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Because possession of the rink does not transfer to you or your team until the bowl has come to rest, time being allowed to mark a toucher. The mat is part of the rink and strictly you should not be standing on the mat until after the previous bowl has come to rest.
The Laws state that players NOT in possession of the rink should be behind the head or at least one metre behind the mat. Law 12.1.1 is the one to read.
When playing I have an effective way of dealing with a player who crowds up to the mat or stands on it before my bowl has come to rest. I stand on the mat and just before my bowl has come to rest take a step backwards. Those of you who know me will realise if I stand on your toes then you are going to be seriously hurt.
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If the player transgresses Law 12 he is still in breech of the Laws.
But there is NO PENALTY unless under Law 13 he annoys, interferes or distracts their opponent but he has still transgressed Law 12.
Also remember that under Law 13 he can badly annoy his opponent but in the absence of an umpire there is no one who has the authority to impose a penalty.
Bit like the 30mph limit where I live as we never see a bobby but if I drive at 35mph I am still breaking the Law but there is no penalty unless a copper catches me ( or a camera )
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Law 40.1.6 allows the skips to nominate a competent neutral person, in the absence of an umpire.
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And we come full circle cos as Umpy has pointed out, the same applies if I'm 2 yards up the green when my bowl comes to rest, or if I'm running up the green and not past the head as it finishes.
All I'm saying is, if a player pulls someone up about possession, expect the backlash and make sure you and your team mates are perfect. Thankfully, the vast majority of players allow an element of grace as long as it isn't either done deliberately or designed to annoy.
I was well aware of 40.1.6 but it requires the skips to choose the person. This assumes agreement between the skips on the neutral person. If skip A is clearly trying to get a competent person appointed to enforce rink possession penalty against his team how likely is it that skip B will agree with his choice of person. Stalemate.
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Ideally, of course, the skips should probably agree on who was to act as umpire before the game started and any decision required - it should then be much easier to get joint acceptance of an individual.
One of the problems with the laws is that they may be clear in and of themseves, but do not follow through completely - nor, probably, could they be expected to be.
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In which case invite skip B to choose who he wants,failing which it is a good case to report to controlling body for a decision,The offending teams skip is clearly not operating within the spirit of sportsmanship, and the conditions of play should contain reference to the emergency and disputes committee,
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