[NSRCA-dist8] Senior Division

[Patrick Harris]

Gordon,

I'll do that.

Pat

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Gordon Anderson <gaa at owt.com> wrote:

> Pat,
>
> I agree, it adds another element of competition and all it takes is a
> little more reporting. I see no reason not to do it, you should write up
> the idea and send it to Rex to publish in the K-Factor! Other districts may
> want to try the same thing.
> ,
>
--Gordon
>

> On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:00 PM, Patrick Harris <harris7148 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Gordon,
> Actually Mike's idea has a lot of merit as well. By including all ages, it
> creates a contest within a contest. Besides, It's the only way I'll ever be
> able to beat Alex! For most of the year, Dick flying Sportsman by himself,
> would of had a chance to beat guys in all other classes, Pretty interesting.
>
> Pat
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Gordon Anderson <gaa at owt.com> wrote:
>
> Pat,
>
>>
>> This would be pretty easy to do. I think I can easily add this to the
>> existing program. I will work on this and have it ready for next season,
>> its basically just a reporting issue, the only new data I need is age.
>>
>
>> Cool idea.
>>
>> --Gordon
>>
>> On Sep 25, 2012, at 3:29 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.
>>
>>
>> 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 points 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).
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