In September 2006, CTTO President and Master Starter, Raymond Pierre along with National Championship Starter, Tiffany Freddie-Banks journeyed to England to participate in the first ever Starters Exchange Program between USA Track & Field and UK Athletics.

Anyone who has an interest in starting, might enjoy reading the illustrative
guides below on how track meets are started in the United Kingdom.
All reports are in PDF format.

Full Report (2.37 MB)
Here is our entire report including all the sections listed below.

Marksman (213 KB)
Here is all you ever wanted to know about the UK Marksman - a track official that does not exist in the U.S., but is extremely crucial to the Starter.
(hint: it does NOT mean “someone who shoots accurately”)

Starter (671 KB)
Here is all you ever wanted to know about the UK Starter.

Speed of Sound (363 KB)
Here is a controversial illustration of a central problem of sound traveling from the Starter's pistol.

Photo Gallery
We took 260 photos of our entire stay in England. You’ll see our extremely cramped hotel room, an embarrassing moment for Tiffany, and Raymond stripping. (it’s a long story...)