Golf Croquet Referees Manual
This publication is the ACA Policy on Golf Croquet (GC) refereeing which is to be followed by all GC referees.
New pages, reflecting ACA policy changes - ACA WCF GC Rules Committee rulings affecting refereeing, or new refereeing practices as approved by the NDR will be issued as required on dated replacement pages.
State Directors of Refereeing are responsible for the implementation of the ACA GC Refereeing System in their state and for ensuring that officials have copies of this manual as required - the price of which and method of distribution will be decided in each state, the proceeds of which remain in the state.
Maree Skinner
Hon. Secretary and Executive Director
ACA
29 May, 2008
The Manual can be downloaded either as a single file or section by section. All files are in PDF format.
The Complete Manual (2.1MB)
Individual Sections
Section GC: A - General
Section GC: B - Technical
- Mechanicals (Hoop Gauges & Referees Equipment)
- Ball on Border - In or Out? (Outside Agency or Not?)
- How to Mark a Ball
- Testing if a Hoop Has Been Made
- Hoop Setting and Hoop Checking
- The Carbon Paper Test - for Double Taps
- Bevel Stroke Fault - Hampered Stroke
- The Halfway Rule (Offside) - Rule 10
- The "Double Tap" - Multiple Contacts by Ball and Mallet
- Hoop running - Double Tap
- Hoop running - Push
- The Crush and Double Tap in or Close to a Hoop
- Basic courtesy
- Damage - Court Damage
- Duration of Games (Time)
- Replacement of a Ball after Interference (Rule 9(f))
Section C - Administration
- Job descriptions:
- National Director of Refereeing (NDR)
- State Director of Refereeing (SDR) Job Description (Model Only)
- State Referees Committee (Model Only)
- GC Referees - How Appointed & Duties (ACA System)
- The Role of the Tournament Referee
- Tournament Referee's Opening Address (Version: 11)
Section D - Training
- Notes and a System for a Refresher Day
- Problem-Solving Basics
- Referees' Training - Some Specifications
Section E - Ethics, etc.