Cancelled Competition today due to rain but some competitors finished

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Our medal was started today but the heavens opened and the greens flooded which meant all players did not complete the round.

The competition was NOT suspended. My question is what percentage of competitors need to play for the competition to count?Will people that have completed the Comp have their handicap adjusted? When does it become necessary for the Club to replay the Comp?

Assume Duncan M knows where to find this information and is there anything else I have missed!!

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18.7 If a Qualifying Competition is abandoned for any valid reason,the Competition Scratch Score shall be regarded as equal to the Standard Scratch Score and players returning Nett Differentials of less than zero shall have their Exact Handicaps reduced to the extent dictated by the Nett Differential. A Nett Differential of zero or above shall not result in a handicap increase.
 

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we had a similar situation today but ours was suspended for an hour. Rain stopped and an inspection then deemed the course playable but there was no where for relief from casual water on 1 hole do the comp was then declared reduction only and non qualifier.
 

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we had a similar situation today but ours was suspended for an hour. Rain stopped and an inspection then deemed the course playable but there was no where for relief from casual water on 1 hole do the comp was then declared reduction only and non qualifier.

it can't be RO and a NQ, also it can't be 'declared' either RO or a NQ

the responses to this thread clarify the correct situation.
 

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we had a similar situation today but ours was suspended for an hour. Rain stopped and an inspection then deemed the course playable but there was no where for relief from casual water on 1 hole do the comp was then declared reduction only and non qualifier.

17/1 ‘Reduction Only’ Competitions
Q. Are there any circumstances under which a club can run Stroke Play, Par/Bogey or Stableford competitions where handicaps can be reduced but not increased?
A. A club does not have the authority to run competitions in which handicaps can be reduced but not increased. When a competition is declared Non Qualifying handicaps can neither be reduced nor increased.There are only two situations within the UHS when handicaps can be reduced but not increased.These are:
• A competition where application of the CSS calculation determines that the competition is
Reduction Only (R/O). See Clause 18.4.
• When a competition has been abandoned for a valid reason, reductions of handicap are
made on the basis that the CSS is equal to the SSS. See Clause 18.6.


Reduction Only
A Qualifying Competition for Reduction Only is determined by the Competition Scratch Score calculation as specified in Clause 18.4 or by the abandonment of competitions as outlined in Clause 18.7. (The Committee in charge of a competition must not declare a Qualifying Competition to be for Reduction Only).
 
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18.7 If a Qualifying Competition is abandoned for any valid reason,the Competition Scratch Score shall be regarded as equal to the Standard Scratch Score and players returning Nett Differentials of less than zero shall have their Exact Handicaps reduced to the extent dictated by the Nett Differential. A Nett Differential of zero or above shall not result in a handicap increase.
so sorry to sound thick but what is Nett Differential please?
 

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SSS is the Standard Scatch Score for the course (ie the difficulty rating).
Where the Qualifying Competition finished normally, a Competition Scratch Score (CSS) is calculated and is used instead of the SSS to calculate the player's net differential and any consequential handicap adjustment.
 

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we had a similar situation today but ours was suspended for an hour. Rain stopped and an inspection then deemed the course playable but there was no where for relief from casual water on 1 hole do the comp was then declared reduction only and non qualifier.

it can't be RO and a NQ, also it can't be 'declared' either RO or a NQ

An essential correction (well, 2).

Were people 'declaring their ball lost' as well I wonder? :D
 
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