Ball Jamming in a Hoop

Players please note that ACA has agreed that for ACA Events, Law 35(b) Ball Jammed in Hoop, will be replaced with Law 53(b)(3).The ACA will include this as a condition in all ACA Events. 

Law 53(b)(3)   If a player suspects that the outcome of a stroke he has just played was affected by a ball being in contact with both uprights of a hoop simultaneously, he is entitled to have the equipment checked and, if necessary, adjusted or replaced. If it is found that the ball does touch both uprights of that hoop on some axis, he may elect to replay the stroke, unless his turn has ended for another reason.

Summary: 
If Law 53(b)(3) is advertised in the conditions of the tournament (which will be the case for ACA Events from now on)
Law 53(b)(3) replaces Law 35(b).  Under this law a player may elect to replay a stroke if his stroke was affected by a ball being in contact with both uprights of a hoop simultaneously – regardless of whether the ball remains jammed in the hoop at the end of the stroke or not.

Nerida Taylor
Executive Director/Honorary Secretary
Australian Croquet Association

4 February, 2012