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oooo..... thats a nasty situation to be in, for all concerned. I feel for both lots of kids, as I've been in similar situations before....
I do a lot of horse-riding stuff and at a local Pony Club event earlier this year there was a major mix-up in the pointscores of one of the events, resulting in a correction having to be made. I was having a short break at the time and I got back while the other club executives were trying to decide what to do. I told them to quit fooling around, otherwise I'd make the decision myself and put it out via the PA system. Anyway two minutes later I saw the parents of both kids walking towards the Announcers box and I said to the others "Ok, times up, we've got parents and officials on the way from the two different clubs looking as if they are both going to protest. I'm taking this matter into my own hands and declaring them both joint-winners of the event. If you don't like it you can go and set up the jumping course again so that they can have a run off, because I'm not in the mood for protests at the moment".
Considering that I had the microphone in hand and both parties were nearly to us, they agreed and thankfully the two other clubs were happy with the announcement too.....
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