Nationals Judging

[howardwhite 6]

I'm not a CRW dawg (made a few) but a friend is.

Who can comment on the judging at the Nationals? A team was busted, I'm told, for a "dual grip" (leg and hand), won unanimous support from the jury, and was nonetheless rejected again by the judges.

HW

[faulknerwn 38]

I definitely heard interesting things about that protest. It definitely seemed a surprising result.
W

[quade 4]

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a legal grip in CReW?

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[faulknerwn 38]

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Forgive my ignorance, but what is a legal grip in CReW?

Depends on the formation. A plane grip has to have the canopy above the head of the person below.

The event in question was debating whether or not a hand and leg was a legal grip or whether it had to be just a leg grip. The team had both a hand and a leg in the lines/on the canopy and the judges ruled it illegal though there's a debate about that.

[howardwhite 6]

As I understand it, there is nothing in the CRW rules about a "hand grip." Apparently the judges included that in their "interpretation."

HW

[crwmike 0]

Well, kind of like judges 'make laws' all time, the judges here made up a rule. It seems to me they are saying, we are penalizing you for breaking a rule that didn't exist when you did it. I don't know their rationale, but I would like to hear it.

Michael

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Forgive my ignorance, but what is a legal grip in CReW?

Depends on the formation. A plane grip has to have the canopy above the head of the person below.

The event in question was debating whether or not a hand and leg was a legal grip or whether it had to be just a leg grip. The team had both a hand and a leg in the lines/on the canopy and the judges ruled it illegal though there's a debate about that.