RC#: 19-023
Status: Posted 6Jun18, Recommended by CDC & ESC 19July18
| Name: | Marc Johnson / CDC Chair |
| ADS #: | 9050 |
| Subject: | Course Inspection |
| Rule #: | 11. Course Inspection |
| Current Wording: | 11. Course Inspection
If the same space is used for more than one competition, the Official(s) will inspect the course immediately prior to the official Course Walk. The course shall be open for a reasonable time (not less than 30 minutes) to allow Athletes to make their inspection. Printed maps and diagrams are not required. |
| New Wording: | 11. Course Inspection
[New: 11.1 Marathon: At least 24 hours before the first Athlete is due to start Marathon, the whole course must be available for inspection by the Athletes, except under special circumstances, with agreement of the Technical Delegate 11.2 Cones: If the same space is used for more than one competition, the Official(s) will inspect the course immediately prior to the official Course Walk. The course shall be open for a reasonable time (not less than 30 minutes) to allow Athletes to make their inspection. Printed maps and diagrams are not required. |
| Reason for Change: | Clarification of expected times the courses will be available for inspection. |
| Type of change: | Clarify |
Jheroen Dorenbosch says :
June 29, 2018Comment on 11.2, This rule is now called 11.2 Cones.
– Why is the word cones added and how does it change the rule? The competitions could well be Dressage and Marathon. – Also it is not clear what is ‘the official Course Walk’. If there is more than one competition there are multiple course walks; to which course walk does this rule apply?
– Is course walk the same as inspection? This seems to be a term that is used elsewhere.
– the word ‘official’ should be dropped in front of ‘course walk’ everywhere in the document (or added everywhere) (e.g. 973.5.3).
– To which competitions does the rule apply: ‘Printed maps and diagrams are not required’? Only cones? Only those competitions where the same space is used for one competition? What about 961.2. Does the rule only say that the diagrams do not have to be printed (e.g. they can drawn by hand or scratched in the sand)?
Comments on 11.1
– For consistency, this rule should copy the language from 962.3.1, quote: ‘At ADS-recognized events, the [marathon] course must be available for inspection by the Competitors at least 24 hours before the start of the Competition’.
– Since rules for Driving Trials are based on ADS rules for CDEs (Appendix CD-A 1.), is the only new element here: ‘except under special circumstances, with agreement of the Technical Delegate’.
love2083 says :
August 30, 2018If you are saying 30 min prior to cones, that is not long enough for some of us to memorize a course