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The Iron Games Powerlifting
(g) Technical Controller (a qualified international
referee).
(h) Additional officials may be appointed as required, e.g.
doctors, paramedics etc.

Responsibilities of the Officials are:
(a) The speaker is responsible for the efficient running of
the competition. He acts as Master of Ceremonies
and arranges the attempts chosen by the lifters in an
orderly fashion, dictated by weight and, if necessary,
lot number. He announces the weight required for the
next attempt and the name of the lifter. When the bar
is loaded and the platform cleared for lifting, the
Chief Referee will indicate the fact to the Speaker.
When the Speaker announces that the bar is ready
and calls the lifter to the platform, the clock will
begin.
To clarify, - when the Speaker announces that the
bar is “ready/loaded”, then the lifter is committed to
the attempt. Attempts announced by the speaker
must be displayed upon the scoreboard erected in a
prominent position, with the lifters names in order of
lot number.
(b) The Technical Secretary is responsible for attending
the technical meeting prior to the competition. In the
absence of the Technical Committee or a member of
that committee the Technical Secretary will compile
the Jury and Referee schedules from the names of
those referees declared available for duty throughout
the competition. He will complete the necessary
“Duty Referees and Jury Members'' lists for the
competition and inform referees of categories to
which they have been allocated. After the technical
meeting when final team nominations have been
compiled, the technical secretary will initiate a score
sheet, non-itemized equipment check sheet, rack
height sheet and order of weigh in sheet for each
category in the competition, entering the names of all
lifters nominated in that category. Lots may also be
drawn at this stage to establish weigh in and lifting
order. He will also make out speaker competition
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