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Posted by: Ray Ager (
) at 2006-10-09 14:45:56
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Hi Lou,
The answer to your question really depends on whether you are referring to games played to the official rules or just social/friendly games.
For “official” games, you really need a minimum 12m long playing area, to allow you to throw a 10m jack, plus 1m from the boundary and 1m for the circle. 4m wide is the recommended distance, although some clubs/competitions relax this to 3m, even less, if space is limited.
Of course, larger areas give you more scope for varying the terrain and making for a better game. My own club terrains at Brighton, UK, are 40 x 15m, allowing much more scope for playing “open” terrain.
If a team wishes to play a short jack, they are not obliged to position the circle such that a 10m could be thrown. Should they throw an invalid jack 3 times, the opponents now have the right to move the circle to allow a longer jack, if they wish.
If you’re just playing a friendly game, you can use whatever space is available. If you only had, say, an 8 x 2m area, you could still play but you would have a very restricted game.
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