Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

A few, I know of examples in Div 4 and having taken a quick look I can see case of Div 3 and Div 2 paddlers who have been promoted with 50's in their results. I'll see if I can work out some more conclusive figures.

Here is a thought, don't know if anyone has put anything forward but just from observations over the year and also recent experience and river bank chats. Division 4: A paddler who has a 50 (or for simplicities sake) 50 or more penalty points shall not be promoted from Div4. Q: If so would you promo...

There are rules re ties, unfortunately there are about 5 or 6 of them and some of them are contradictory and the others might be described as unclear. Slalom committee are looking at it. Currently the ranking database purely works on best 5 results and then lowest bib. How it should work according t...

Easily done, I knew you wanted this years, a lot less hassle to do it online, so thanks!

Er, what stops everyone declaring as div 3 then? Common sense, common decency, fair play? But if you need someone to make a decision, then I'd suggest a gaggle of Vets form a committee to make such decisions. I think its fairly obvious from the results where each Vet should declare, if you want to ...

Its only in one direction... so a div 3 vet at a div 1 gets the prize if they are the fastest. At a div 2/3 you are racing a div 2 race (rule 2.10.6b) and the course is set to a div 2 standard. So just a div 2 vets prize unless you wish to do otherwise. In this case Prem and 1 vets would be ignored ...

Eeek do I really have to provide details of who paddled in 2016?

Names, Division, Category, Bib Numbers of three ranked competitors ranked in Divisions 3,2,1 or Premier, who have competed only for your club in the 2016 season

er No Dee. it would simple mean as Div 2 Vet (which seems fair given my results) I wouldn't get prizes at a Div 3............. still race, still get points but no prize. Cake to be bought from on site catering or baked by my lovely daughter or scrounged from Sarah if I can get there before Les has e...

Dee does the online entry, Dave Spencer does Simply Slalom which produces the results, Nick loads them into the ranking database, and with the bib officers maintains the ranking database. I run the database and write the code that provides the info for Nick's site, Dees system and Daves Sytem. Sort ...

Oddly I've never had any major issues with 50 year old kit in my whole time running Howsham slalom. Yes we've had boxes die, headsets break and even a switch fail on the tutty box but nothing that ever stopped the event. Sorry if teaching any grannies to suck eggs but here is some advice for those t...

"Perhaps the points system could somehow be tweaked to allow for the difference in size of the classes?" This has been a thought of mine for sometime but for different reasons, a few years ago 13 paddlers raced Tully div 1/2 me included trying to get into div 1, the previous week there had been 70 a...

I believe there is some misunderstanding about the catch up rule, many paddlers do not appear to realise that 10.15.2 states that if they miss gates they must not hinder the paddler in front of them. This is something I have always done as a matter of courtesy by stopping before a judge mistakenly w...

PS. Steve Holmes is right Many paddlers over the years have stated they don't want to be promoted and either drop out totally or drop out for a year, many enjoy racing but don't want to challenge themselves further, they might given time but not at the moment. I guess much of that comes from the pus...

Every paddler has progressed from div 4 to 3 to 2 to 1 and at many points will have had to put in their best run and achieved little. They will have been challenged many times during those years, the stress of trying to get that final point, the fear of harder courses, bigger water etc etc. They wil...

Its September which means as per previous years all those who haven't raced this year disappear off the ranking lists, fear not if they do race they will reappear. For those that haven't realised, if you don't apply for your bib, the bib officer will suspend your ranking, they will also do this if y...