Club Championships
As you may have read in the last newsletter, the Club Championships are to take place at the BADO event at Pamber Forest on 20th November 2011. We have now decided on the the scoring system, as detailed below.
Seniors (18 and over)
These will be scored using Martin Wilson’s Performance System, which is based on BOF Ranking points. See the ‘Performance Corner’ (http://www.bko.org.uk/performance-corner) on the BKO website for details. The winners in each class will be whoever gets the best relative performance on the day.
This is a trial of the Performance System for providing a handicap for competitions. It is intended that it will reward the best run on the day relative to average performance, rather than simply the fastest. Since the system is based on ranking points, you will need to have gained these from at least three events in the last year in order to qualify for the club championships. If you aren’t sure whether you have enough, see ‘Ranking Points’ below.
There will be awards for three age classes, as well as an overall champion.
Age Award
18-49 Senior Champion
50+ Veteran Champion
65+ Super Veteran Champion
All Overall Senior Club Champion
Juniors (Under 18)
As most juniors do not have ranking points, there will be nominated minimum courses for each age class. The fastest runner on each course will be the winner. The courses are as follows:
Age class Course
M/W12 or below - Yellow
M/W14 - Orange
M/W16 - Light Green
Juniors who are being shadowed, or running in pairs on any course but Yellow, will be classed as non-competitive.
Prizes
These will be awarded at the club AGM, due to be held next February.
Ranking Points
These are awarded under the BOF Ranking system, see the page on the BOF website at http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/page/rankings. If you search by club you will find all BKO members. At the time of writing there are 68 members with enough ranking points to qualify for the club championships. Since the change to using colour-coded courses at nearly all events, ranking points are awarded for almost every event above local level. If you want to take part but don’t currently have enough results to qualify, the following ranking events are taking place in our area before 20th November:
23/10/2011 Hodgemoor Woods (TVOC) (pre-entry by 21/10/2011)
06/11/2011 Busketts Lawn (SOC) November Classic (Entries close 23/10/2011)
13/11/2011 Wisley and Ockham Common (SN) (pre-entry by 05/11/2011)
Note that the November Classic is advance entry only, and there may be limited or no EOD for the most popular courses (Blue and Green) at the other two. If you only have the minimum number of events to qualify, remember that scores drop off the ranking list after a year. You may need to do one or two more to make sure of having enough by the 20th November.
