Of Homing Societies
RPRA No WM381
Abbey Hulton Suburban Club Ltd
128 Greasley Road, Abbey Hulton
Stoke - on - Trent ST2 8HZ
H.Q.
Clock Rules - page 1
Any Member bring in a clock unlocked or unsealed shall be disqualified.
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The Club Master Clock should be set accurately to enable the clock to be struck and locked on the last pip broadcast which will be deemed Federation Greenwich time. Any loss or gain which may be recorded by the setting and checking puncture must be recorded on the clock sheet and dealt with in the usual manner when making calculations for velocities. In the event of a toss taking place on Sunday Clubs shall check their master clocks after official notification of liberation.
The Master Clock of any Club stopping during the course of any Federation race shall be reset to Greenwich mean time as broadcast by the BBC at 1800 hours and the timing of clocks for the members shall be checked from it as soon as possible, so far as the original setting is concerned the master timer shall be regarded as having been set correct and any amount by which the clocks of members set from it were fast or slow shall be taken into consideration in ascertaining the amount of their variation on Greenwich mean time.
The dials of any stopped Master Timer clock shall be opened by a Federation Inspector, the clock sheet shall be signed by at least two members witnessing the setting and the checking of the Club Master.
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Tampering Penalty. Should any member be proved to have tampered with his clock in any way whatever for personal gain the clock and member shall be suspended for all time.
Setting and Checking members clocks. For all races all Clubs shall set their clocks on the night previous to the race and at the close of race these shall be produced under seal at the Club House and opened by the Secretary or person appointed by the Clock Committee who shall take an impression and compare the clock with Greenwich time prior to clock being opened, no club master clock shall be interferred with or any members clock be checked from the club master unless this has been officially checked by wireless time. All members clocks shall be struck by the club officials of timing in any race. Ace Sundays included and all velocities and variations shall be worked out from this check puncture.
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Clock Ratings, Penalties etc. All competitors using clocks shall be responsible for the rating of their own clocks. Should a clock have varied more than 8 seconds per hour in 24 hours a fast clock shall be regarded as correct. A slow clock shall have double the proportionate lost time added.
A stopped clock shall be treated as a slow clock, should a competitors clock stop before timing in the same may be re-set off the Club Master. In the event of a members clock stopping in a race after timing in he/she shall be allowed to take his/her clock to an available officially set clock, it shall then be run out in the presence of a witness or witnesses and the thimbles and rings intact as timed in together with the competitors name on a slip be timed into the substitute clock. The time as then registered on the dials of the substitute clock subject to its variation shall be taken as the time of the birds arrival.
rds arrival. The substitute clock so used must be returned to its official setting station in such manner as the rules for the race provide and the officials in charge notified of the circumstances. The matter must be reported to the club Secretary and the dials of the faulty clock handed to the Club Officials for inspection and report to the Federation Secretary.