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Compete for points across the series

and you and your club could be in the running for prizes

Series 14 points

Some people do it for the fresh air, for the endorphin rush, the finish chute high fives, the good coffee waiting at the end and even the odd bad joke from the race directors!

But let’s be honest, there’s a few of you out there who are also in it for the glory and want those valuable championship points. Well, it just so happens that for Season 14, there’s a bucket load of them up for grabs.

At our season finale, we’ll award prizes for:

  • Overall Male and Female Champions in both Long and Short Course: first, second and third!
  • Male and Female Age Champions in both Long and Short Course
  • SEQ Club Trail Champions: Small, Medium and Large club categories

The Nitty Gritty

  • At each event, every athlete who receives an official time will receive points in one of the following categories:
    • Short Course Female
    • Short Course Male
    • Long Course Female
    • Long Course Male
  • For each category points will be assigned as follows:
    • 1st place = 1,000 points
    • 2nd place = 999 points
    • 3rd place = 998 points
    • 4th place = 997 points
    • You get the picture…

Championship Points

  • To calculate the championship points (for both individuals and clubs), we’ll add up the points from your best 5 results.
  • That means that you don’t have to run all the events to win… and if you do run all events, you can afford to have an off day or kick it at the back chatting to our sweeps!
  • For age group championships we’ll use the age on the day of Round 1 of the season, regardless of which events you enter.
  • If there is a tie, we’ll add up the handicap scores of your best 5 results.
    • Handicap score = your time / winning time – 1
    • What does that mean?
    • Let’s say you win a race in 45:00 minutes – that’s a handicap score of 0.000!
    • Did you come second in 46:00 minutes? 46 / 45 – 1 = 0.022
    • Maybe you’re less of an elite runner and placed 111th in 90:00 minutes? 90 / 45 – 1 = 1.000
  • If there’s still a tie, we’ll probably resort to the good old fashioned paper, scissors, rock …but we’re pretty sure it won’t come to that!

Clubs

  • Select your club during registration for an event.
  • If you can’t find your club, get the owner/captain to contact us.
  • At the end of the season we’ll group clubs into Small, Medium and Large according to the following criteria:
    • Large = more than 40 results total counting towards championship points (i.e. up to 5 results per athlete)
    • Medium = more than 20 results total counting towards championship points (i.e. up to 5 results per athlete)
    • Small = all other clubs
  • Now here’s the catch… Only the points of the best club member in each age category is counted towards the club championship! So, a club with runners in many age categories might be better off than a club with 10 super fast athletes in a single age category.
  • The clubs with the most points in each category (Small, Medium, Large), will be awarded the title and a prize to share with their members.