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Timing Huts

The role of the timing hut teams is to:

• take split times of each race and
• enter the times into WRENS
• pass the positions to the commentators in the tower via the radio

Admin

Team leader will provide a rota. Those arriving at the start of the day report to the Finish Tower to collect radios, clocks, stopwatches, paper and pencils, etc. Those on the second shift also report to the Tower so that we know that you have arrived.

In each of the timing huts, sort out breaks between yourselves. If you are racing in the afternoon, please come back after racing. The timing huts have electrical sockets, if you want to bring kettles etc. Lunch will be provided. If you have a pair of binoculars, please bring them.

Last shift, please return radios, clocks and stop watches to the Finish Tower (you can leave the telephone)

The radios will be on a Channel (please check which one) which is only open to the huts and the commentators.  We recommend that you keep the radio on all the time, but only speak as the race is passing.

At all timing points

We suggest that

• one person concentrates on hitting the enter button on the timing box each time a boat crosses the line,
• and the other person notes the lane sequence in which boats cross. 
• If you’ve got the luxury of a third person in your hut then we suggest using them to summarise the action for the commentators.  Radio through the lane numbers as they pass, so the commentator knows the order and an appreciation of the relative gaps.

• As each boat passes write down the position sequence, and record the time on the timing device

Then, using WRENS > Results > xxxm Splits

• First enter the sequence, by lane number, of boats passing (eg 4,3,5,2,1). Commas not needed.
• Then, one person can call out the times from the timing device, and the other person can enter them into the system.
• Enter times as a 6 digit number (no separators, the hour is not needed) 
  e.g. 422975 (42 mins 29 secs 75 hundredth)  and 060412 (6 mins 4 seconds 12 hundredth).
• TAB from one box to the next.
• Press CHECK, and you will see the crew names for each position.
• Do a visual sanity check that it looks OK.
• Then press CONFIRM to save the times and prepare for the next race.

Please note that the commentary team will be using the information you enter (as well as anything you radio through). Although you can't enter data until the last boat has past, the sooner you can enter it after that, the more use it will be for the commentary.

Alternatively

Use Enter Results (WRENS > Results > Enter Results) where you have more control, but take care to enter correctly

Time Trials

Special attention will be needed if a race is run as a time trial.  For these, the 500m point will be the start, so correct timing here will be critical.  See separate control sheet .

Timing at 1000 at 1500 is not needed, so you can stretch your legs.

Timing clock

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