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Officiating
OFFICIATING DUTIES: PARENTS ATTENDING ISLAND MEETS ARE EXPECTED TO HELP AT THE LONG JUMP (AND POSSIBLY OTHER EVENTS)
Updated March 26, 2019
1) At the various meets you may be attending (particularly at the Island Series) you may be called upon to assist in officiating at one of the events. This Section of the Pen Track Website deals with the basics of officiating most of the Events.
2) At the Island meets, Peninsula Track is officially responsible for officiating at the Long Jump. We share this duty with the Campbell River Club. Therefore it is important that as many parents in Pen Track become familiar with how to officiate this event as you may be called upon to act as an official at any time. The more parents who can do this the less onerous a task it becomes for any one person. You may also be asked to help at other events if required.
3) In the long term the Vancouver Island Athletics Association (VIAA) would like to have many more volunteer officials who are familiar with all the events, not just the ones assigned to their club. This means they will be able to step in and run any event if called upon to do so. This is important as clubs who have to travel some distance to attend a meet, may not be able to cover their officiating responsibility for the whole meet. See VIAA post for details
4) This page will contain information about officiating which is pertinent to the above and also some more general considerations about officiating.
5) I have prepared and am preparing one page outlines containing what I think are the essential basics of the various events:
6) Completed (in blue - click on name)
a. Long Jump
b. Triple Jump
c. High Jump
d. Shot Put
e. Discus
f. Hammer
g. Weight Throw
h. Javelin
i. Starter
8) In Preparation:
a. Hand Timing
b. Finish Line Judging
c. Results
d. Marshalling races
e. Pole Vault
8) BC Athletics has a page on their website which deals with Officiating Matters
9) The IAAF (the international body governing Athletics) has a considerable body of information on their website: www.iaaf.org . In particular they have a detailed rule book for 2016/2017 in .pdf form which you can download if you want all the gory details about the rules for each event.
Updated March 26, 2019
1) At the various meets you may be attending (particularly at the Island Series) you may be called upon to assist in officiating at one of the events. This Section of the Pen Track Website deals with the basics of officiating most of the Events.
2) At the Island meets, Peninsula Track is officially responsible for officiating at the Long Jump. We share this duty with the Campbell River Club. Therefore it is important that as many parents in Pen Track become familiar with how to officiate this event as you may be called upon to act as an official at any time. The more parents who can do this the less onerous a task it becomes for any one person. You may also be asked to help at other events if required.
3) In the long term the Vancouver Island Athletics Association (VIAA) would like to have many more volunteer officials who are familiar with all the events, not just the ones assigned to their club. This means they will be able to step in and run any event if called upon to do so. This is important as clubs who have to travel some distance to attend a meet, may not be able to cover their officiating responsibility for the whole meet. See VIAA post for details
4) This page will contain information about officiating which is pertinent to the above and also some more general considerations about officiating.
5) I have prepared and am preparing one page outlines containing what I think are the essential basics of the various events:
6) Completed (in blue - click on name)
a. Long Jump
b. Triple Jump
c. High Jump
d. Shot Put
e. Discus
f. Hammer
g. Weight Throw
h. Javelin
i. Starter
8) In Preparation:
a. Hand Timing
b. Finish Line Judging
c. Results
d. Marshalling races
e. Pole Vault
8) BC Athletics has a page on their website which deals with Officiating Matters
9) The IAAF (the international body governing Athletics) has a considerable body of information on their website: www.iaaf.org . In particular they have a detailed rule book for 2016/2017 in .pdf form which you can download if you want all the gory details about the rules for each event.