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WPBSA 6 Reds
1. There will be no more than five consecutive Foul and a Miss calls at anyone time.
2. After four consecutive Foul and a Miss calls, the referee will warn the offending player that should a Foul and a Miss be called again the following options are available to the non-striker:
(i) play himself from where the balls have come to rest;
(ii) ask his opponent to play from where the balls have to come to rest;
(iii) place the cue ball anywhere on the table, but this option cannot be taken if play has reached the “snookers required” stage.
3. A player cannot snooker behind a nominated colour at any time.
IBSF 6 Reds
6 Red Snooker
Below are the newly updated Rules that have been adopted by the IBSF, and under which the IBSF 6 Red Snooker Championships will be conducted:
1. Delete the "Foul and a Miss" rule;
2. After any foul, the incoming player has 3 options:
I thought after a press release by Jason Ferguson last year that the rules between the WPBSA and The IBSF would be the same! but after speaking with someone at The IBSF I am told that The WPBSA did not even consult The IBSF on the recent rule changes......... the plot thickens as I also know that previous statements made about co-operation and and working relationships between The WPBSA and The IBSF have all been for publicity on The WPBSA's behalf and there has actually been no intentions of doing so in reality.
My investigations on this are continuing but there are lots of very annoyed people at The IBSF at the moment.
1. There will be no more than five consecutive Foul and a Miss calls at anyone time.
2. After four consecutive Foul and a Miss calls, the referee will warn the offending player that should a Foul and a Miss be called again the following options are available to the non-striker:
(i) play himself from where the balls have come to rest;
(ii) ask his opponent to play from where the balls have to come to rest;
(iii) place the cue ball anywhere on the table, but this option cannot be taken if play has reached the “snookers required” stage.
3. A player cannot snooker behind a nominated colour at any time.
IBSF 6 Reds
6 Red Snooker
Below are the newly updated Rules that have been adopted by the IBSF, and under which the IBSF 6 Red Snooker Championships will be conducted:
1. Delete the "Foul and a Miss" rule;
2. After any foul, the incoming player has 3 options:
- Play from where the balls have come to rest
- Ask the opponent to play again from where the balls have come to rest
- Play the cue ball from anywhere on the table, except when snookers are required;
I thought after a press release by Jason Ferguson last year that the rules between the WPBSA and The IBSF would be the same! but after speaking with someone at The IBSF I am told that The WPBSA did not even consult The IBSF on the recent rule changes......... the plot thickens as I also know that previous statements made about co-operation and and working relationships between The WPBSA and The IBSF have all been for publicity on The WPBSA's behalf and there has actually been no intentions of doing so in reality.
My investigations on this are continuing but there are lots of very annoyed people at The IBSF at the moment.
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