It is returned and the opposing lead can move the mat if they wish and deliver the jack. NOTE: So, if one of your players delivers the jack and it hits another one of your players you lose the jack. Jack or bowl in its original course means a jack or bowl from the time of its delivery until it comes to rest, regardless of how many times in the case of a bowl it may be deflected before it comes to rest or becomes dead. NOTE: Firstly, I think it would be advisable to confirm the definition of a “jack in its original course.” This and all other definitions can be found in Section 1 of the Law book ‘Definitions.’ If the jack in its original course is displaced by a player from its own team, it shall be re-delivered by the opposing player, who shall be entitled to reset the mat subject to Law 18, but shall not play first. The laws that cover these issues can be found in Section 7 ‘Movement Of The Jack’ in the World Indoor Bowls Council’s Laws of the Sport of INDOOR Bowls (green book) Law 39 Jack Displacement.ģ9A ‘Jack displacement’ by a participating player. This month we are going to look at the complex laws that cover JACK DISPLACEMENT and what we should do if a jack is displaced by:

HITTING THE JACK! – (BUT NOT WITH YOUR BOWL)

Jack rule