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NCNCA point series
Thu, 02/03/2011 - 1:15am
Ok, now that the NCNCA Points Series rules are up....
MANY questions - I suppose I should just send to the series director, but:
The TWO lists of categories are different - which one is it? Or are they different for a reason? Why list the categories twice? (If an error, PLEASE correct). One list says "only these eleven categories", but lists only ten. Last year's BAR/BAT had a men's 45+ cat 4 division, but it's not listed now; looks like the pre-2010 list with 45+1/2/3/4...
For National Championship, mentions double points going 10 deep, but ALL OTHER rules indicate the new series goes 15 deep (if 15 or more in the field). So 11th place at Nationals = nada, but 15th place at Bovine Dump Circuit race = 1? (as long at there were 15 people in the field).
Then the cat 5 clause (for men obviously)... so, the results of a 4/5 race could count towards the cat 4 Point Series, but cat 5s who place would not earn points... right? Seems totally reasonable, but last year put some pressure on promoters to split up cat 4 and cat 5 men racers.
Exactly which races are in the series? See, I'm trying to figure out if say, the 45+4 is a category and IF so, would the 45+ 4/5 races at Snelling or Cantua Creek qualify? (Minus the 5s who place, of course). If 45+ 4 category is out, are we back to the 45+1/2/3/4 listed now? Back the first Q, which list of categories is correct?
THANKS for doing it in general, but accurate corrections are appreciated!
Xeno
Good eye Xeno. There were several errors on the NCNCA Points Rules page. I did proof read it, but when you've looked at something for over ten years it's hard to catch mistakes. I looked at last years rules and the some of the same errors listing categories were there then. I've fixed those errors. The error listing 10 points for the District Championships was caused by the transposing of the new rules into the new NCNCA web site. For some reason they can not post the web pages I send them. They didn't make all the changes I sent them. I've attached a PDF of the corrected rules.
"Then the cat 5 clause (for men obviously)... so, the results of a 4/5 race could count towards the cat 4 Point Series, but cat 5s who place would not earn points... right? Seems totally reasonable, but last year put some pressure on promoters to split up cat 4 and cat 5 men racers."
This is true, results of a 4/5 race count towards the cat 4 Point Series, but cat 5s who place would not earn points. Last year there was a push to separate out Cat 5 races. I believe this was on the recommendation of the NCNCA Safety committee.
The 45+ 4/5 races at Snelling and Cantua Creek do qualify. (Minus the 5s who place, of course)
Thanks for your input and helping to straighten this out.
Ken Hernandez
Excellent - thanks Ken - I did send the questions to the e-mail for points coordinator, but it was returned undeliverable, so thanks so much for finding & replying to this here.
So - time to rack up some POINTS people! Who is hot this year? I predict Wells Fargo rocks the 45+1/2/3 and Rio Strada for serious upward mobility in E4 & E3...
We will have a 45+ cat 4 field set at the Joseph Mendes Crit.
45+ 1/2/3s will have a separate field.
Oh, and Ladies! Separate Women's 4s and 3s field.
Ron
thnx Ron - looking forward to that race as usual!