RESULTS OF AN END

(1)     THE SHOT OR SHOTS

(a)       A shot or shots shall be adjudged to be the bowl or bowls nearer the jack than the nearest bowl played by the opposite side.

(b)       When the last bowl of the end comes to rest, 30 seconds shall elapse if either side request it during which time no bowls shall be touched, marked, measured or interfered with.  The request MUST be made as soon as the last bowl has come to rest.  No player may walk in the live area during that time.

(c)       Neither the jack nor bowls must be moved until both sides agree the result, except where a bowl or bowls have to be removed to allow another to be measured.  Only the player conceding the shot(s) may remove the bowls from the rink mat.  If a player removes a bowl(s) before agreement has been reached, a penalty of one shot per bowl removed may be claimed by the opposing team.

(d)       No measuring shall be allowed until after the last bowl has come to rest.

(e)       When the last bowl has come to rest at the completion of an end, only one player from each team shall be allowed on the mat for the purpose of deciding the shot or shots scored.

(2)     LIVE END NO SCORE

(a)       When at the conclusion of an end the nearest bowls of each side are touching the jack or the two nearest bowls are of an equal distance from the jack or there are no bowls in the live area or touchers in the ditch, it shall be deemed to be a live end and NO SCORE.  The end shall be recorded as an end played.

(b)       The player who played first in that tied end shall again play first and it shall be played from where the last end finished.

(3)     MEASURING

(a)       All measuring MUST be done with equipment approved by the E.S.M.B.A.  (See Appendix 6).  Measuring with hand, foot, mat or any other object other than the recognised measure is PROHIBITED.

(b)       All measuring shall be to the nearest point of both objects.

(c)       If a bowl requiring to be measured is resting on another bowl which prevents it being measured, the best means available shall be taken to secure it in position whereupon the other bowl shall be removed.  The use of the hand or finger for this purpose is PROHIBITED.

(d)       The same applies if more than one bowl is involved and also if a bowl not so resting is in danger of falling before measuring is complete.

(e)       If the jack is in such a position that it may be moved whilst it is being measured, the best means available shall be taken to secure its position prior to the measure being made.

(f)        The placing of the hand or finger on the jack or on any bowl to be measured constitutes disturbance and the opposing side shall claim the shot or shots or refuse to acknowledge the shot or shots in dispute.

(4)     LAST BOWL IN AN END

Nothing in these Laws shall be deemed to make it mandatory for the last player to play their last bowl in any end, but they should make their intentions known to the opposing side before commencement of the determination of the result of the end.  Once they have declared, that bowl may not be played.

(5)     EXTRA END

(a)       In the event of a draw at the conclusion of a game where a winner must be determined, an extra end must be played.

(b)       The team captains in a team game or the Leads in other games shall toss for the start.  The winner will have the right to play first or second.

(c)       The extra end shall be played from where the last end finished.

(d)       If at the conclusion of the extra end it is still a draw, a further extra end will be played.  The toss will again be made and the end played from where the last end finished.

(6)     GAME DECISIONS