CITY OF LOS ANGELES
CHIEF MYRON COX
OPEN WATER LIFEGUARD INTERCREW COMPETITION
2016 EVENT RULES
 
ORDER OF EVENTS

  1. TAPLIN-STYLE 6 PERSON RELAY
  2. BEACH FLAGS
 
TAPLIN-STYLE 6 PERSON RELAY

  1. The Relay will consist of three separate parts; a SWIM part, a RUN part, and a PADDLE part.  Each part requires three (3) different competitors.  Teams can be made up of competitors from each facility (e.g. CB 1; HD 2; etc.) or can be combination teams going by the name of a facility (as above) or some other fanciful name (e.g. Mermaids, Dolphins, etc.).
  2. The order of the relay events will be made by the IC on the Beach or his/her designate by a stick draw.
  3. During the SWIM relay, the competitors will start, by tag or by start signal, from a designated starting line, swim out to the designated buoy (about 150 meters from shore), right shoulder the buoy and return to the start/finish line.
  4. At the line they will tag the second swimmer, who completes the same course.
  5. If the SWIM relay is the last part of the Taplin Relay, finishers will determine the overall place and points.
  6. If it is not the last part, the last swimmer will tag the first person of the next part who will complete their course as listed below.
  7. During the RUN relay, the competitors will start, by tag or by start signal, from a designated starting line, run out to the designated turn flag (about 1kilometer from the start line), right shoulder the turn flag and return to the start/finish line.
  8. At the line they will tag the second runner, who completes the same course.
  9. If the RUN relay is the last part of the Taplin Relay, finishers will determine the overall place and points.
  10. If it is not the last part, the last runner will tag the first person of the next part who will complete their course as listed below.
  11. During the PADDLE relay, the competitors will start, by tag or by start signal, from a designated starting line, run to the water and paddle out to the designated buoy (about 250 meters from the start line), right shoulder the turn buoy and return to the start/finish line.
  12. At the line they will tag the second paddler, who completes the same course.If the PADDLE relay is the last part of the Taplin Relay, finishers will determine the overall place and points.
  13. If it is not the last part, the last paddler will tag the first person of the next part who will complete their course as listed.
 
BEACH FLAGS

  1. This event will utilize competitors from each team. This is a gender exclusive event, men will compete against men and women against women, still obtaining points for their original team
  2. Competitors will lie on soft sand facing away from a “flag” line 20 meters away.  A start line will be determined by officials.  All competitors must have their feet touching the start line, heels together.  Competitors must lie prone with their elbows perpendicular to their body and one hand on top of another, fingers touching wrists.  At the starter’s command of “heads down”, the competitors will place their chins on top of their hands.  At the starter’s whistle, the competitors will stand up, turn and run to the flag line to capture a flag.  There will always be one less flag than competitors.  The winner of each heat is determined by elimination.  The first heat will consist of no more than 15 competitors (for safety and time reasons).  Only one competitor per team per gender is allowed to compete and must compete throughout the competition – no substitutes.  The winner of the competition is the last person to get a flag.  The first eliminations can be as much as one to five individuals.  Once ten competitors are reached, one person will be eliminated each round.
  3. The “flags” noted are sections of ¾” rubber hose 10” to 12” in length.  The flags are provided by LACLA.
  4. Ties – The starter will determine the outcome of a tie by observation.  If observation cannot reveal the outcome, a run-off will be held between the two competitors to determine who moves on or wins.
  5. Disqualification – One false start will be charged to the field.  Any and all competitors who make the second false start are disqualified.  Any competitor who deliberately interferes with another competitor will be disqualified.
 
 
SCORING
 
Taplin and Beach Flags scoring will be done by team name.  Taplin finish score will be added to Beach Flags score to determine final score.  Places in Beach Flags cannot exceed the number of teams present in the Taplin Relay.

  • 1st place – 10 pts
  • 2nd place – 9 pts
  • 3rd place – 8 pts
  • 4th place – 7 pts
  • 5th place – 6 pts