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Old Wed Feb 16, 2011, 11:45pm
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First, you're a timer, period. There's no such thing as a TK.

Second, it makes no difference, as the horn ends the period no matter how long it sounds.
Timekeeper means the same thing as timer. Unless I'm mistaken it's an older term that has previously been used.

Yes the horn ends the period, however I can see the reasoning for asking especially in noisy gyms where it might be hard to heard a short horn blast.
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Old Wed Feb 16, 2011, 11:49pm
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Timekeeper means the same thing as timer. Unless I'm mistaken it's an older term that has previously been used.

Yes the horn ends the period, however I can see the reasoning for asking especially in noisy gyms where it might be hard to heard a short horn blast.
First, the term is timer. Don't believe me, have somebody read it to you from the rule book. So how aobut we teach the newbie the proper term?

Second, if the horn sounds, the period is over. It doesn't matter how loud the damn gym is. The clock will be at zero and the officials will group to see if either of them or the table heard the horn. Someone will have.
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Old Thu Feb 17, 2011, 12:34am
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Timekeeper means the same thing as timer. Unless I'm mistaken it's an older term that has previously been used.

Yes the horn ends the period, however I can see the reasoning for asking especially in noisy gyms where it might be hard to heard a short horn blast.
The term is timer. You say you have a rule book so it should be easy to look up. Remember, on this forum, we speak officiating, therefore we use officiating terms.

Also if the timer really is concerned with the horn, he could very easily test out the clock by setting it close to zero and letting the clock run. All he would have to do is note how much time was on the clock before he did this.
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Old Thu Feb 17, 2011, 12:44am
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The term is timer. You say you have a rule book so it should be easy to look up. Remember, on this forum, we speak officiating, therefore we use officiating terms.

Also if the timer really is concerned with the horn, he could very easily test out the clock by setting it close to zero and letting the clock run. All he would have to do is note how much time was on the clock before he did this.
APG, I am meaning in the past the term "timekeeper" was used instead of timer, possibly.

All the rule books I've read do say "Timer", however I was asking for clarification that maybe way back when the term "timekeeper" might of been used.
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Old Thu Feb 17, 2011, 12:48am
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APG, I am meaning in the past the term "timekeeper" was used instead of timer, possibly.

All the rule books I've read do say "Timer", however I was asking for clarification that maybe way back when the term "timekeeper" might of been used.
It doesn't matter. BBR was correctly informing the OP of the correct terminology used today. Whatever was used in the past is irrelevant.
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Old Thu Feb 17, 2011, 12:52am
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It doesn't matter. BBR was correctly informing the OP of the correct terminology used today. Whatever was used in the past is irrelevant.
I was not arguing that fact, except that the OP might be used to the older term.
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