Low Bar Flaps Removed at Alamo Regional

[TheMilkman01]

I may have misunderstood, but I heard we had some issues with them at the Lake Superior Regional, so a couple of volunteers joined together to sew replacement low bar flaps while the event was taking place. In addition to that, they proved more durable than the ones FIRST provided. Hats off to those volunteers for their strenuous, yet marvelous work –– you guys never cease to amaze us with your dedication.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by cpapplefamily

Hoping for a single polycarbonate flap.

You misspelled two words. Fixed that for you...

[Jeffrafa]

Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence

An interesting thing; it's pretty easy to bowl a boulder into it and have it stay on the Low Bar Defense. The boulders don't pass through, but the new flaps seem to be able to hold boulders better than they can bounce them back into the Neutral Zone.

I have noticed this happen a couple times as well. It makes for a bit of a foul hazard, as teams need to watch out for G41 if they are carrying a boulder already when heading for the low bar.

[evanperryg]

Arkansas has had no issues with the new low bar, besides what Andrew Lawrence mentioned. Nobody seems to have gotten tangled in them, although they do seem to shove the zip ties around. With the boulder holding thing, on top of the sliding around, I wouldn't be surprised to find out about yet another low bar change. Perhaps they could take a page out of GTRC's book and use number fabric?