Ridecamp: Re: [RC] What constitutes a start?

If the rider is at the starting line, answers the roll call, and moves out
when the starting signal is given, then that rider is a "starter".  If the
rider is bucked off, 50 feet from the starting line, the ride manager may
certainly refund the rider's entry fee if he wishes, but the rider was an
OFFICIAL starter, for the purposes of AERC records.  And the RM pays AERC
the starting rider fee, which isn't so expensive as to be unbearable.

Barbara McCrary
Ride manager, Swanton Pacific 75/100



----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl & Randy Winter" <cherylrandy@xxxxxxx>
To: "ride camp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:27 AM
Subject: [RC] What constitutes a start?


> Okay so what does constitute an official start to a ride.  It's probably
not
> practical to say an entry is a start because people might wait till the
last
> moment to enter if there were weather or other last minute considerations.
> This would pit undo pressure at the start of rides to get everyone
> registered and going.  Reasonably one might say when the horse and rider
> start the ride by passing the start finish line.  How about a hypothetical
> situation.  The horse and rider line up or answer during roll call and
then
> the rider gets bucked off.  Is this a start?  The rider goes past the
start
> line by a little and gets bucked off.  Is this a start?  Should a start be
> left up to the managers discretion to allow for difference in rides.  I
> would say what we have now would allow for the ride manager to make the
> decision.  Does this in some way lessen the organizations reporting of
> results?  Are enough people concerned about an inequity like that and is
it
> enough of a discretion that someone cares?
> Randy Winter
> Colorado
>
>
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