A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA
A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA
A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA
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C.27.9 All competitors whether finished or not shall report to the finish by the announced<br />
closing time of the finish.<br />
C.27.10 Within one hour of the close of the finish, provisional results shall be<br />
displayed in the vicinity of the finish or the announced location.<br />
C.28 Awards<br />
C.28.1 Awards in the various classes shall be appropriate to the number of competitors in<br />
the class and the importance and nature of the event.<br />
C.28.2 The top three finishers in each Championship class who are eligible <strong>for</strong><br />
Championship titles at any U.S. <strong>Orienteering</strong> Championship shall receive a U.S.<br />
Championship award, regardless of overall place. Championship awards shall be<br />
provided to the event organizer by <strong>Orienteering</strong> <strong>USA</strong>. See Appendix , U.S.<br />
<strong>Orienteering</strong> Championship Award Guidelines<br />
C.29 Protests and Jury<br />
C.29.1 Complaints against infringements of the rules by the organizers or a competitor or<br />
accompanying parties shall be made in writing to the organizer as soon as<br />
possible. A complaint is adjudicated by the organizer. The complainant and any<br />
other affected parties shall be in<strong>for</strong>med about the decision immediately.<br />
C.29.2 Complaints must be made within one hour of the previously announced time of<br />
closure of the finish, or of the actual closure of the finish, whichever is later.<br />
Complaints received after this time limit will only be considered if there are valid<br />
exceptional circumstances which must be explained in the complaint.<br />
C.29.3 If a complaint is against a provisional result it shall be raised within one hour of<br />
the results being posted.<br />
C.29.4 Protests against the decision of a complaint shall be made in writing to the<br />
organizer within one hour of the announcement of the complaint decision.<br />
C.29.5 All protests filed be<strong>for</strong>e the event has disbanded shall be dealt with by the Jury.<br />
C.29.6 No fee shall be charged to file a complaint or protest.<br />
C.29.7 The Meet Director shall appoint a Jury of at least three people from widely<br />
separated clubs or <strong>for</strong>eign delegations as appropriate. Members of the Jury shall<br />
not be members of the <strong>Orienteering</strong> <strong>USA</strong> Grievance Committee or <strong>Orienteering</strong><br />
<strong>USA</strong> Executive Committee. Ideally, Jury members will not be competitors whose<br />
results could be affected by their decision.<br />
C.29.8 The duties of the Jury shall be to deal with infringements of the <strong>Rules</strong> and any<br />
other questions arising out of protests.<br />
C.29.9 The basis <strong>for</strong> the decisions by the Jury shall be these <strong>Orienteering</strong> <strong>USA</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>Orienteering</strong>.