams that are equal.
56.4 First to play
56.4.1 First set: the skips or opponents in Singles must toss a coin and the
winner of the toss has the options described in law 5.2.2.
56.4.2 Second set: the winner of the first set must place the mat and then
deliver the jack and the first bowl. If the first set is a draw, the winner of
the last scoring end in that set must place the mat and then deliver the
jack and the first bowl.
56.4.3 First, fourth and any further ends of a tie-breaker: the skips or opponents
in Singles must toss a coin and the winner of the toss has the options
described in law 5.2.2.
56.4.4 In all ends after the first in each set (including tie-breaker ends), the
winner of the previous scoring end must place the mat and then deliver
the jack and the first bowl. If, however, the first end of the first set or
the first end of a tie-breaker is a tied end, the first to play in that end
must also play first in the second end of the first set or the second end of
the tie-breaker.
56.5 Re-spotting the jack
56.5.1 If a jack is dead, as described in law 19.1, the end must not be declared
dead. Instead, the jack must be placed with the nearest point of the jack
to the mat line at the appropriate re-spot position described in either law
56.5.2 or 56.5.3, or as close as possible as described in law 56.5.4, and
play must continue.
56.5.2 Three re-spot positions
56.5.2.1 If the jack passes outside the side boundary on the right of
the rink, it must be placed with the nearest point of the jack
to the mat line at a spot on the rink which is 2 metres from
the front ditch and 1.5 metres to the right of the centre line.
56.5.2.2 If the jack passes outside the side boundary on the left of the
rink, it must be placed with the nearest point of the jack to
the mat line at a spot on the rink which is 2 metres from the
front ditch and 1.5 metres to the left of the centre line.
56.5.2.3 If the jack passes above the face of the bank that is within
the side boundaries of the rink of play, or comes to rest in
any hollow in the face of the bank, it must be placed with
the nearest point of the jack to the mat line at a spot on the
rink which is 2 metres from the front ditch and on the centre
line.
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56.5.2.4 If the jack rebounds to a distance of less than 20 metres
from the mat line, it must be placed:
56.5.2.4.1 with the nearest point of the jack to the mat line
at the appropriate spot described in laws 56.5.2.1
and 56.5.2.2; or
56.5.2.4.2 with the nearest point of the jack to the mat line
at the spot described in law 56.5.2.3 if it comes
to rest on the centre line.
56.5.3 One re-spot position
A single re-spot position which is 2 metres from the front ditch and on
the centre line can be used as an alternative to the three re-spot positions
described in law 56.5.2.
56.5.4 If any of the spots mentioned in laws 56.5.2 and 56.5.3 are partly or
completely covered by a bowl, the jack must be placed as close as
possible to the covered spot, between and in line with that spot and the
corresponding spot at the opposite end of the rink, without touching a
bowl.
56.5.5 The spots mentioned in laws 56.5.2 and 56.5.3 must be marked using
chalk or some other suitable method (see diagrams B.2.3.1 and B.2.3.2
in appendix B.2).
56.1 Format of play
56.1.1 Competitions played in the sets format must consist of sectional play,
knockout (eliminating) play or a combination of both.
56.1.2 Each game must be played over the better of two sets, with each set
consisting of nine ends or any other format agreed beforehand by the
Controlling Body.
56.1.3 The winner of a set will be the player or team with the highest number
of shots when the ninth end is completed.
56.1.4 If the shot scores are tied after the ninth end of a set, the set will be a
draw.
56.1.5 During sectional play, all nine ends of a set must be completed.
56.1.6 During knockout play, there must be no further play in a set if, at any
point, it becomes impossible for one player or team to draw or win the
set, given the number of ends left.
56.2 Tie-breaker
56.2.1 If the game is tied after the two sets have been completed (each player
or team having won one set or both sets having been drawn), a tiebreaker consisting of three ends must be played to decide the winner.
56.2.2 The winner of the tie-breaker will be the player or team with the highest
number of shots when the third end is completed.
56.2.3 There must be no further play in the tie-breaker if, at any point, it
becomes impossible for one player or team to draw or win the tiebreaker, given the number of ends left.
56.2.4 If the shot scores are tied after the third end of the tie-breaker, the
players or teams must play a fourth tie-breaker end to decide the winner.
56.2.5 If the fourth end of a tie-breaker is a tied end, the players or teams will
play more tie-breaker ends until a winner is found.
56.3 Winners of sectional play
56.3.1 Points will be awarded as follows.
56.3.1.1 Three game points will be awarded for each game won. No
game points are awarded for any game lost.
56.3.1.2 One set point will be awarded for each set won. A half set
point will be awarded for each set drawn. No set points are
awarded for any set lost. (The tie-breaker is not a set.)
56.3.1.3 If a game is forfeited, the non-offending player or team will
be awarded three game points, two set points and a net total
of shots that is equal to the average net total of shots scored
by the winners of all other games played in the same round
of the same section.
56.3.2 Section winners will be decided as follows.
56.3.2.1 Highest number of game points scored.
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56.3.2.2 If game points are equal, the player or team with the highest
number of sets won.
56.3.2.3 If game points and sets won are equal, the player or team
with the highest net total of set points over all games in the
section.
56.3.2.4 If game points, sets won and net totals of set points are
equal, the player or team with the highest net total of shots
over all games in the section (not including tie-breaker
ends).
56.3.2.5 If game points, sets won, net totals of set points and net
totals of shots are equal, the player or team that won the
game between the players or teams that are equal.
56.4 First to play
56.4.1 First set: the skips or opponents in Singles must toss a coin and the
winner of the toss has the options described in law 5.2.2.
56.4.2 Second set: the winner of the first set must place the mat and then
deliver the jack and the first bowl. If the first set is a draw, the winner of
the last scoring end in that set must place the mat and then deliver the
jack and the first bowl.
56.4.3 First, fourth and any further ends of a tie-breaker: the skips or opponents
in Singles must toss a coin and the winner of the toss has the options
described in law 5.2.2.
56.4.4 In all ends after the first in each set (including tie-breaker ends), the
winner of the previous scoring end must place the mat and then deliver
the jack and the first bowl. If, however, the first end of the first set or
the first end of a tie-breaker is a tied end, the first to play in that end
must also play first in the second end of the first set or the second end of
the tie-breaker.
56.5 Re-spotting the jack
56.5.1 If a jack is dead, as described in law 19.1, the end must not be declared
dead. Instead, the jack must be placed with the nearest point of the jack
to the mat line at the appropriate re-spot position described in either law
56.5.2 or 56.5.3, or as close as possible as described in law 56.5.4, and
play must continue.
56.5.2 Three re-spot positions
56.5.2.1 If the jack passes outside the side boundary on the right of
the rink, it must be placed with the nearest point of the jack
to the mat line at a spot on the rink which is 2 metres from
the front ditch and 1.5 metres to the right of the centre line.
56.5.2.2 If the jack passes outside the side boundary on the left of the
rink, it must be placed with the nearest point of the jack to
the mat line at a spot on the rink which is 2 metres from the
front ditch and 1.5 metres to the left of the centre line.
56.5.2.3 If the jack passes above the face of the bank that is within
the side boundaries of the rink of play, or comes to rest in
any hollow in the face of the bank, it must be placed with
the nearest point of the jack to the mat line at a spot on the
rink which is 2 metres from the front ditch and on the centre
line.
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56.5.2.4 If the jack rebounds to a distance of less than 20 metres
from the mat line, it must be placed:
56.5.2.4.1 with the nearest point of the jack to the mat line
at the appropriate spot described in laws 56.5.2.1
and 56.5.2.2; or
56.5.2.4.2 with the nearest point of the jack to the mat line
at the spot described in law 56.5.2.3 if it comes
to rest on the centre line.
56.5.3 One re-spot position
A single re-spot position which is 2 metres from the front ditch and on
the centre line can be used as an alternative to the three re-spot positions
described in law 56.5.2.
56.5.4 If any of the spots mentioned in laws 56.5.2 and 56.5.3 are partly or
completely covered by a bowl, the jack must be placed as close as
possible to the covered spot, between and in line with that spot and the
corresponding spot at the opposite end of the rink, without touching a
bowl.
56.5.5 The spots mentioned in laws 56.5.2 and 56.5.3 must be marked using
chalk or some other suitable method (see diagrams B.2.3.1 and B.2.3.2
in appendix B.2).