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REFEREE RENEWALS NOW DUE
2016/17 EASB referee memberships are now available to purchase online. This is
now the only method of renewing your referee membership. Memberships must be
renewed by 31st August 2016.
Please note if you qualified more than two years ago and have not worked as a
referee for the EASB/World Snooker within the last 2 seasons you will shortly be
required to attend a refresher seminar with your local examiner. There will be a
nominal cost to cover the examiners expenses. Failure to attend a seminar may
result in revocation of EASB referee membership. By purchasing your referee
membership you agree to this requirement. Login with your registered email
address and password. Click on forgot password if you have forgot it and an
email will be sent with a link to set up a new one. Once you are logged in click on
your referee name. This is displayed below all the text. You will see the option
to get your membership. Click on it. Now you have 3 options
referee/referee + international/emeritus choose the one you want by clicking the
shopping cart next to it. Once you have added your item
(membership) click the yellow pay button. It does say paypal but it also gives
you the option to pay with paypal or a debit/credit card. Follow the instructions on the pay
screen and you will be emailed a receipt.
Contact Brendan Moore or Paul Bannister if you do
encounter any issues please or e-mail admin@easb.co.uk
RULE UPDATES AUG 2014
OLD RULE - SECTION 2
6.
Stroke
(a)
A stroke is made
when the striker strikes the
cue-ball with the tip of the cue.
NEW RULE SECTION 2 6. Stroke (a) A
stroke is made when the
striker strikes the
cue-ball with the tip of
the cue, except whilst addressing the cue-ball
(known as feathering)
OLD RULE SECTION 2
13.
Free Ball A
free ball is a ball which the
striker nominates as the
ball on when
snookered after a
foul (see Section 3 Rule 12).
NEW RULE SECTION 2
13. Free Ball
A free ball is a
ball, other than the ball on,
which the striker nominates as the ball on when snookered after a
foul (see Section 3 Rule 12).
OLD RULE SECTION
2
14.
Forced Off the Table
A ball is
forced off the table if it comes to
rest other than on the bed of the table or in a pocket, or if it is picked up by
the striker, or intentionally moved by
hand, whilst it is in play except as provided for in Section 3 Rule 14(h).
NEW RULE SECTION 2
14. Forced
off the table
A ball is
forced off the table if it comes to rest other than on the bed of the
table or in a pocket, or if it is picked up by the striker,
or
intentionally moved by hand whilst it is in play except as provided for
in Section 3 Rule 14(g).
NEW RULE SECTION 3 10. Penalties.
(d) seven
points if the striker:
(i) uses a
ball off the table for any purpose;
(ii) uses
any object to measure gaps or distance;
(iii)
touches any ball during consultation as described in Section 3, Rule 14(g)
(iv) plays
at Reds, or a free ball followed by a Red, in successive strokes;
(v) uses
any ball other than White as the cue-ball for any stroke after the
frame has started;
(vi) fails
to declare which ball he is on when snookered or when requested to
do so by the referee; or
(vii)
after potting a Red (or free ball nominated as a Red), commits a
foul before a colour has been nominated.
NEW RULE SECTION 3
14. Foul
and a Miss
(a) The
striker shall, to the best of his ability, endeavour to hit the ball on
or a ball that could be on after a Red has been potted. If the
referee considers the Rule infringed, he shall call FOUL AND A MISS unless:
(i) any
player needed penalty points before, or as a result of, the stroke being
played;
(ii)
before or after the stroke, the points available on the table are equal
to the points difference excluding the value of the re-spotted black; and the
referee is satisfied that the miss was not intentional.
(iii) a
situation exists where it is impossible to hit the ball on.
In the
latter case it must be assumed the striker is attempting to hit the ball
on provided that he plays, directly or indirectly, at the ball on
with sufficient strength, in the referee‟s
opinion, to have reached the ball on but for the obstructing ball or
balls.
(b) After
a FOUL AND A MISS has been called, the next player may request the offender to
play again from the position left, or at his discretion, from the original
position, with all balls being replaced, in which latter case the ball on
shall be the same as it was prior to the last stroke made, namely:
(i) Any
Red, where Red was the ball on;
(ii) the
colour on, where all Reds were off the table; or
(iii) a
colour of the strikers choice, where the ball on was a colour
after a Red had been potted.
(c) If the
striker, in making a stroke, fails to first hit a ball on
when there is a clear path in a straight line from the cue-ball to any
part of any ball that is or could be on, the referee shall always call
FOUL AND A MISS unless as described under paragraph (a)(i) and (a)(ii).
(d) After
a miss has been called under paragraph (c) above when there was a clear
path in a straight line from the cue-ball to a ball that was on or
could have been on, such that central, full ball, contact was available
(in the case of Reds, this to be taken as a full diameter of any Red that is not
obstructed by a colour), then:
(i) a
further failure to first hit a ball on in making a stroke from the
original position shall be called as a FOUL AND A MISS regardless of the
difference in scores;
(ii) if
asked to play again from the original position, the offender shall be warned by
the referee that a third failure will result in the frame being
OLD RULE SECTION 3
15.
Ball Moved by Other than Striker
If a ball,
stationary or moving, is disturbed other than by the
striker, it shall be re-positioned by
the referee to the place he judges the ball was, or would have finished, without
penalty.
(a)
This Rule shall include cases where another occurrence or person,
other than the strikers
partner (REMOVED), causes the
striker to move a ball, but will not apply in cases where a ball moves due
to any defect in the table surface, except in the case where a spotted ball
moves before the next stroke has been
made.
(b)
No player shall be penalised for any disturbance of balls by the referee.
NEW RULE SECTION 3
15. Ball
Moved by Other than Striker
If a ball, stationary or moving, is disturbed other than by the
striker, it shall be re-positioned by the referee to the place he judges the
ball was, or would have finished, without penalty.
(a)
This Rule shall include cases where another occurrence or person, causes the
striker to move a ball, but will not apply in cases where a ball moves due
to any defect in the table surface, except in the case where a spotted ball
moves before the next stroke has been made.
(b)
No player
shall be penalised for any disturbance of balls by the referee
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