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Safari/Safari Lite Penalties 2018
The Stewards of the Meeting are empowered to apply additional penalties to any competitor adjudged guilty of infringements to the regulations. The Clerk of the Course may also apply certain penalisations. Although these penalties are specifically draughted for Competitive Safaris, similar penalisations apply to other types of competition. Refer to MSA Yearbook for full details.
The Stewards of the Meeting are empowered to apply additional penalties to any competitor adjudged guilty of infringements to the regulations. The Clerk of the Course may also apply certain penalisations. Although these penalties are specifically draughted for Competitive Safaris, similar penalisations apply to other types of competition. Refer to MSA Yearbook for full details.The penalties that the Stewards may impose are as follows:
a) Reprimand
b) Time Penalty (may be anything from 10 seconds up to a 'maximum' )
c) Exclusion
d) Suspension
e) Disqualification
The table below lists some of the most common infringements and the penalties recommended. Repeated infringements may attract higher penalties than those recommended below.
Offence |
Minimum Penalty |
Maximum Penalty |
Leaving the limits of the course undirected |
Reprimand |
Time Penalty |
Indiscriminate removal of course markers |
Reprimand |
Time Penalty |
Deliberate course cutting |
Time Penalty |
Exclusion |