| CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RULES
Last Updated:
18 April 2008 The Championship is designed to allow everyone
to compete on a handicapped basis. You run against a time
set for your current performance and age and score points
according to how well you do against your personal target.
It's fun, it helps improve your fitness, and you'll get
lots of support from other club runners. So don't delay,
enter the next event and you could find yourself on the
winners rostrum.
Objectives
1. To encourage maximum participation of club members
2. The championship will be run in 2 series - a short and
a long series
3. The short series will consist of races over 1 mile, 5
k, 5 miles and 10k; the long series will consist of races
over 5 miles, 10k, 10 miles and half marathon.
4. The committee will recommend races for each series but
any official race at these distances can be used to
submit a time, including club races.
Target Times
1. Each member will be given target times for each
distance, calculated from previous races and adjusted
according to the runner's age when it was set. Times of previous races
are compared to age-related world best times to give a relative
performance score. The relative performance score from members' race
results is then used to derive age-adjusted targets.
2. Runners will be given target times if at least 3 confirmed
race times have been registered in the previous two years
3. Runners who have less than 3 confirmed race times in the last two
years will be set target times when 3 results are received (previous two
year results will be included in the count of races). These runners will then only be eligible for
the novice championship prizes.
4. Where there is no time available to be used in setting targets, the
relative performance score from the next shorter distance will be used.
For 1 mile targets, the next available longer race distance will be
used.
5. Performance Scores (used to calculate target times) will be reviewed
annually.
Scoring
1. Results must be submitted to the championship
secretary with a supporting official record (note that
the runners own start to finish time will be used if
provided)
2. Races must be run between 1st March and 28th February
(following year) inclusive
3. Points are awarded by comparing actual time against
target time; the percentage of dividing Target time by
actual time is converted to points by multiplying by 100
4. Runners may enter any appropriate distance race and
submit a time; for example, if you have run a 10 k and
you think you can improve, you can continue to enter and
submit a 10K result. The best result will count.
5. Total championship points will be the sum of the best
scores over the selected race distances. Maximum sore for any one
distance is 110; the minimum score is 95.
Prizes
1. No one can win a prize in both the long and short championships.
2. In the event of someone being in a championship prize position in
both the long and short championships, the long championship takes
precedence.
3. Prizes will be awarded to the first three runners in the short
championship and the first three runners in the long championship after
precedence rule 2 applies.
4. After applying precedence rule 2, the next highest scores will be
used until 3 prizes are awarded.
5. The newcomers championship will be decided by counting the total
score across all 6 race distances. Three prizes will be awarded.
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