Would something like this help?
http://www.wetwritesolutions.com/
Peter
quote name='effsweet' timestamp='1297783915' post='262283']
Hi all,
I need advice after last Sundays diabolical rain. We use Staceys Observer cards & you probably know how useless they are to write on in biro [or pencil] when they are damp & they are worse when wet.
The Results team then has to interpret the card when it's dried out - next day
Does anyone have a cost effective foolproof system that you can give to your Observers & know:
1 They can record the Lap, Rider Number & Marks lost easily from start to finish, when they are out for 4 hours in clouds & pouring rain.
2 It must cater for Multilap Trials - 3 or 4 laps of 20 or 15 Sections at most, & more likely 2 or 3 laps of 20 or 15 Sections
2 The Results Team can record the information without 'creative accounting'
3 Ideally it would be a hard backing with a rewriteable waterproof facing already preprinted with a Staceys style headed grid.
Pencil is probably the best writing implement for erasing so the 'boards' can be used again & again
4 Punch cards & Punches have been considered & discarded as - it's foolproof but you need twice as many Observers - One Observing, & one punching at the end of the Section. It also slows things down when Riders argue the Observers decision
Any ideas greatfully considered - What do the SSDT Organisers do for instance?
Keep your feet up & remember to thank those hardy souls who Observe for you they are doing their best!
Effsweet
