Sounds like fun. Couldn't we include all ages and call it the D* championship race or other. Mike<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Patrick Harris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harris7148@gmail.com" target="_blank">harris7148@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p class="MsoNormal">At the Richland
contest, I discussed with a few attendees, the possibility of introducing a
Seniors Division into our events such as IMAC does. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Following is the info off the IMAC web site that should
clear up any confusion I may have created:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p>Starting in 2009, we are introducing the <b>“IMAC Senior Points Series”. </b>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 <u>55 years</u> 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.</p>
<p>At each contest throughout the flying season, the Senior Competition is held
<strong><i><span style="font-family:Tahoma">in conjunction</span></i></strong> <em><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma">with</span></b></em> 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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>There are no additional fees, sequences, or rounds flown and you are <em><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma">still</span></b></em> 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 1<sup>st</sup> place Senior
award if they choose, but it is not mandatory<u>.</u></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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).</p>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Pat Harris</span>
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