JOUSTING
TEAMS/PAIRS/INDIVIDUALS
Jousting – Rules
Rider 1 starts holding the lance, rides to the jousting board to knock down a target with the point of the lance, and rides to the changeover end to hand the lance over to the next rider by the handle.
Rider 2 follows the same sequence of actions in the opposite direction.
Rider 3 repeats the actions of Rider 1, and Rider 4 repeats the actions of Rider 2, finishing with the lance.
Targets must be knocked down with the point of the lance, not sideswiped in passing, but may be knocked down from either direction.
The lance must be held by the handle when knocking down targets, when crossing the Start/Finish or changeover line and during changeovers.
Any rider knocking down more than one target must reposition those knocked down in error.
Race Set Up:
1 jousting board on 2 large cones across the centre line, offset between the bending poles.
Both riders start behind the start/finish line.
Rider 1 starts holding the lance, rides to the jousting board to knock down a target with the point of the lance, rides to the changeover line, round the bending pole and knocks down another target on the way back, before handing the lance to rider 2 by the handle, behind the start/finish line.
Rider 2 repeats the action of rider 1 finishing holding the lance by the handle.
Targets must be knocked down with the point of the lance, not sideswiped in passing, but may be knocked down from either direction.
The lance must be held by the handle when knocking down targets, when crossing the start/finish or changeover line and during changeovers.
Each rider must knock down 2 targets. One target must be knocked down when going from start to changeover line and the other when returning from the changeover to the finish. If 2 targets are knocked down when going up the arena the rider must reposition the target knocked down in error. If the first rider knocks down more than 2 they must reposition those knocked down in error.
Race Set Up:
1 jousting board on 2 large cones across the centre line, offset between the bending poles. Only two paddles will be placed upright, one on each side. A bending pole is placed on the 3-metre mark behind the changeover line, in line with the joust board.
The rider starts holding the lance, rides to the jousting board to knock down a target with the point of the lance, rides to the changeover line, round the bending pole and knocks down another target on the way back, before riding back over the finish line holding the lance by the handle.
Targets must be knocked down with the point of the lance, not sideswiped in passing, but may be knocked down from either direction.
The lance must be held by the handle when knocking down targets and when crossing the start/finish or changeover line. One target must be knocked down when going from start to changeover line and the other when returning from the changeover to the finish. If 2 targets are knocked down when going up the arena the rider must reposition the target knocked down in error.
Race Set Up:
1 jousting board on 2 large cones across the centre line, offset between the bending poles. Only two paddles will be placed upright, one on each side. A bending pole is placed on the 3-metre mark behind the changeover line, in line with the joust board.
