Try this one for the judges

[James Park]

Very hot and humid day, sun-smart and using a hat, sun cream, etc.
Right at the start of an end, you perspire a bit and sun cream gets in your eye. Now, struggling to even open your eye, it is time to shoot. You claim an equipment failure with a view to stopping your eye stinging like hell and being able to see the target.
What should the judge do?

[Marcus]

I would allow them normal equipment failure times.

[DrRalph]

Treat it as a medical problem, and give up to 15 minutes.

[Ed]

Very hot and humid day, sun-smart and using a hat, sun cream, etc.
Right at the start of an end, you perspire a bit and sun cream gets in your eye. Now, struggling to even open your eye, it is time to shoot. You claim an equipment failure with a view to stopping your eye stinging like hell and being able to see the target.
What should the judge do?


Jim
Dr Ralph's suggestion is the better of the two since you cannot really demonstrate an equipment failure - unless you make one up - and I
know you wouldn't do that!
Rule 7.4.2.6. allows you 15 mins to make up lost arrows BUT there is
a problem here since the rule states "in the event of an athlete being
unable to continue shooting.." and yet YOU HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED!!!!!

Ed

:roll:

[Eberbachl]

Say bad luck.

Don't put sunscreen on your forehead - wear a hat :wink:

[James Park]

Actually, the following happened:
- World Masters Games, 1994, target event, second FITA.
- Asked for an equipment failure as above.
- Turned down by the judge.
- 90 seconds left to shoot three arrows at 50M.
- Shot blind, and got three X's.
- Won
In retrospect, I should have asked for "illness time".

The interesting thing is that once turned down by the judge you have no option but to shoot and to do the best you can. The arrows are then shot and you cannot shoot them again, even if you were correct in your request.

[Killjoy]

I would go with the medical problem.. don't think it can be considered a technical problem.. and just recently one of our judges did not consider a damage arm guard during a shoot a technical problem. So i doubt he would be convinced that sun block in ya eye is technical. :lol: :lol:


PS: How come there are no judges on this forum to provide an "official" answer to all our recent judging question?? :cry: :-? :(

[frommy]

There are. But not me.