The 2001 Weyerhaeuser AuSable River
Canoe Marathon July 28 - 29

2001 PENALTIES

2001 Weyerhaeuser AuSable River Canoe Marathon

Competition Committee &

Infraction/Penalty Information

 

Following is a brief overview of the function of the Competition Committee and of the rules infraction and penalty guidelines for the 2001 Weyerhaeuser AuSable River Canoe Marathon. 

 

 

COMPETITION COMMITTEE: 

 

-         The Competition Committee will be comprised of 5 primary members and 1 or more alternate members designated by the AuSable Marathon Organizing Committee.

-         A minimum of three members of the Competition Committee are required in order to meet for consideration of potential infractions, penalties, protests, etc.

-         A majority of the competition committee [and/or alternates standing in for primary members] - three votes - shall be required for a decision. 

-         If three [or four] members meet and there are not 3 votes for a decision [a majority of the 5-member Competition Committee], consideration of the matter will be tabled until other member[s] or alternates can be brought into the process in order to achieve a three-vote decision

-         Prize money will be withheld from the affected team[s] until the Competition Committee reaches a decision.  Marathon results will be identified as "preliminary" until the penalty/protest process is complete.    Prize money will be distributed to the other teams, pending outcome of the penalty process.  Supplemental prize checks will be distributed if the outcome of the race is changed by the penalty/protest.

 

 

 

INFRACTIONS AND PENALTIES WILL FALL INTO ONE OF TWO CATEGORIES:

 

[1] UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCUT [USLC] - The penalty may be a time penalty or range up to and including disqualification.  Consideration to given to whether unintentional or intentional and also to the degree of advantage gained by the infraction.  All USLC infractions and penalties will be considered as to how they would potentially affect EVERY team in the race if that team were to receive the same penalty, so that the Competition Committee can attempt to ensure that the assessment of penalties will be consistent and precedent setting whenever they are imposed. 

 

AMONG THE RULE-INFRACTIONS/PENALTIES IDENTIFIED BY THE COMPETITION COMMITTEE AS UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT:

            6, 8, 10, 13, 14

 

 

[2] DISQUALIFICATION [DQ] – AMONG THE RULES/INFRACTIONS SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION ARE:

            1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7,9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18