1952-53

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SWIMMING
won a prize in a similar class of open competition, i.e.,
winning a prize for plunging, diving, etc., or in any other
branch of sport, will not disqualify the winner from com-
peting as a novice in a swimming race, or vice versa. This
rule does not apply to prizes won at school.
Open Handicaps
33. The, name and address of the Handicapper for all open events
shall be published, with particulars of the Handicaps.
(a) No one except the Handicapper shall have power to alter
a Handicap.
(b) In all Open Handicaps the
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starts shall be allotted from
bases at various distances to be fixed by the A.S.A. Com-
mittee at their first meeting in each year.*
(c) The Handicapper of an open event may receive a fee in
accordance with the scale authorised by his District.
Association.
Note.
—Incompliance with this law, the A.S.A. Committee have
fixed the basal starts for the various distances for the year 1951 as
follows :-
5o Yards Males, 22 Secs. Females, 26 Secs.
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Competing against Suspended Swimmers
35• Any Amateur knowingly competing against one who is under
sentence of suspension shall be suspended for any period the
Executive of the District may determine.
Pace-making in public for a Professional or anyone under
sentence of suspension shall be regarded as a competition.
Starting
49• All questions as to starting, except as provided in Sub-section
(a) or Law
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shall be decided in the discretion of the Starter, and
before starting a race he must satisfy himself that the Judges, Referee
and Timekeeper are at their posts.
(a)
The Starter must take up a position at the side of the course.
He shall use the preparatory command, " Take your
Marks," and there shall follow a sufficient length of
time before the signal_.to start is given. The competitors
shall remain stationary until the actual signal (shot, whistle
or starting word) is given.
(b) In scratch races, the Starter shall call back, the competitor,3
at the first. or second false start, and remind them of not
starting before the starting signal. Such false starts, if
repeated in the same heat (no matter if by the same
or