Originally Posted by Rowan

The RBAs (event organisers) in Australia are pretty good all round. They are generally seasoned randonneurs and know the effort that goes into completing events, and especially when the weather turns nasty.

In my book, it would be very bad form for any organiser to refuse to take a card even if the information was only faintly legible, and especially if there was a long and laboured sigh as though the participant was a pain in the arse (honestly, do those sorts of organisers still exist??).

The really good ones would probably tell you what a great job you'd done in such lousy conditions, and cheerfully suggest that they transcribe the information over on to another card and authorise the entries before putting it in the finishers' box.