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2008 Rule Changes for Golf Croquet
The law changes mainly clarify the existing laws. The
only significant change is
to Law 11 – The Wrong Ball, on page 20.
The first important point is that the correct ball in
now identified as the next ball
in sequence, even if the previous ball was a wrong ball.
(Note that penalties can apply even if you play what
would have been the
correct ball, but isn’t
now
the correct ball because your opponent
has just
played a
wrong ball).
In singles
if it is your turn to play but you play
your partner ball,
out of
sequence, (unless you have committed a striking fault),
the balls are replaced
and you simply replay your stroke using the correct
ball. There is now no
penalty. In
singles, therefore, players
should stop their opponents from
playing if they are about to play one of their own balls
out of sequence.
If you play an
opponent’s ball, the
opponent should stop the game. They can
then choose whether the balls remain where they are, or
are replaced to where
they were before the turn; no hoop points are scored;
and the opponent can play
either ball. If the game is not stopped
and the opponent has played their
own
turn , there
is no remedy, and any points scored now count.
In Doubles,
if you play
an opponent’s ball
or
your partner’s ball,
or you play
your own ball out of turn ,
the opponent should stop the game. The opponent
can choose whether the balls remain where they are or
are replaced to where
they were before the turn. No hoop points are scored and
the opponent can then
play either ball. If the game is not stopped
and the opponent has played their
own turn ,
there is no remedy, and any points scored now count.
If the offending player played the stroke with their own
ball, play resumes in
sequence. If they played the partner or opponent’s ball,
the opponents can restart
with either of their balls.
When a wrong-ball play has been recognised, it is
important that the opponents
stop the game before they play their turn.
Players should not stop play before a wrong ball is
played , except when a
partner ball is played
in singles.
If a wrong ball has been played, but play goes back into
sequence before the
mistake is noticed, Eg B,Y,K,Y, all hoops scored as a
result of the last stroke
count and, in this example, Blue is the next ball to
play.
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