Situation One asks Readers to consider what first bowl a Skipper should play in the 100th end of a game with four Teams of four. The scores for both the Team and the Side rate as quite close. Situation Two shows that the the next two bowls by both Skippers changes the situation very little. Readers have to consider what the Red Skipper should play with the very last bowl of the whole game. (4/5/09)
This head shows a singles game. Sitution One asks a Reader to decide what bowl the blue Player should play as their third bowl after the red Player has played their third bowl when the score stands at red 13 and blue 12 – in a game to 25. Situation Two changes the situation to the game score of blue 24 and red 23 with blue having to play his last bowl BEFORE red plays his last bowl. (7/5/09)
This head has a bowl three inches short of the jack in a game with four teams of four in the Side. In both situations, a Reader has to decide whether blue skipper should try to chip off the close bowl – or NOT – with his last bowl. Situation One refers to the fourth end with the red team 8 to nil in front. Situation Two refers to the 100th end of the game. Scores show the following - red TEAM 24, blue TEAM 26 and the red SIDE 100 and the blue SIDE 99. (7/5/09)
This head shows the situation in a fours game after the blue team has played all their bowls. Situation One asks Readers to decide the shot that the red-team skipper should play with his last bowl on the tenth end wth the score red 9 and blue 7. No forehand or backhand draw shot with jack-high weight can reach the jack without hitting one or more other bowls. Situation Two has the same layout of bowls but the end rates as the 100th end with the scores – Red TEAM 21, Blue TEAM 23; Red SIDE 104, Blue SIDE 104. These scores include the red team's situation – it holds one shot. Again Readers must decide the shot that the red skipper should play. (12/5/09)