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Spinning at Haystacks under Blue Flag this morning - yet another reminder

PostSpinning at Haystacks under Blue Flag this morning - yet another reminder
AuthorChris
christopher.cooper@sgc		Posted At09:09, 5th Feb 2010
5 weeks ago
Hi all,

Sorry to bang on about this, but from 8am in a 10 minute space I saw around 10 crews going past the Haystacks spinning post. Most had easied at the post, but the draw took them to at least Isis boathouse, and in some cases, right down to the moored houseboat.

Coxes should easy well before the post, and not pass the post during the spin at all under blue flag - coaches should know this too, yet most blindly looked on.

I could have fined them all this morning, but as so many crews were guilty (and I'm sure there were many more I missed), this would be futile (plus I got bored of telling them). For reference, crews I saw (and remember) are below - not to name and shame as such, but please inform your coaches & coxes. I know other OURCs officials are less forgiving than me....

Corpus women
Linacre men
Mansfield women
New
Queen's women
Regent's men
Peter's women
Univ
 
PostRE: Spinning at Haystacks under Blue Flag this morning - yet another reminder
AuthorSahil Sinha
sahil.sinha@st-hildas		Posted At17:24, 6th Feb 2010
5 weeks ago
This morning was particularly bad, and impressive given Tom's recent email. I tried to speak to as many coaches as possible about this issuing verbal warnings or reminders about the rules. It is particularly difficult for those river users who boat from below haystacks to have college crews showing such disregard for the rules.
 
PostRE: Spinning at Haystacks under Blue Flag this morning - yet another reminder
AuthorLaurence
laurence.mcgivern@sport		Posted At19:15, 6th Feb 2010
5 weeks ago
This afternoon wasn't much better either. Something else to note - if you're safely spun and pointing upstream, and there's a queue of boats waiting to spin, it's best if you move off, rather than sitting doing drills in the widest point downstream of the turn-early post (where most sensible coxes will choose to spin in these conditions). Two crews just sat for ages earlier on - please be aware of other boats and try to be considerate.