2nd placed McCain Adventure Addicts to receive time penalty
posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 by adventurelisa @ 1:44 AM -
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By Fred Richardson
McCain Adventure Addicts are to be given a time penalty, which will probably move them back to 5th or 6th place in the field.
McCain failed to clip their passports at a CP between TA10 and TA11. Team captain Graham Bird only become aware of the mishap when he checked his passport shortly before handing it in to race HQ. Race rules are explicit and clear - any team failing to clip a CP will receive a time penalty equal to twice that of the team who took the longest to complete that leg.
The tracking records have been checked and it is confirmed that the team were on the right route; but they just didn't punch at the checkpoint.
Race director Hano Otto is not immune to their disappointment. "I feel for them, but I have to apply the rules or we will just have chaos," he says.
The team are obviously bitterly disappointed but they too understand the rules. We now wait for race HQ to collate all the time sheets so that the penalty can be calculated.
McCain Adventure Addicts are to be given a time penalty, which will probably move them back to 5th or 6th place in the field.
McCain failed to clip their passports at a CP between TA10 and TA11. Team captain Graham Bird only become aware of the mishap when he checked his passport shortly before handing it in to race HQ. Race rules are explicit and clear - any team failing to clip a CP will receive a time penalty equal to twice that of the team who took the longest to complete that leg.
The tracking records have been checked and it is confirmed that the team were on the right route; but they just didn't punch at the checkpoint.
Race director Hano Otto is not immune to their disappointment. "I feel for them, but I have to apply the rules or we will just have chaos," he says.
The team are obviously bitterly disappointed but they too understand the rules. We now wait for race HQ to collate all the time sheets so that the penalty can be calculated.
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