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ATHLETICS 215
(t)
Field Events Stewards. A
steward is required at each jumping
pit to keep the sand raked level, unless a groundsman is available.
Two Stewards are required at each throwing event. (Minimum
Number.)
(u)
Lap Scorers.
They are not usually required in a Mile Race,
which is normally only four laps long, but in a Three Miles Race
they are most important.
To assist him a Lap Recorder(s) fills in a card of which a specimen
shown on page 22o by ticking off a certain number of competitors
as they pass them each lap.
In races of more than one lap and at any rate of one or more
miles, it is usual to ring a bell as the competitors start on the last
lap. It is also a help to the competitors if some form of signalling
by cards to show the number of laps to complete is arranged in
races over One Mile or of more than four laps.
(v)
Recording Staff.
However small your Meeting, it is most
important that the Recording Staff are well versed in their duties
and are organised on a sound basis.
Your recording organisation must provide for the collection,
collation and accurate recording on the appropriate charts and the
speedy announcement of all results.
The Staff consists of the following
(i) Chief Recorder.
(ii) Assistant Recorders.
(iii) Announcer.
(iv) Such technical assistants as the Announcer requires.
(v) Orderlies.
A suitable way of organising the Staff is as follows
At a table (preferably under cover) sits the Chief Recorder.
His job is to keep a record of all results as they come in on the result
cards, note Heat eliminations and make up the composition of the
Finals according to instructions laid down in the rules of the Meeting.
Note and bring to the notice of the Announcer any performance
that is especially noteworthy, such as breaking the Unit record, etc.
Note.
—It
is most important that results should be announced to
the public as quickly after an event has finished as possible.
15. Method of Judging a Finish
(a)
If you can find enough officials, the following system is quite
good and recommended for use by inexperienced judges, though it
does not accord with A.A.A. methods: The finish of all races other
than the One and Three Miles Team Races should be judged by the
Referee and enough Judges so that there are, in all, the same number
as it is required to place. The Judges must overlap in the " places "
which they are judging. For example, the Referee takes the 1st
man, judge " A " 1st and 2nd, judge " B " 2nd and 3rd, judge
" C " 3rd and 4th, and so on.