Inconsistency in 4D.5 Practice (Closed for comments)
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Current rule:
4D.5 Practice
If the course is open for practice to all riders for at least 7 days leading up to the event, then there are no restrictions on who can compete. If the course is not open for practice until the day of the event, then anyone who has pre-ridden the course is not allowed to compete. Organizers must therefore ensure that course marking and set-up are done by non-competing staff/volunteers.
What happens on days 6 to 1 before the event?
Comment
This issue was recognised by some but not all committee members, when this rule was brought about in the previous Rulebook round. I prefer to change "not open for practice until the day of the event" into "open for practice for less than 7 days leading up to the event".
This might be phrased better to avoid repetition of a large chunk of text. Also it is a bit ambiguous, even with the above change. E.g. do the 7 days need to be one contiguous span of time? Do all 7 days need to be after registration? - else the course might be open in principle, but the riders haven't arrived and so they cannot practice in practice :-). Etc.
Comment
This needs to be cleared up, but not this time.