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Rules

The rules will be updated for the 2010 Silva SuperSeries

Below is the old rules, which the new rules will follow to some extend. The general idea is that it should be possible to score a full set of points when racing 4 out of 6 rounds.

Scoring System

In the indivial SuperSeries 11 of 19 events counts towards the over all result, while 15 of 19 events counts in the teams competition. In the JuniorSeries 9 of 16 events counts towards the overall result.

The points scale is related to placing. The scale relates to typical field sizes. The scale is, starting with 1st, 15, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 for all other finishers. In the case of a tie both competitors get the higher points.

There are no bonus points for event "importance", field size, closeness to the winner's time, or "insurance points". Every event has equal weight.

In the event of one or more events being declared invalid, the 80% principle will be invoked to determine how many of the reduced number of events will count.

Regional Competition

There will be a concurrent regional competition, based on points of the top-scoring 6 athletes of either gender from each region in each race. Regional points are not be the same as individual points. For men, points will be 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. There will be no regional points after 15th place. For women, points will be 15, 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, 1. There will be no regional points after 8th place. The different scales reflect the different numbers of men and women.

The regions for this purpose will be Auckland (Northern Knights), Wellington (Central Magic), and South Island (Southerly Storm). The divide between Auckland and Wellington will be an E/W line through the middle of Lake Taupo.

Regional membership is governed by the club that you belong to on the day of your first event in the current series. But if you change club at any time (and particularly at the start of the calendar year) you can declare that in writing or email to the Superseries Manager up to 7 days before the event, and be recognised thereafter in your new region. No advice, and you are deemed to be in your old region. (Fine print: if you belong to more than one club, one of them is your "primary" club which counts you for NZOF purposes, and you must enter under that club unless you have a release, just like the NZ Relay Champs.)

Relays may form part of the regional competition. For the "2-men, 1-woman" format the points scale is three times the womens scale above, that is, 45, 39, 33, 27, 21, 15, 9, 3. There will be no regional points after 8th place. The best two teams per region will count for points, but other teams may contribute by pushing down the scores of those they beat.

Eligibility

All entrants in M and W21E classes who are members of NZ clubs are automatically eligible. Non-members including visiting orienteers from other countries are ignored in the points calculations.

JuniorSeries

A JuniorSeries is run on the M and W-20 classes (same courses as M21E and W21E except the very long courses and the juniors will count in the SuperSeries as well when it is applicable). The JuniorSeries will be run on the same rounds as the SuperSeries excluding the Nationals(to keep competition for National titles in agegroups intact). Any SuperSeries relays held might be part of the JuniorSeries (tbc).

The scoring system is as follows:

In the JuniorSeries 9 of 16 events counts towards the overall result.

The points scale is related to placing. The scale relate to typical field sizes. The scale is, starting with first: 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 for all other finishers. In the case of a tie both competitors get the higher points.

In the event of one or more events being declared invalid, the 80% principle will be invoked to determine how many of the reduced number of events will count.

Problem Resolution

Any problems to do with the events will be handled by the normal complaint-protest procedure of the NZOF Competition Rules. Anything solely to do with the series will be handled in a similar way, with a "complaint" in the first instance to the series manager, and anyone unhappy with the outcome able to take it to the NZOF General Manager.