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Dawn Emmerson
| | Posted on Saturday, 10 November, 2007 - 10:46 pm: | |
No offence taken David, it was a good lesson learnt for me, "Keep your focus".....
Being a steward is not easy especially when a competitor is sure they are right, My video footage proved me wrong and there was nothing I could say...
I was gobsmacked... couldn't believe I actually did what I did... :-) |
David Taylor
| | Posted on Friday, 9 November, 2007 - 8:47 pm: | |
Salutary lesson? Competitors 'Always' think they are genuinely right - in this case even when went back and thought they had corrected the course - no offense Dawn. Hence why organiser's do really have to take the obstacle stewards word in disputes - quite apart from not wanting to offend and loose precious stewards. Yes we all make mistakes. |
Dawn Emmerson
| | Posted on Tuesday, 6 November, 2007 - 5:23 pm: | |
I've missed a gate, gone back to correct it and unknowingly missed it again, only video footage that we had showed it all. I genuinely thought I had drove it right second time around. Boy did I feel daft lol. And yep you'll probably miss a gate or go through one backwards again... it happens but if you can smile and think "Ah well" then just carry on and enjoy the day.
As to what Mike says about your rear axle, I once near on went through a gate backwards, stopped and reversed out which was fine as I was only half way through a wrong gate with the carriage and my rear axle hadn't gone through, that was fine but I got loads of time faults. "Oh Dear"
I cursed myself at the time but looking back now it seems so funny. |
Duncan Seth-Smith
| | Posted on Monday, 5 November, 2007 - 2:22 pm: | |
Thanks Dawn & Mike. Hopefully I won't make the same mistake again. |
Mike Watts
| | Posted on Monday, 5 November, 2007 - 9:15 am: | |
I agree with Dawn:
If you make a mistake e.g. ABC D-backwards, no more gates count until you're back on course, i.e. until you drive D the right way.
You can drive through any gates any direction to get back on course (D in this case) - all gates are neutral after an error until you're back on course. Once you get back and drive the correct gate - D, you're back on course.
You don't have to go back and repeat the last correct gate i.e. no need to drive C again.
You're through a gate when the whole rear axle crosses the gate line - so if you just put the pony through the wrong gate, that's not an error.
The rules are the same indoors and outdoors. |
Dawn Emmerson
| | Posted on Sunday, 4 November, 2007 - 10:34 pm: | |
From what I gather you were okay to drive gate D and E as you correctly drove gates A-C in the right order so there is no need to do them again. You would have only incurred penalties for error of course. |
Duncan Seth-Smith
| | Posted on Sunday, 4 November, 2007 - 9:05 pm: | |
I have read the rule book but need some more help with a recent incident in an obstacle. A,B & C were driven correctly but then D was driven from the wrong direction, to correct this the route was reversed, i.e a 'u' turn back through D and then the correct route was driven from after C gate: should I have gone back and driven C gate again before completing the correct route to D , E & the finish gate. |
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