[CBCmembers] State Champ results and competition feedback

[Elizabeth Pike]

I have a couple of other minor things to add.

First, though, we do have a fantastic group of folks involved here, both 
racing and volunteering.  That's why many of us have stuck around as our 
interest in racing waxes and wanes.  Keep it up!

Second, the IBU does have what I termed the "bad attitude rule" when I 
first witnessed its application (no, not to me :-)).  That allows broad 
leeway in sanctioning (including disqualification) competitors who are 
causing trouble for race officials.  I would recommend against forcing 
Julia to look it up.

One more teachable moment.  If you come in to shoot offhand and you line 
up on a prone target by accident, the proper procedure is to put your 
rifle back on and ski back to an offhand target.  Do not reset the prone 
target to offhand.

Cheers,

Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Pike
Undergraduate Advisor and Instructor
Department of Geography
University of Colorado, Boulder


On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Julia A Collins wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Results for the State Championships events of February 7 and 8 are
> now posted on the web site (http://www.coloradobiathlon.org/results/).
> Thanks to all the participants and volunteers (and participants who
> also volunteered!) who helped make it a successful race weekend. Don't
> forget, we still have a race on the schedule for March 8, so stay
> sharp! And on that note, let me clear up a couple of misconceptions
> that were brought to my attention over the weekend...
>
> First, keep in mind that it's your responsibility as a competitor to
> know how many penalty loops you have to ski, and it's your responsibility
> to ski them. It is *not* the responsibility of the person recording
> penalty loops to personally assist you in keeping track of how many
> loops you've done. Do not ask them for this information, as they cannot
> give it to you. Also, please do not verbally abuse the penalty loop
> recorder when they decline to tell you how many loops you've skied.
> Approaches and attitudes of other CBC competition chiefs may vary from
> mine, but please be aware that if the penalty loop recorder (or any
> other volunteer, for that matter) reports to me, when I'm serving as
> Competition Chief, that they were subjected to any less-than-polite
> comments about how they're doing their job, I will ask for the bib
> number of the offending competitor and will assess at least a one minute
> penalty.  That penalty will grow larger with successive infractions. I
> may be taking liberties with the official IBU penalty applications here,
> but at this point volunteers are much harder to find than competitors,
> and our ability to successfully host our local races is dependent upon
> all of our volunteer contributions.
>
> Secondly, we had several "teachable" moments regarding the cross-firing
> concept over the weekend. (What better way to learn than by doing,
> right?!) The notion that you get the "credit" for a hit if someone cross-
> fires on your target is an Urban Biathlon Legend. The only hits that are
> recorded for you are the ones accomplished by the bullets shot from the
> rifle in your own two hands. If someone is cross-firing on your target,
> they must be stopped immediately. Alert a range official to the situation.
> The shots that you've already taken (and their success or failure) will
> be recorded. Your target will be reset, and a time credit will be recorded
> for you if needed to offset the time spent resetting the target. If, on
> the other hand, nobody is on the points next to you and you're cross-
> firing without interfering with anyone, you will be allowed to continue.
> The rules don't require anyone to clue you in, but CBC practice is to
> let you know before you leave the range that you cross-fired, so that
> you know how many penalty loops to ski. Those numbers are on the posts
> and the targets for a reason -- use them!
>
> I'll step off my soapbox now. If you've read this far, hope it was
> educational. See you at the next race!
>
> Julia
> --
> Julia Collins
> Colorado Biathlon Club Secretary
> secretary at coloradobiathlon.org
> info at coloradobiathlon.org
> www.coloradobiathlon.org
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