CHIEF UMPIRE REFERENCE MANUAL Version 4.0. – October 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1. ROLE OF THE UMPIRE/OFFICIAL ........................................................................................ 4 2. OFFICIALS: ENFORCERS OR LEGISLATORS? ................................................................... 4 3. WCF TECHNICAL OFFICIAL'S AGREEMENT....................................................................... 5 4. CHIEF UMPIRE – DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................ 7 5. CHIEF UMPIRE'S CHECK LIST ............................................................................................. 9 6. ON-ICE PRE-COMPETITION CHECK ................................................................................. 11 7. UMPIRE EQUIPMENT ......................................................................................................... 12 8. TEAM MEETING AGENDA .................................................................................................. 13 9. TEAM MEETING DOCUMENT (SAMPLE) ........................................................................... 15 10. POST ROUND ROBIN STONE SELECTION ....................................................................... 27 11. HANDLING OF HEALTH INFORMATION FORMS .............................................................. 28 12. CHIEF UMPIRE'S REPORT ................................................................................................. 29 13. GAME UMPIRES ................................................................................................................. 32 14. END-ICE OBSERVER .......................................................................................................... 34 15. END-ICE OBSERVER – MIXED DOUBLES CURLING ........................................................ 36 16. ICE PLAYER ASSISTANT (IPA) - WHEELCHAIR CURLING ............................................... 39 17. HAND-OUT: ICE PLAYER ASSISTANT (IPA) ...................................................................... 40 18. CHIEF TIMER ...................................................................................................................... 43 19. CurlTime INSTRUCTIONS ................................................................................................... 47 20. TIME CLOCK OPERATOR .................................................................................................. 53 21. PROCEDURE WHEN A TEAM IS LOW ON TIME ............................................................... 55 22. PROCEDURES FOR TIME-OUTS ....................................................................................... 56 23. TIMING BETWEEN ENDS ................................................................................................... 57 24. TIME CLOCK ADJUSTMENTS ............................................................................................ 58 25. TIMING - MIXED DOUBLES CURLING ............................................................................... 59 26. TIMING - WHEELCHAIR CURLING (See also Sections: 20 - 24 & 27) ................................ 60 27. WHEELCHAIR CURLING - TIMING RELATED SCENARIOS .............................................. 61 28. HAND-OUT: TIMING - WHEELCHAIR CURLING ............................................................... 63 29. HAND-OUT: TIMERS ........................................................................................................... 68 30. HOG LINE OBSERVER ....................................................................................................... 69 31. EYE ON THE HOG – HOG LINE VIOLATION DETECTION SYSTEM ................................ 70 32. EYE ON THE HOG MALFUNCTION PROCEDURES .......................................................... 72 33. CHIEF STATISTICIAN ......................................................................................................... 73 WCF CU Reference Manual – Version 4.0 October 2012 Page 2 / 170 34. STATISTICS SYTEM ........................................................................................................... 74 35. MEASURING PROCEDURES ............................................................................................. 75 36. LAST STONE DRAW (LSD) ................................................................................................. 77 37. DRAW SHOT CHALLENGE (DSC) ...................................................................................... 79 38. ACCESS TO FIELD OF PLAY (FOP) ................................................................................... 80 39. COACH BENCH ................................................................................................................... 81 40. RULE CLARIFICATION – Late start ..................................................................................... 82 41. RULE CLARIFICATION – Hand or Body Prints .................................................................... 83 42. TEAM PARTICIPATION IN CEREMONIES .......................................................................... 84 43. SPORTSMANSHIP BALLOTS ............................................................................................. 84 44. OPENING CEREMONIES – WCF EVENTS ......................................................................... 85 45. CLOSING CEREMONIES – WCF EVENTS ......................................................................... 86 46. PROCEDURES FOR BLOOD and HEAD INJURIES ........................................................... 91 47. COMPETITOR'S GUIDE (SAMPLE) .................................................................................... 94 48. WCF ICE TECHNICIAN'S AGREEMENT ........................................................................... 108 49. CARE OF CURLING STONES ........................................................................................... 111 50. DEALING WITH THE MEDIA ............................................................................................. 112 51. MEDIA INTERVIEWS ......................................................................................................... 113 52. WCF CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ..................................................... 114 53. PHOTOGRAPHING - THINGS TO WATCH FOR ............................................................... 115 54. SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................................ 116 55. CURLING ........................................................................................................................... 117 56. CURLING HISTORY .......................................................................................................... 118 57. LIST OF FORMS ................................................................................................................ 122 58. ENTRY FORMS (WCF Office)............................................................................................ 123 59. COMPETITION FORMS..................................................................................................... 139 If you find any errors or omissions, or can suggest ways to improve the contents, please send comments to: Keith Wendorf WCF Director of Competitions & Development [email protected] WCF CU Reference Manual – Version 4.0 October 2012 Page 3 / 170 1. ROLE OF THE UMPIRE/OFFICIAL 1. In curling, as in most sports, umpiring is performed by dedicated volunteers without whom the sport could not progress. 2. The role of the Umpire has been established to ensure fair play between two or more teams in any competition. Umpires act as a complement to the game, working with the teams in a fair and neutral manner within the rules of the game, doing measurements and intervening only to make a correction or following a breach of the rules. 3. Umpires' decisions must be made in fairness and sound judgement relative to the rules in the World Curling Federation "Rules of Curling and Rules of Competition" booklet. 4. All Umpires must have a thorough knowledge of the rules, their interpretation and implementation. Within the umpiring system, dependent on the assignment, the Umpire should have a sound knowledge of the record sheets, scoreboards, measuring devices, hog line discipline, statistics and time clocks. All play an important part in the smooth running of any competition while allowing an Umpire to "specialise" within a preferred area. 5. The game is first, and foremost, for the curlers and the role of the Umpire is secondary. 2. OFFICIALS: ENFORCERS OR LEGISLATORS? Extracts from an article by Kevin Merkle (Associate Director Minnesota State High School) Officials must remember that their job is one of enforcers, much like a police officer. When officials decide what rules to enforce they become legislators – or rule makers – and that is not their role. Just as it is not the role of the police officer to decide whether or not to enforce a particular law, or to "make up" the laws that they will enforce. There will always be some inconsistency, but when officials decide which rules to enforce they are manipulating the game and creating much more inconsistency. This causes frustrations for players, coaches, and fans and leads to problems with sportsmanship and criticism of officials. The interpretation of rules cannot be dependent upon the opinion of an individual official or even a group of officials. Coaches, players, and fans deserve to know how the rules will be