A PA28 CFI DISPLAYED POOR JUDGEMENT IN CONTINUING WITH A SIMULATED ENG OUT; WHILE FLYING THE OPPOSITE PATTERN TO OTHER TFC AT PGV.

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WX WAS VMC WITH SKY CLR AND VISIBILITY 10 SM. I WAS PERFORMING SIMULATED ENG FAILURES IN THE TFC PATTERN WITH MY STUDENT DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE MORNING. DURING THAT PERIOD; AN ACFT HAD ENTERED THE TFC PATTERN ON THE DOWNWIND FOR THE RWY IN ACTIVE USE. I GAVE MY STUDENT A SIMULATED ENG FAILURE AT 700 FT AGL DURING HER TURN TO XWIND FOR THE ACTIVE USE RWY. THE ACFT ON DOWNWIND WAS; AT THAT TIME; RPTING A MIDFIELD DOWNWIND. I RADIOED THAT OUR ACFT WAS PERFORMING A 'SIMULATED ENG FAILURE; TURING BASE TO FINAL FOR RWY 2.' THE ACTIVE AT THAT TIME WAS RWY 20. THE OTHER ACFT RADIOED TO CLARIFY WHAT MY INTENTIONS WERE; SO I THEN RPTED A SHORT FINAL FOR RWY 2; SIMULATED ENG FAILURE. THE PLT ASKED WHETHER I HAD AN EMER; TO WHICH I REPLIED THAT I DID NOT. DURING THE RADIO XMISSIONS; THE OTHER ACFT HAD TURNED BASE AND FINAL FOR RWY 20. WHEN OUR ACFT WAS AT 200 FT AGL; I SPOTTED THE CONVERGING ACFT AT APPROX 400 FT AGL AND APPROX 1 1/2 MI AHEAD. I ELECTED TO INITIATE A 'GAR' AND REENTER THE PATTERN FOR RWY 20 AND RADIOED A 'GAR.' THE OTHER ACFT LANDED RWY 20 WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS OCCURRENCE WAS CAUSED; IN PART; BY MY ERROR IN JUDGEMENT OF THE OTHER ACFT'S SPD; DISTANCE FROM THE FIELD; AND SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE 'AGAINST THE GRAIN' OF THE TFC PATTERN. I SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND AT AN EARLIER TIME OR NOT HAVE PERFORMED THE MANEUVER AT ALL WITH TFC IN THE PATTERN.