[NSRCA-dist8] Senior Division

[astropuppy]

Sounds like fun. Couldn't we include all ages and call it the D*
championship race or other. Mike

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Patrick Harris <harris7148 at gmail.com>wrote:

> At the Richland contest, I discussed with a few attendees, the possibility
> of introducing a Seniors Division into our events such as IMAC does.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
>
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> Following is the info off the IMAC web site that should clear up any
> confusion I may have created:
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> 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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