[NSRCA-dist8] Senior Division

[Patrick Harris]

At the Richland contest, I discussed with a few attendees, the possibility
of introducing a Seniors Division into our events such as IMAC does.



Some of you may be aware of a gentleman by the name of Ron Smith (AKA
Captain Kaos).  Ron has been around the pattern scene for many years (thus
the AKA name). Ron was instrumental in working with IMAC to set up the
current Seniors Division, first introduced a few years ago in the IMAC
Pacific Northwest District. IMAC has now rolled out this program on a
nationwide basis.



I have been in contact with Ron and he is excited at the possibility of
introducing a similar program into Pattern. Ron has stressed he will be of
help in any way he can.



The mechanics of this program are very straight forward. First off, IMAC
uses age 55 or older as their cutoff (I think that pretty much includes all
of us). In a nutshell, what they do is use the “percentage of possible
points” per round compared to all other competitors’ scores. By doing this,
you are competing with all other contestants, regardless of their class. So
in other words, if a Sportsman flew a round and received 75% of the total
points available for that class, he would finish higher versus a Master’s
pilot scoring 74% of the total point available.



Gordon’s spreadsheet is already calculating a “percentage of points”, so I
trust it would not be too difficult to integrate it into our system.



Following is the info off the IMAC web site that should clear up any
confusion I may have created:



Starting in 2009, we are introducing the *“IMAC Senior Points Series”. *This
series is open to any IMAC member who competes in any IMAC Regional Points
Series (IRPS) contest, in the Sportsman thru Unlimited class and is
fortunate enough to be *55 years* of age or older at the start of any IRPS
contest. (Sorry kids, you will just have to wait a few more years.) This
series, held in the NW region since 2004, has been a great success and is
now expanding to all IMAC regions.

At each contest throughout the flying season, the Senior Competition is
held *in conjunction* *with* your normal IMAC class. Scores are based on
the pilots percentage achieved against the maximum possible raw score for
their class. You are flying against other Senior pilots in Sportsman thru
Unlimited classes.

For example, the 2009 Sportsman sequence has a total of 2,210 points
available per judge per sequence; with 2 judges this equals 4,420 points.
If the pilot’s raw score is 3,536 points that is 80.00% of the available
points. If an Unlimited Senior pilot scores 75.00% of his available points,
the sportsman pilot wins that particular sequence. These percentage scores
are calculated in the scoring program automatically and normalized against
all other Senior pilots by round. Standard formats for throw-out sequences
and normalizing are still the same.

There are no additional fees, sequences, or rounds flown and you are
*still*competing in your normal IMAC class. All points, placements
and/or trophies
you earn for your class are still awarded. The host club has the option to
award a 1st place Senior award if they choose, but it is not mandatory*.*

Entering the Senior Competition is the eligible pilot’s choice and is not
mandatory, however, if you decline to join, your points are not
retroactively applied later in the year. Once you join then the region will
keep your scores for the year.

At the end of the regular season in each region and just like the regular
Regional Points Series, the Senior Points Series winners for the season
will be awarded first through third place based on their top five contests
(normalized - as in the regular class regional points standings and ties
will be settled in the same manner).
Pat Harris
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