Umpires Quiz
  • Quick Quiz Three

  • What are the measurements between- for length of a Green in direction of play?
  • What must the measurements of the Mat be?
  • A player is using an artificial device. During the process of a delivery, a bowl accidentally slips from the device.  What should happen?
  • If ground sheets are being used where must the mat front line be positioned?
  • Bowls New Zealand has approved what footwear for players to use on the green?
  • What position may a substitute play in?
  • What team combination is permitted a substitute and a replacement player simultaneously?
  • Skip A was talking to a spectator when her Third’s bowl, on it’s original        course, hits the her foot. The bowl does not disturb any other bowls. She (A) returns the bowl to be replayed. Skip B does not agree and calls for an      Umpire. What would be the ruling?
  • Player A plays a bowl which comes to rest upright beside but not touching the Jack. Before Player B steps onto the mat, A’s bowl falls and touches the Jack. Skip B claims it is not a toucher as his team now has possession of the rink. An Umpire is called and rules which one of the following?
  • To gain a better grip during adverse weather conditions what may a player do?
  • What is the ‘Face of the Bank’?
  • The bank must be a minimum measurement above the surface level of the green, what is it?
  • A game has commenced and two opposing Leads have played two bowls each in a game of fours. A’s second is about to bowl but challenges the position of where the Jack has been centred and asks for it to be moved to the centre line. Skips call for a ruling. What should it be?
  • Bowls made of rubber or plastic resin must measure between what at their widest points?
  • Bowls made of rubber or plastic resin may weigh up to a maximum of?
  • When may a challenge to a set of bowls be lodged?
  • Team A has a marked toucher at rest in the ditch within the boundary of the   rink. Team B plays a bowl which hits their own marked toucher at rest. This   toucher then moves into the ditch during which it moves A’s toucher already in the ditch. Skips A & B could not agree as to what should happen so an Umpire was called. What should be the Umpire’s decision?
  • In New Zealand which of the following may be approved as a substitute?
  • When must conditions of play be decided by the controlling body?
  • Skip B plays a drive to remove the shot bowl. The bowl misses the target but connects with team A’s third’s foot and then hits another bowl at rest in the head. What could happen?
  • In New Zealand what is the required date stamp for domestic play?
  • The width of the ditch must be between?
  • An end has been declared dead. Team A, who won the previous end decide to play from where the end was declared dead. Team B object. What should happen?
  • What should the depth of the ditch be?
  • Should be Empty: