XXII: GROUPS AND GROUPS LEADERS

a) The forming of groups will aid the organisation of tournament and accelerate the running of
them. The caster will be able to concentrate on competition and better his result.

b) The forming of groups is the responsibility of the tournament committee of the arranging
organisation. The Groups should be given a number.

c) No caster may cast outside his group. Starting order for the groups is regulated in start- and
time tables. Starting order for each caster inside his group should vary, according to each
group agreement, but each group has to cast on the appointed court. The group leader is
responsible for following these Rules.

d) Each group has a group leader who is always from the arranging country. The group leader
accompanies his group from start to start. He keeps the starting booklets and delivers them to
the starter before each event. After the event is finished, he takes the booklets back. He is
responsible for correct scores being entered in the booklets and after the tournament he
returns the booklets to casters. The group leader is responsible for his group.

e) Every caster in a group is personally responsible for his presence at the start. He should
therefore report to the group leader before the group on any occasion is left.

XXIII: OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ARRANGING ORGANISATION

a) Every invitation to International Tournaments, Continental- or World Championships should
include a guarantee that the tournament Rules and statues of FCS/ICF will be followed.

b) Events should if possible be cast in numerical order. Any other numerical order should be
approved by FCS/ICF. Medals should be stowed on the winner in the same order as the events
are cast.

c) By all International Tournaments, Continental- or World Championships, arranging
organisation has the responsibility that all casters will cast every event in the same time
period and under the same conditions.

d) Casting events are only allowed on grass, the grass should not be higher than 3 centimetres.
5 centimetres is allowed during spinning and multiplier distance events.

e) All sides lines should be resting at the ground.

f) To give out starting numbers, to be carried by the casters on their person.

g) All courts should, if possibly, be placed with the wind from the back

1. Starting booklets

a) The arranging organisation prepares an identical starting booklet for each caster. This booklet
should contain the name of the caster, his nationality and the events he is going to cast.

b) The duplicates of the result sheet of the booklet, should be sorted after evaluation, bound
together and kept together with the score sheets until the next Continental- or World
Championships.

c) Errors in numbers or scores have to be marked through so they are still readable and new
numbers correctly marked. Any such change should be signed by the chief judge. By
Continental- or World Championships, the change should be countersigned by a judge.

d) The duplicates are basis for decisions if the original is lost.

2. Insurance

a) Every caster should be careful during the casting. The courts should be safe guarded so no
accident may occur to the casters or spectators. Spectators and casters not at the start, may
not traffic in the courts.

b) To be safe guarded against claims by accidents of the casters or third persons, the arranging
organisation should carry insurance against accidents. At all International Tournaments,
Continental- or World Championships first help (medical) personnel and a doctor have to be
present or arranged for.

XXIV: STARTING FEES

For all active casters, a starting fee for each event should be paid and each national team a
booking fee, by Continental- and World Championships. The amount to be decided by FCS/ICF
together with the arranging organisation.

These fees are among other things to cover the costs for the international judges named for
Continental- and World Championships by the Rules committee by FCS/ICF.

Every, by Continental- and World Championships, participating country are obliged upon demand by
the arranging organisation to participate with one International Judge. The travelling costs to be covered
by the nation and the accommodation costs by the arranging organisation.

XXV. CHANGING THE NATIONALITY OF THE CASTER

Casters, changing their national organisation, are barred from International Tournaments,
Continental- or World Championships for 1 - one - year. The change must be reported to the
Rules committee by FCS/ICF in each case.

New admittance may be applied for, by the Rules committee FCS/ICF when the year has passed,
such new admittance being possible only if the caster has obtained his new nationality or applied
for it officially.