HH League Season 6 - October 2008 to June 2009

The Club League is a ranking system calculated from HH members' performance in local 'O' events between October 2008 and June 2009. It is intended to be FUN not deadly serious.

Each club member is assigned a handicap (by me). It is based on performance in preceding seasons and is adjusted to include climb as well as distance (100m of climb is treated as an additional 1 km to a course). The adjusted "minutes per km" figure then represents your par speed for any course. Roughly speaking, those who do well in one season will see their handicaps reduced slightly in the next season. Newcomers to the league will be given handicap times based on their first one or two results.

Points are earned thus: running at par or handicap speed should score 100 points. Running at half predicted speed (i.e. taking twice as long as expected) scores zero points. Running at twice your par time scores 150 points. I use a formula to calculate points for intermediate performances: the formula has been handed down by previous generations of Club Captains and is not perfect. Nonetheless its outputs generally correspond with "gut feel".

The sums are independent of age and course and try to show you how well you compare with "what you are capable of". Points accumulate with the season's events. Once you have competed in 8 events the worst results are discarded. Final figures will be published in the newsletter. They do not really show "who is the best orienteer" but indicate "who is most improved".

The events which I will use for calculations are listed below. This year, if one of these events is cancelled, I will not attempt to nominate an alternative, but will work with a reduced data-set.

Christopher Drew, 10th November 2008

Below is the list of 14 events running through to June 2009 forming this seasons club league.
The best 8 scores to count towards your Season 6 league total.
Previous HH League - Final results to Season 5 ( .pdf )