The ACT Masters Athletics Club (ACTMA) is hosting the Australian Masters Athletics Track and Field Championships in Canberra on the ACT long weekend in March 2021, coinciding with the annual Canberra Balloon Festival (Friday 5 March – Monday 8 March, inclusive).
Technical Officials and Volunteers are needed for range of duties over the four (4) days of competition (see over). ACTMA invites your Expression of Interest to be either a Technical Official or a Volunteer by completing the following form, indicating your availability and preferred position/s based on the duties/tasks listed over.
Click here to download an Expression of Interest form
Technical Officials will be provided with two official uniform shirts and a hat, refreshments and a per diem.
Volunteers will receive a distinguishing shirt and light sustenance.
Indicative schedule for Technical Officials & Volunteers
| Date | Location | Track Events | Field Events |
| Thursday | TBA | Athletes’ Registration | |
| Day 1
Friday 5 March |
AIS Athletics Track (Bruce) | 60m (heats & finals)
100m (heats & finals) 800m 10,000m Long Hurdles (W+M) 1,500m Race Walk |
Shot Put (W+M)
Discus (W+M) High Jump (W+M) |
| Day 2
Saturday 6 March |
AIS Athletics Track | 200m )heats & finals)
1,500m Steeplechase 5,000m Race Walk C of C 100m (W+M) 400m (heats) |
Hammer (W+M)
Javelin (W+M) Long Jump (W+M) |
| Day 3
Sunday 7 March |
AIS Athletics Track | 400m (finals)
5000m Sprint Hurdles (W+M) 4x400m Relay (W+M) |
Throws Pentathlon (W+M)
Triple Jump (W+M) Pole Vault (W+M) |
| Day 4
Monday 8 March |
Stromlo Forest Park AIS Athletics
Track |
Cross Country (8km/6km)
10km Road Walk 4x400m Relay (W+M) Pentathlon (W+M) |
Weight Throw (W+M)
C of C Discus Throw (W+M) |
List of Technical Officials’ Duties and Volunteer Tasks
| Qualified Officials – duties | ||
| Track:
· Track Referee · Chief Track Umpire · Track Umpires · Chief Photo Finish Judge · Photo Finish Judge · Results Processing (using Meet Manager) · Start Referee · Chief Starter · Assistant Starters |
Field:
· Field Referee · Chief Throws Judges · Chief Jumps Judges · Field Event Judges |
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| Cross Country:
· Ex-stadia Referee · Admin/Check-in · Marshalling · Umpires · Timekeepers · Place Judges |
Walks (Ex-Stadia):
· Walk Referee · Walk Judges · Timekeepers · Place Judges |
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| Volunteers – tasks | ||
| · Manager Administration and assistants
· Check-in Manager and assistants · Manager Post Event · Announcer(s) · Helpers to set up ground, tents, signage · Admin Central Assistants – posting sheets to results board, photocopying, etc · ‘Runners’ to carry start lists and field result sheets to/from Admin Central · Lap Scorers for 5000m/10000m & 5000m Race Walk events · Field-of-Play assistants to retrieve throwing implements · Rakers in the long/triple jump pits · Helpers to raise high jump/pole vault bars · Helpers to manage food & refreshments for technical officials and volunteers |
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| Enquiries to: Canberra2021@actmastersathletics.org.au | ||
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Officials and Volunteers Coordinator: Adam Farlow 0430 746 063 |
Competition Director Neil Boden |
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