ACM Motion 6.3 Entry Limits

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ACM Motion 6.3 Entry Limits

Post by Canadian Paddler » Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:04 pm

The slalom rules allow a race organiser to set an entry limit but does not define which types of entry are included in this limit. Organisers are applying this limit in different ways, with the introduction of online entries there is a clear visibility of race entry numbers and having different interpretations of “entry limit” is confusing.
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UK C11.2 The deadline for entries to Ranking Competitions shall be 15 days prior to the first day of the competition (the Friday two weeks prior to the competition).
The priority entry deadline (before which host paddlers get priority of entry) is the Friday four weeks prior to the competition
The competition organiser may impose a limit on the overall numbers of divisional and open entries, either in the published calendar or at the time of planning the start list. If such a limit is applied, priority of entry shall be as follows:…
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Re: ACM Motion 6.3 Entry Limits

Post by JimW » Tue Nov 06, 2018 2:12 pm

I thought the issue was usually whether or not officials entries are included in the limit?
Events with restricted water time (artificial courses and dam releases) often have to include officials within the published limit because the limit is defined by the time they have water available and cannot be exceeded.
Previously there has been a reccommendation to allow up 60 officials entries in addition to the divisional and open entries and where there are no restrictions on the running time of the event (possible daylight for early and late season events) most organisers allow these on top of the limit (although few ever get 60)

Surely this is one of the issues that should be clarified by this motion, but doesn't actually seem to be adressed?

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Re: ACM Motion 6.3 Entry Limits

Post by Canadian Paddler » Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:09 pm

Part of the issue is that some organisers took the limit as overall including officials and some excluded officials and then Ope races were a whole new ballgame. This is setting a standardised way of counting.

So if I was running a competition where there only time to get 200 starts, I would set an internal limit of (say) 20 Officials and publish 180 as the limit. Anyone looking on line can then see how much leeway there is for further entries, without guessing if the limit includes (or excludes) officials,or open entries.

I think the suggestion of 60 in the officials event was taken out of the rules / organisers pack a few years ago as we so rarely have that number of officials needed.
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Re: ACM Motion 6.3 Entry Limits

Post by JimW » Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:45 pm

I think we are in agreement, but I still don't see how the proposed wording makes that clear?

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Re: ACM Motion 6.3 Entry Limits

Post by Steve Agar » Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:26 am

Without reading the full wording of the motion, are we happy that we can successfully cope with the following circumstances without needing any further clarification?
a) If the organiser has only 200 slots and sets a limit of 180, what happens when there are 30 or 40 officials entries before the deadline, and in advance of divisional paddlers? Not a common circumstance, except where there are two separate divisional events on the same weekend at the site (often Prem/Div 1)?
b) If we keep only a few slots for officials outside the limit, is it fair to expect some competitors (selected by some fairly arbitrary method) to then have to judge, or to have very long sessions for those officials that have the few "reserved" slots?

I agree that it makes sense that the published limit applies to divisional (and open) paddlers, so it may be case that organisers also need to publish a limit on officials entries if they think it may avoid problems. We also need to ensure that divisional paddlers don't feel squeezed out by officials where time is limited, and there are more officials entered than actually needed to run the event. Maybe organiser's discretion needs to be expanded within the wording of the rule?

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Re: ACM Motion 6.3 Entry Limits

Post by CeeBee » Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:55 pm

It looks like we need 2 limits -

1. Limit for the paddlers competing in the ranking/open race
2. Limit for officials

I also wondered whether for some sites where water time is scarce whether officials could get water time rather than officials runs - this would largely apply at Div1 and Prems were there is not free practice e.g. Lee Valley Prem - there is water time between demos and first runs and also water time usually between first and second runs. This could be used by the officials , particularly useful to those who have travelled along way and don't usually get much water time. So, if you have 30 officials, this is 30 x 2 runs = 60 minutes which could just be an hour of practice. I appreciate that this would not suit everyone. They would still get an official bib so they can be identified on the water.

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Re: ACM Motion 6.3 Entry Limits

Post by Dee » Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:13 pm

Perhaps a further sentence should be added that. “A separate limit may be given for officials entries”

In practice a lot, if not most, comps do set a separate officials limit already, but a few currently include officials in overall limit
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Re: ACM Motion 6.3 Entry Limits

Post by lesf » Sat Nov 10, 2018 10:17 pm

The proposed wording only helps in that it make it clear that the limit is for overall number of Ranking and Open entries, so does not include officials. And by not mentioning a limit on officials this could be taken to mean there is no limit on officials, or even that you can't limit the number of officials.

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Re: ACM Motion 6.3 Entry Limits

Post by Canadian Paddler » Mon Nov 26, 2018 9:08 am

This was handled under article 5.9 and voted on immediately. The original motion was adopted nem con.
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