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Rule 11 - APPEALS |
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11. APPEALS The loser of a rally
may appeal against any decision of the Marker affecting
that rally. * In almost all cases, a player will use the words 'Let please', whatever it states in this Rule. |
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Appeals and Referee interventions in specific situations are dealt with below (see also Rule 20.4 *). * Rule 20.4 concerns the Marker making a wrong call, according to the Referee. |
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11.1
Appeals on Service: |
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11.1.1
If the Marker makes a call of "Foot-fault",
"Fault", "Not up", "Down"
or "Out" to the service, the server may appeal.
If the Referee upholds the appeal *, the Referee shall
allow a let. * In other words, if the Referee believes that the Marker made an error by making the call. |
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11.1.2 If, after the service, the Marker makes no call, the receiver may appeal, either immediately or at the end of the rally. The Referee, if certain that the service was not good, shall, without waiting for an appeal, stop play immediately and award the rally to the receiver. In response to an appeal, the Referee shall: 11.1.2.1 if certain that the service was good, award the rally to the server; 11.1.2.2 if uncertain,
allow a let. |
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11.2
Appeals on Play other than Service: |
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11.2.1 A player may appeal if the Marker calls "Not up", "Down" or "Out" following that player's return. The Referee, if agreeing with the appeal or uncertain whether the Marker's call was correct, shall: 11.2.1.1 allow a let, unless Rules 11.2.1.2 or 11.2.1.3 apply; 11.2.1.2 award the rally to the player if the Marker's call interrupted that player's winning return; 11.2.1.3 award the
rally to the opponent if the Marker's call has
interrupted or prevented a winning return by the
opponent. |
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11.2.2 If the Marker fails to call "Not up", "Down" or "Out" following a player's return, the opponent may appeal either immediately or at the end of the rally. The Referee, if certain that the return was not good, shall, without waiting for an appeal, stop play and award the rally to the opponent. In response to an appeal the Referee shall: 11.2.2.1 if deciding the return was good, award the rally to the player; 11.2.2.2. if
uncertain, allow a let. |
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11.3
After the delivery of a service, a player may not
appeal for anything which occurred before that service *,
unless Rule
14.3 (broken ball)
applies. * If a player does make an appeal in this situation, the Referee should inform the player that an appeal is not appropriate. |
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11.4
When the loser makes more than one appeal concerning a
rally, the Referee shall consider each appeal. |
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11.5 If a player appeals the Marker's call
of "Foot-fault", "Fault", "Not
up", "Down" or "Out" to a
service, but that same service subsequently is clearly a
fault, not up, down or out, then the Referee shall decide
only on the subsequent occurrence. * This
is a clear example of the fact that all of the above
calls mean the same on the service - please let us start
using just a single word instead of this mixture of
terms..... |
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11.6 If a player appeals the Marker's call
of "Not up", "Down" or
"Out" to a return but that same return
subsequently is clearly down or out, the Referee shall decide
only on the subsequent occurrence. |
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