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JUDGE'S AND
SCORER'S INFORMATION
IMPORTANT
RULES NOTIFICATION
By: Scott Snape, Chairman of the AWSA Rules
Committee
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September, 2009 |
Some tournament
sponsors have allowed skiers to ski more than one classification of
tournament at a time which is in violation of AWSA Rule 1.02. This rule
states: "...A skier may not ski in more than one class in the same event
in the same round at one tournament and may not ski more than three
rounds in an event at a tournament..."
Examples include but are not limited to: skiing a round in slalom, Class
C, until the skier misses and then letting them continue that round
under class F. Skiing a round in class C and then, if the skier does not
like their score, switching the classification for that round to class
F.
It is
the intention that a skier declares which class he is skiing for that
round before he takes to the water. Changes after the fact will not be
allowed.
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3-SEGMENT JUMP TIMING WITH
PERFECT PASS
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The following sentence has been added to paragraph 9.09 in the 2009
edition of the AWSA rule book (Jump Section): Timing
will be required to be recorded in three segments of 52m, 30m, and 41m;
however, two segment timing will be controlling.
This means as boat judges we will be submitting 3 times from the boat
for each jump attempt and the scorers will be recording the times.
WSTIMS will compute the addition of the first two segments and report
just two times. The reasoning for all of this can be found on the USA-WS
website.
If you are using Zero Off (ZO) as the speed control system this will be
easy with the existing course set-up. With Perfect Pass Stargazer
(PPSG), set as described below, it will also be easy with the existing
course set-up. If you are using Perfect Pass Classic you will need to
add an additional set of buoys to your course. Be smart, use ZO or PPSG.
Jerry Bautsch describes how to set your boat to use PPSG:
Stargazer, when in the single magnet mode for slalom and jump, only
requires a magnet to start the timing course. When in the multi magnet
mode, it needs all the magnets for timing in both slalom and jump
events. In single magnet mode for jump, the 3 segment times will be
recorded but not in multi magnet mode.
PP Classic does not have the capability to record 3 segment times and
requires magnets at each set of gates to time. So PP Classic is similar
to Stargazer in multi magnet mode. It needs to be stressed that
Stargazer should be used in single magnet mode in order to record 3
segment jump times and to minimize the number of needed magnets.
**Click
here to download single page instructions.
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WSTIMS
2009 release now available
2 June, 2009 |
The 2009 release of
WSTIMS
Release 3.56 is now finalized and available
for download now and usage.
IMPORTANT -- there are a couple of important
differences this year that will affect just about everybody using
WSTIMS, so be sure to review the
"What's New" material in the User Guide.
There are several changes that affect all officials; judges, scorers,
drivers, and all others and how results and information they will need
to begin inputting into WsTIMS. It is of the utmost important that
scorers should be entering all their officials in each event as this is
how USA Waterski will be getting their information on what officials get
credit. The WSTIMS reporting is now all paperless. All officials need to
familiarize themselves with the 2009 changes that are in the WESTIMS
3.56
What's New Section.
Chief Scorer's
you
must download, install and use the new release 3.56,
procedures for submitting WSTIMS tournament results:
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All tournaments
should send the entire .LZH (Example: 08C000C.LZH) file to
Melissa Peterson,
Seeding Committee Rep, Melissa will forward:
1 - the entire .LZH to AWSA Headquarters, to Competition & Events;
2 - the .html scorebook to Jerry
Woodard, for posting of tournament results to the South Central Web site;
3 - the non-.html boat time information to Jerry
Bautsch and EVP Bob Mayhew
(drive names are in the non-.html file but do not
appear on the Web posted boat times).
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WATCH YOUR SLALOM GATES!!
By Bob
Mayhew, EVP
28 January 2008 |
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In a moment of insanity the AWSA
Board of Directors approved the use of the IWSF rule for going
through the entry gate in the slalom course. That means that slalom
judges will need to evaluate the position of the ski as it passes
over the right-hand entry gate according to the diagram below. You
can count on an increase in the number of contested gate calls and
those “who never miss their gates” will be at the head of the line.
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All slalom skiers need to begin their practice sessions this season
with this ruling in mind. Officials, get some body armor and be
ready to hear that famous statement:
“What in the #&@ do you mean I missed my gate!!???”
A skier shall be judged as missing the entry or exit gate when the
center of the ski passes to the outside of the center of the gate
buoy as shown in the diagram.
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Message From AWSA
Board Of Directors Concerning Driving Issues
Jeffrey D. Smith
Chairman
AWSA Board of Directors
As you may know, there has been much recent
discussion about the failure of several tournament drivers and
officials to follow AWSA Rule 1.12 concerning slalom times.
Data from several tournaments shows that some drivers are providing
consistently (and intentionally) slow driving patterns in violation
of our rules. Examples of recent Technical Committee analyses of
tournaments, including those in the South Central Region, may
be reviewed at:
http://www.awsasouth.com/boattiming/reg_timming.htm
This type of driving needs to be corrected
ASAP, with all drivers and officials seeking to “set the
standard” for driving throughout the nation in both boat paths and
boat times. With that said, our officials need to adhere to
what is mandated in our rules at all times. Both fast times and slow
times are for the tolerance of wind, skier abilities, etc., NOT
ratings or soon to be rankings lists.
It is important for all officials to strive
for actual times at ALL tournaments in the Region regardless of
classification of C, E, L, and R.
In this effort, it would be appreciated if you
would send this memo to all drivers in your region to ensure they
are aware of this issue. On behalf of the AWSA Board of Directors,
your help in meeting this standard is important and appreciated.
ATTENTION:
Dateline: February 25, 2007:
For a more complete
explanation of the data, click here....
From the Drivers Perspective-Boat Times
Analysis
Written by Jerry Bautsch,
Chair AWSA Drivers Committee, SCR Drivers Committee Representative
What does it all mean?
Click
here for full details....
Clarification Regarding
Multi-Round Events
The International Water Ski Federation and USA
Water Ski/American Water Ski Association have been allowing tournaments (Class
IE, E, L or R) in excess of three rounds. These tournaments are still considered
an exception and accordingly, a request must be made. However an automatic
exception will be granted. Further, the chief judge is to submit a report to the
Rules Committee chairman. As a condition of granting this blanket exception, no
more than three qualifying rounds may be held that do not utilize an
elimination-based format. Rounds subsequent to round three must be
elimination-based, and the elimination must be significant for the rounds
subsequent to round three to retain the tournament classification (IE E, L or
R). Should a skier produce a score in a round subsequent to round three that
exceeds the skier’s best performance in any of the initial three rounds, the
scorer is to separately notify USA Water Ski and the seeding representative of
the score so that this score is included in the various ranking lists.
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“IDEAL BUCKET”…….. |
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By Bob
Mayhew, EVP
8 June 2007 |
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| To all drivers, I’m sure
that you have heard this term by now: the Ideal Bucket = +/- 0.02
seconds from an actual time in the slalom course. Jerry Bautsch and
I have been receiving the boat timing statistics from various
tournaments in the SCR this spring and I am impressed. I have
reviewed many sets of outstanding driving. I want to compliment all
of you on a job well done. Please, keep it up! |
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| There is a link below to some
data from a tournament on the
east coast. Now, keep in mind that Tropical Storm Barry
visited this tournament site on the day in question with some rain
and 20-30 mph winds with additional gusts. These were some
tough conditions but there is a driver over there whose initials are
“Z.O.” Check out this data; does he have the boat dialed in or
what!!!!!! |
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“Z.O.” Timing Stats |
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