Volunteers
VPSU Certified Officials:All of our starters, stroke and turn officials, and scorers need to attend a VPSU training session - even if you have filled these jobs before! We will need 2 starters, 8 stroke and turn officials, and 2 scorers to ensure that we can have all these positions covered for the season. The following VPSU training sessions have been set as of April 9, 2008:
Job DescriptionsReferee:The official in charge of the meet; the final authority in all matters concerning the conduct of the meet. Starter: (2)The official who starts each heat of the meet. Stroke & Turn Judge: (8)Swim officials assigned by and working for the referee to judge the swimming conformance with the rules for the event being swum. Non-conformance, frequently referred to as "DQ" or disqualification, is reported to the referee. Scorer: (2)Determines official swim times from score cards, keeps track of team records, and submits meet results to VPSU. Other Positions:No special training required - we can teach you quickly before the meet or "on the job": Clerk of Course: (4)Assembles all of the swimmers into their correct lane/heat and distributes deck cards to each swimmer. Announcer: (2)The announcer announces the upcoming events at the clerk of course's request. Sweeps Judge: (3)Determines visual order of finish of swimmers for each race. Head Timer: (2)Supervises Lane Timers during meets, signals to Referee when Timers have cleared watches, maintains watches are in proper working order, and helps schedule Timers for all meets. Lane Timer / Lane Recorder: (18) (3 per lane)Uses a stopwatch to get accurate times for each swimmer. Reports to Head Timer. Additionally the timer who is designated as the Lane Recorder ( one of the three timers) will, besides timing, record all times for each race onto the deck card, and then give these cards to the deck runners. Deck Runner: (4)Collects deck cards from recorders after each event and deposits them at the scoring table. Ribbons: (6)Records swimmer times on the appropriate ribbons. Concessions: (6)Preparing and selling food to hungry swimmers and their families! |
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