Referee and Markers Crib Sheet
Duties of a Referee
The Referee shall rule on all appeals, make decisions where the rules call for them and shall decide on all appeals against the Marker’s calls or lack of calls.
The decision of the Referee is final.
The Referee shall exercise control not only of the behavior of the players but also of any spectator, official, manager or coach.
The Referee shall decide upon permissible encouragement or improper coaching and may penalize any coaching during play by applying rule 17 to the player being coached
Rule 17
Warning (Conduct Warning)
Stroke awarded to opponent (Conduct Stroke)
Game awarded to opponent (Conduct Game)
Match awarded to opponent (Conduct Match)
Progressive or same penalties awarded for similar offence to same player – not regressive
Duties of a Marker
The Marker shall call the play, followed by the score, with the server’s score first. The Marker shall call services and returns which are not good and shall repeat the Referee’s decision.
Marker’s opening statement at the beginning of Match
Statement |
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Example |
Tournament/Match |
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Inter County Premier Division Group B |
String/Grade |
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3rd String |
Player Serving |
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David Campion of Yorkshire serving |
Player receiving |
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Scott Handley of Oxfordshire receiving |
Best of x games |
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Best of 5 games |
Love all |
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Love all |
Referee Calls |
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Marker Calls |
Stop |
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Fault |
Time |
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Foot-fault |
Half Time |
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Not up |
Yes Let |
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Down |
No Let |
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Out |
Stroke to …… |
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Hand Out |
Fifteen Seconds |
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Stop |
Let |
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Set One |
Conduct Warning |
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Set Two |
Conduct Stroke |
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Game Ball |
Conduct Game |
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Match Ball |
Conduct Match |
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Yes Let |
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Stroke to ….. |
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No Let |
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Timings
10 minutes after match starting time – liable for disqualification
5 minutes warm up (Referee calls half-time at 2 ½ minutes)
90 seconds interval after knock-up, between all games and for defective equipment
15 seconds warning call before end of all intervals
Referee’s line of thinking for Rule 12
Did interference occur? |
No |
→ |
No Let |
12.7.1 |
Yes |
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↓ |
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Was the interference minimal? |
Yes |
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No Let |
12.7.1 |
No |
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↓ |
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Could the obstructed player have got to the ball and made a good return and were they making every effort to do so? |
No |
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No Let |
12.7.2 |
Yes |
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↓ |
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Did the obstructed player move past the point of interference and play on? |
Yes |
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No Let |
12.7.3 |
No |
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↓ |
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Did the obstructed player create the interference in moving to the ball? |
Yes |
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No Let |
12.7.4 |
No |
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↓ |
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Did the opponent make every effort to avoid the interference? |
No |
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No Let |
12.8.1 |
Yes |
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↓ |
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Did the interference prevent the player’s reasonable swing? |
Yes |
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Stroke to…. |
12.8.2 |
No |
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↓ |
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Could the obstructed player have made a winning return? |
Yes |
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Stroke to…. |
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No |
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↓ |
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Would the obstructed player have struck the opponent with the ball going directly to the front wall or if going to a side wall would it have been a winning return? |
Yes |
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Stroke to…. |
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No |
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↓ |
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Yes Let |
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