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Re: 2014 Waterloo Regional

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Originally Posted by john.hobbins View Post
They are also hinged at the bottom and perhaps the hinged portion released and dropped down (meaning it was not actually broken, but just in an undesirable position?) which resulted in the penalty.
This is incorrect. It was definitely broken.

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Originally Posted by john.hobbins View Post
Too bad either way as no one wants to see matches determined this way.
You seemed pretty happy about it from your vantage point behind the scorers table.
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