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The Rules

 

General Rules (Dutch).

Datasheet 2024 (Dutch).

 

The Rules  in simple terms

 

1. High Throwing definition:  throw a flag as high as possible in the air. By ticking a horizontal bar the height is measured.

2. The flag unit has two main parts: the stick and the flag.

  • The cloth flag has minimal widths and heights per participating category. Medium Flag Units must measure minimal 150cm x 150cm. Large Flag Units must measure minimal 175cm x175cm.
  • The length of the stick is minimal 200cm for Medium Flag Units and 220cm for large Flag Units.
  • There are no material nor weight limitations.
  • All parts of the Flag Unit must be well attached and must be safe for use.

3. For the contest there are 4 individual categories:

  • Girls: for females younger than 16 years old
  • Boys: for males younger than 16 years old
  • Elite Ladies: for females from 16 years old
  • Elite Men: for males from 16 years old

Next to the individual categories there is a Group competition: each group consist of 4 individual contestants

4. Everybody can apply to participate to the contest. The only condition is that a flag can be safely thrown and caught back.

5. A throwing is valid when the thrower tosses the flag within the safety area, vertically upwards, the stick touches the measuring bar end the thrower catches back the flag unit. The way of throwing is free.

6. In the qualifying rounds the measuring bar is lifted 50cm higher for each round.

7. The participants can skip every height but only the throwers’ highest valid attempt will count for the result.

8. The participant gets 3 attempts per height to make a valid throwing.

9. When the participant cannot make a valid throwing on a height, then (s)he is eliminated.

10. For the last 8 participants there is a final round

11. During the final round the bar will go up with 10cm

12. The winner is the participant who can make the highest valid throwing

13. In the Group Category, the winning group is the one with highest sum of the heights of the 4 group members.

14. Each person can be part of only 1 group.

15. The participant will throw at his own risk. The contest organizer has the right to exclude participants from the contest who do not act safely.