SANDBACH STRIDERS

RULES FOR 2009/2010 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

The committee have agreed new rules for the club championship.  This is intended to reward the most consistent runner rather than the fastest runner and to take account of age relative to the time a PB was set so that we are not disadvantaged by the passage of time!

Points will be scored for your performance in the nominated races stated on the club calendar.

Races over distances of 5km, 5 miles, 10km and Half Marathon will count towards the championship.

You need to have run 3 of the 4 distances during the year.  Your best 10 races will be considered. 

Your performance will be assessed in relation to your WAVA adjusted Personal Best time. 

Personal Best is defined as follows:

“Your best time, for a given distance; achieved when representing Sandbach Striders” 

WAVA (World Association of Veteran Athletes) use a system which measures an athletes performance relative to the World Record for the event by an athlete of the same age. Members PB's will be adjusted so that the WAVA rating remains the same which will in effect alter the PB time, reducing it for younger athletes and increasing it for older athletes (The point at which it has neutral effect appears to be around age 25 for most events).

Updates will be published on the club website. 

Points will be scored as follows: 

Participation in race: 50 points

plus…

10 points per minute under WAVA adjusted PB time

or minus….

10 points per minute over WAVA adjusted PB time

under the following framework:

WAVA adjusted PB Time – 10 mins                  200 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time – 9 mins                    190 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time – 8 mins                    180 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time – 7 mins                    170 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time – 6 mins                    160 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time – 5 mins                    150 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time – 4 mins                    140 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time – 3 mins                    130 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time – 2 mins                    120 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time – 1 min                     110 points     

WAVA adjusted PB Time                              100 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time + 1min                      90 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time + 2 min                     80 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time + 3 min                     70 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time + 4 min                     60 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time + 5 min                     50 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time + 6 min                     40 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time + 7 min                     30 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time + 8 min                     20 points

WAVA adjusted PB Time + 9 min                     10 points

WAVA adjusted PB + 10 min or over                  0 points