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just a thought
I'm parttime coaching/reffing in Malawi, Africa (where I work full time as a Baptist missionary). We don't have a scoreboard or clock in the gym where we play, so we use a chalkboard to keep the score and a stopwatch to keep the time.
Since we play by FIBA rules, the scorer's table must have a whistle to signal timeouts and subs. We've expanded the use of this whistle to also signal the end of each period. The score keeper is also kind enough to yell out a countdown of the last 10 seconds of each period so that both teams are aware of the time.
The next time you're in a situation where the clock doesn't come with a very loud buzzer, you might want to procure the help of someone at the scorer's table to blow a whistle when the time runs out so that you don't have to watch the clock, but can rather give your full attention to the game. This way you can say with complete confidence that you saw the play (without distraction) and made the right call.
I know this idea may not be conventional, but you gotta work with what you got, right?
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