[NSRCA-dist8] Senior Division

Wed Sep 26 19:32:00 AKDT 2012

Well I used Linda's iPhone and it made me 120. I like mine better.

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On Sep 26, 2012 8:23 PM, "Gordon Anderson" <gaa at owt.com> wrote:

> Hey Dennis,
>
> You must be counting your age base 16, or maybe you are using that samsung
> not so smartphone to figure out your age... dude, get an iPhone!
>
> --Gordon
>
> On Sep 26, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Dennis Cone <patternpilot25 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Well I guess this just leaves me out. I won’t be 55 for a few more years.*
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> dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] *On Behalf Of *trexlesh at msn.com
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> *To:* AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY
> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-dist8] Senior Division****
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> But I'm so young!    ...and shy
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> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Dennis Cone" <patternpilot25 at gmail.com>
> To: "&apos;AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY&apos;" <nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org>
> Subject: [NSRCA-dist8] Senior Division
> Date: Wed, Sep 26, 2012 10:24 am****
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> Age handicap? That’s not fair. It gives Rex a big lead.****
>
> *From:* nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
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> trexlesh at msn.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 25, 2012 9:30 PM
> *To:* AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY
> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-dist8] Senior Division****
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> Mind your elders, young man!
>
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> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "astropuppy" <astropuppy at gmail.com>
> To: "AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY" <nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org>
> Subject: [NSRCA-dist8] Senior Division
> Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2012 8:16 pm****
>
> For the record, even though I am *younger* then Rex; I will be 55 next
> year.****
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> Another idea would be to use pilot age for handicapping. Something simple:
> Calculate the adjusted score by taking flight percentage as Pat outline
> then multiplying it times the pilots age. ****
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> Mike ****
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> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Gordon Anderson <gaa at owt.com> wrote:****
> Pat,****
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> 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.****
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> --Gordon****
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> On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:00 PM, Patrick Harris <harris7148 at gmail.com> wrote:*
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> 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****
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> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Gordon Anderson <gaa at owt.com> wrote:****
>  ****
> Pat,****
>
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> 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.****
>
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> Cool idea.****
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> --Gordon****
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> On Sep 25, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Patrick Harris <harris7148 at gmail.com> wrote:*
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> 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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