THE LAWS OF ASSOCIATION CROQUET (6th Edition, Amended 2008)
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2000, 2008 The Croquet Association on behalf of itself and the Australian Croquet
Association, Croquet New Zealand and the United States Croquet Association
APPENDIX 6
ONE-BALL PLAY
When a game is played under the
conditions of One-Ball play, the laws of Ordinary Level Singles Play,
together with those of Advanced and/or Handicap Singles Play if
specified, apply subject to the following modifications.
1. AN OUTLINE OF THE GAME
Each side consists of a single
player who plays one ball, of any distinct colour, throughout. The
object of the game is for each side to make its ball score 12 hoop
points and a peg point, a total of 13 points, before the other side.
2.
THE START OF A GAME
The part of Law 8(b) that refers
to the third and fourth turns does not apply.
3.
ADVANCED PLAY
The references to the partner
ball in Law 36(b), Law 36(c), and the reference to the third and
fourth turns in Law 36(d), do not apply.
4.
HANDICAP PLAY
>Unless otherwise advertised in
the conditions for the event, the number of bisques to be given is
one third of the difference between the handicaps of the players,
rounded to the nearest half or full bisque, except that handicaps
below 2 are adjusted as follows before taking the difference:
|
1½ ->
1
|
0 ->
-2
|
-1½ ->
-5
|
-3 -> -8
|
|
1 ->
0
|
-½ ->
-3
|
-2 ->
-6
|
|
|
½ ->
-1
|
-1 ->
-4
|
-2½ ->
-7
|
|
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