Calling of Meets Due To Weather
May 21st
All,
Given the possibility tomorrow of some rain with perhaps an associated thunderstorm and the modified dual meets we are holding this year, we wanted to update everybody with a small modification to the below rule book passage regarding meet suspension due to inclement weather.
(page 21)... Original IV. DELAY OR POSTPONEMENT OF MEETS DUE TO CLIMATIC CONDITIONSB. If a dual meet has progressed through event 60, and is suspended due to unfavorable climatic conditions, the meet is considered complete, no reschedule is necessary, and the results through the last event completed shall be the final score.
Modified to...
IV. DELAY OR POSTPONEMENT OF MEETS DUE TO CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
B. If a dual meet has progressed through the backstroke events, and is suspended due to unfavorable climatic conditions, the meet is considered complete, no reschedule is necessary, and the results through the last event completed shall be the final score. Thus, if weather does intervene and suspends the meet, the meet can be called if it has progressed through and completed the backstroke events. This applies to all dual meets, no matter how they are being held, including 10U meets, 11+ meets, those run as normal dual meets and those run consecutively as two meets on the same day (note that if you are running two dual meets consecutively on the same day, each meet should be considered as an individual dual meet and as such the weather suspension rule will apply to each independently).
B. If a dual meet has progressed through the backstroke events, and is suspended due to unfavorable climatic conditions, the meet is considered complete, no reschedule is necessary, and the results through the last event completed shall be the final score. Thus, if weather does intervene and suspends the meet, the meet can be called if it has progressed through and completed the backstroke events. This applies to all dual meets, no matter how they are being held, including 10U meets, 11+ meets, those run as normal dual meets and those run consecutively as two meets on the same day (note that if you are running two dual meets consecutively on the same day, each meet should be considered as an individual dual meet and as such the weather suspension rule will apply to each independently).
Thanks,
NWAL League Officers