To be fair, even if he issued explicit instructions to the judges, Tom can hardly be held responsible for the marks they gave. 

It's a bit like football. If a referee misses an obvious foul, penalty, etc his or her lack of a decision still stands, despite any subsequent video proof.

I hope we don't decide to complain because there would be little to gain and we might appear mardy. I'd prefer us to ask the new committee for clearer guidance for the future.

S x

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On 14 Mar 2016, at 20:06, Ffion Mair <ffion_coch@hotmail.com> wrote:

That was something that came up at the Sunday morning meeting. Steph said there is a document that says "good sword handling includes x, bad sword handling includes y" but it's just good and bad, no gradient and no suggested marks so one judge can see all of the good things and award 10 points and another judge and see all the good things and award 15. I imagine Tom's response to any post-DERT complaints will be "that's for the new committee to decide". X

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On 14 Mar 2016, at 19:55, Becky Such <rebeccasuch@hotmail.com> wrote:

Thrales are confused by the presentation results as well (for them and us!) in both competitions. 

I've just checked the rules but, as far as I can tell, there is nothing to explain what any of the categories actually means (including the allusive buzz).

Ken has proposed, post AGM and all results, comments etc coming out, we could both email Tom Besford to say a polite version of wtf were people looking for? And the fact that we don't know why we were penalised. It might be that the comments will explain things but it would be nice to know what they're looking for for the future anyway.

xx

Subject: Re: [Tower Ravens] DERT results
From: ffion_coch@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:42:37 +0000
To: rebeccasuch@hotmail.com
CC: team@towerravens.org.uk

Definitely well done Laura on the writing and everything else. I think only 10 for presentation is nonsense though. It was by far the best female kit there! I guess presentation is more than just kit though unfortunately. Really looking forward to reading the judge's comments on the trad. X

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On 14 Mar 2016, at 19:18, Becky Such <rebeccasuch@hotmail.com> wrote:

This appeared on the Star and Shadow inner members page that I am privy to, I don't know where it came from or if it's available anywhere else so apologies if it's a dull repeat!

What I don't think we've seen is the trad individual marks. Looking at these I think we all need to give Laura a huge well done, we got extra points for the effort she put into the written element and ensuring we then performed it as closely to that notation as possible.

WELL DONE :)


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