II. Irish Road Bowling and Dutch Moors

§1

The bowls have to be marked in colours. Each association gets a certain colour. All competitors of one association throw with bowls that are marked in the same colour.

§2

Following helpers are brought into action:

a) The referee at the starting line. He supervises the time table, calls up the groups for start and clears the start for each competitor.

b) Each group of 4 players is accompanied by a group referee, a marker referee (referee with the metre rod) and 4 helpers (road or field markers). The group referee calls up the players and clears start. He makes a note of each throw and the results measured by the helpers on the score card. After competition has ended the group referee has to hand the score card to the organizing committee. The marker referee supervises the correct throw-off of the players. The 4 helpers have to mark the resting points of each throw.

§3

The referees and helpers have to take care that playing Area is kept free.

§4

Each competitor has ten throws. Relevant for the next throw is the maximum achieved distance.

§5

From the starting line onwards a three metre is placed in direction of the throw. If a player oversteps the staring line two metres will be subtracted. The following throw starts two metres behind. If a player oversteps the starting line more than two metres the throw is invalid and will be put down with 0 metres. The next throw starts from the same point.

§6

The competitors are not allowed to pick up the bowls until they have been authorized by the referee.

§7

The last players in each group shall always throw first.

§8

A maximum of 10 minutes is allowed to search for not discoverable or lost bowls. After this the group referee decides the official resting point where the next throw starts.

§9

The winning team is the association that gains the most metres. If metres are the same both teams get the same place. The teams get the same medals for their place. According to this is the individual score.