UMPIRES “CALLING” PROCEDURES
under World
Eightball Pool Federation Rules.
NB
All Calls are in “Bold Type”, within inverted commas.
BLACK BALL POTTED ON BREAK SHOT: Call:- “Void Break”, (retrieve all balls and re-rack) ......”Same Player to re-start frame, No Penalty”.
FOUL BREAK: Call:- “Foul Break”.....(Re-rack Balls).....”Opponent to re-start frame with two visits”.
CUE BALL POTTED ON A FAIR BREAK: Call:- “Foul”, .....”One Visit”. Timing to re-start on handing the cue ball to the oncoming player. Call:- “Time Running”.
ANY STANDARD FOUL WHEN GROUP NOT ESTABLISHED: Call:- “Foul, Two Visits, Open Table”.
BREAK SHOT,
LEGAL BALL(s) POTTED. ONE GROUP ONLY:
Call:- “Red/Yellow balls Potted” ....If player nominates the group
potted. Call:- “Red/Yellow balls in Play”. If player nominates the
group not potted. Call:- “Red/Yellow balls Nominated”.
If colour nominated is then potted. Call:- “Red/Yellow balls in Play”.
Failure to pot nominated colour. Call:- “Open Table”.
BREAK SHOT, BOTH GROUPS POTTED: Call:- “Red & Yellow balls potted”. After nomination. Call:- “Red/Yellow balls in Play”.
BREAK SHOT. FAIR BREAK. NO BALLS POTTED: Call:- “Open Table”.
FIRST APPROACH AFTER GROUPS ARE ESTABLISHED: On the first time only, that a Player is in/takes control of the table, after groups have been established. Call:- “Red/Yellow balls in Play”.
ANY STANDARD FOULS DURING A FRAME: Call:- “Foul, Two Visits”. No further call is made (other than time calls/fouls) until a pot “on” is missed. Then Call:- “Second Visit”. No call is made at the end of this visit.
NON-STANDARD FOULS: Call”- “Foul”. Then impose relevant penalty and/or await direction from the oncoming Player. Add “Open Table”, if no group established.
SERIOUS FOULS: Call:- “Serious Foul”. Replace any ball(s) moved,....... Call:- “Two Visits”. Add “Open Table”, if no group established.
LOSS OF FRAME FOULS: Call:- “Loss of Frame”. Explain reason.
TIME FOULS: At 30 seconds, Call:- “Thirty Seconds”. This must be called “on time”, even if a Player appears to be about to stroke the shot. At sixty seconds, Call:- “Time Foul”, “Two Visits”. Add “Open Table”, if no group established.
TOUCHING BALL(s): When the cue ball is in contact with any ball(s) “on”. Call:- “Touching Ball(s)”. Clearly point to ball(s) in contact with cue ball.
TIME OUT: If Time Out is granted or required by the Referee, Call:- “Time Out”. At the end of the Time Out period, Call:- “Time Running”.
TOTAL SNOOKER / FOUL SNOOKER: After a request from the Player only. Call:- “Total / Foul / Jaw Snooker”, or as appropriate, with ”Time Out” calls if necessary.
STALEMATE: If the Stalemate rule is invoked, Call:- “Stalemate, Re-start of Frame, Same Player to break”, “One Visit”
BALL NOMINATION: Where a Players has a right of ball nomination, after nomination, Point to nominated ball and Call:- “Red/Yellow/Black ball nominated”.