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Log Decking
Core Team Event / Safety Code Green

1. Each participant shall use a peavey or cant hook to roll the log.
   
   
2. The course will be 10 metres (33 feet) long and shall terminate at the end by a pair of stakes.
   
   
3. Prior to the starting signal, the log shall be resting in depressions at the top of a flat deck, 1.25 metres (4 feet) high. The ramp must be 3.05 meters (10 feet) long.
   
   
4. At the starting signal, the first 2 team members will navigate the log with their peavies/cant hooks down a ramp and along 2 skids to the far end of the designated course. Both ends of the log must hit the stakes at the end of the skids (not necessarily simultaneously). The competitors will then return the log along the skids, up the ramp and stop the log in the depressions at the top of the deck.
   
   
5. At the signal of the judge the second pair of team members will complete this same procedure. The third pair of team members will follow the second pair.
   
   
6. Time will stop when the third pair of competitors has stopped the log in the depressions at the top of the deck.
   
   
7. If the log comes off the course, it may be placed back on course only by those competitors on the course at that time.
   
   
8. The log provided by the host school must be a minimum of 2.5 metres (8 feet 2 1/2 inches) and a maximum of 3.5 metres (11 feet 2 inches) in length. The diameter of the log must be between 25.4-37 centimeters (10-14 inches) for the men’s and 19.8-30.8 centimeters (8-12 inches) for the women’s to ensure the proper usage of the cant hooks and peavies in this event. The log must be a utility pole.
   
   
9. Only 2 peavies/cant hooks may be used by each team to ensure hand-offs are made. No deliberate direct body contact resulting in the support of the log is permitted, or a 10 second penalty will result for each infraction.
   
   
10. Two logs must be provided by the host school (1 for men, 1 for women).
    
    
11. The log must be in a rolling motion and at least one end of the log should remain in contact with the rails and ramps. If is not rolling, a 10 second penalty will apply.
    
    
12. Setup
    The corral must be determined by the head judge to be a safe distance from the spectators.
    Only competing athletes are permitted in the corral.
    The log deck and rails must be securely in place.
    Decks must have a backstop