Officials Info

All officials to read the following important carnival information and click on the appendix link(s) below for specific details on their role.

·         Date: Thursday 1st June 2017

·         Venue: Alderbury Reserve. Enter off Perry Lakes Drive and park in the car park behind the YMCA Coastal hockey clubrooms.

·         Arrival: all officials are to arrive no later than 8.15am; exceptions are those officials on set up duties that may be required earlier. Officials must make adequate travel arrangements to arrive at the venue on time. Officials should not travel to the venue on the school competitor buses as they will be late for their duty. First event starts at 9.30am and last event starts at 1.00pm (approx)

·         Briefing: there will be a briefing for all officials at 8.15am in the YMCA hockey clubrooms.

a)       Report to the room, sign in on the check sheet and collect your officials file and vest. The file number will be matched to the number on the sign in sheet, wait in the room for the briefing.

b)       If applicable to your role collect your two way radio and if you need assistance in its operation ask the communications technician for help.

·         Student helpers: most officials will need school students to assist them. Check before the day that your school has arranged your student helpers, what time they will arrive and where you will meet them. Where possible try to arrange your helper(s) to be at the briefing meeting at 8.15am or at the latest on the team bus. The school Student Assistants will NOT be supplied with an official’s vest but with a ‘Student Official’ sticker to be worn whilst completing their duties.

·         Charter information: before the day check with your school sports coordinator that they have provided you with all the relevant information in the charter. Make sure that you have discussed your role with the sports coordinator so that you know what to do on the day.  

• Rules: Event rules are as stated in the ACC Charter or as per IAAF cross country running rules. http://www.iaaf.org/about-iaaf/documents/rules-regulations#rules

 

·         What to bring:

a)       come prepared for wet weather and sunshine

b)       if you will be a course station official bring a portable chair and make sure you have two student assistants

c)       BYO morning tea, lunch and drinks

d)       Complimentary coffee voucher will be provided upon sign in

e)       Pens to write with

f)        Charter information as provided by the school

·         At the end of the day return all materials to the YMCA club rooms: badge, file, vest etc... Station officials are asked to collect and return all course flags near their location.

·         Working with Children: All officials working at ACC carnivals are required to be checked under the Working with Children (WWC) legislation. Schools providing officials to carnivals are to ensure that officials are checked and have either a current WWC ID number, are covered by an exemption or are covered as a teacher under their WACOT registration. Schools need to keep records of their officials WWC status e.g. WWC ID Number, reason for exemption or WACOT checks. 

 

Official	App No.
Announcer	6t	6g, 6o.1
Automatic Timing/Results Room Liasion	6t	6p
Chief Marshal	6t	6h, 6i, 16
Communications Technician	6t	1, 6q
Course Scrutinizer	6t	1, 6b & 17
Course set up work party	6t	1, 6a(i) , 6f.2, 17
Duty School	6t	6c, 1, 17
Finish Area Attendant	6t	15,17
Finish Area Manager & Set Up	6t	1, 6a(ii) ,17
Finish Chute Usher	6t	14,17
Finish Judge (manual)	6t	6j, 17
Finish Line 1st Aid	6t	6m1, 6m 2  6s
First Aid	6t	1, 6s, 6q
First Aid Spotter @ Station	6t	1, 6s
Listed Place Getters Recorder & Medallions Supervisor	6t	6o.1, 6o.2, 14, 17
Marshaling Usher	6t	6h, 6i, 16
Marshals	6t	6i, 16
Motorized Scooter Driver	6t	1,18
Parking Officials	6t	1, 26, 26.1, 20
Results Manager Assistants	6t	6p
Start Line Assistants	6t	6h, 6i, 16
Starter	6t	6i, 16, 6h, 6o.1
Station official + buses	6t	1, 6e, 26, 26.1, 20
Station Officials	6t	1, 6e
Student Supervision Patrol	6t	21, 1, 17
Timekeepers	6t	6l, 6o.1
Venue Access Controllers	6t	1, 6e, 6f, 6r, 6f.2