Re: Scullers Head

good points Chris,
but I think Andy (Melissa?) was suggesting that a contingency plan should
have been in place, as opposed to saying the change could have been done
"last minute".


chris harrison wrote:
> David Gillbe wrote:
>>> (say Chiswick to ARA)
>>
>>
>> perhaps a much better option, though I'm sure they have their
>> reasons.
>>
>
> Because in the time it would take to transport the timing teams,
> officials, marshalls and umpires from Putney to Hammersmith the
> scullers out on the water would have been exposed to another hour or
> so's bad weather? And there was a very obvious risk of the weather
> getting worse, not better.
>
> Because it wasn't in the safety plan, so the post-finish pen would not
> have been suitably covered or organised.
>
> Because the authorities (who had approved the safety plan) would not
> have had a chance to be consulted.
>
> Because that would have meant the post-finish marshalling would have
> been around/under/past Hammersmith Bridge - just at the point that the
> Southerly wind was starting to whip up the water.
>
> Because, moments after the race had been called off, someone did
> actually go in at Hammersmith - so it wasn't going to be as flat as we
> all would have liked it!