HH Club League, Season 3 - October 2005 to July 2006.

Summary
Rules
Questions
Latest Results ( .pdf )

 

Summary

HH League Season 3 will start in October.

Now that the League has run for a couple of seasons and handicaps have begun to settle down we are going to change the format so that the season is longer, starting in the autumn, running through the winter and spring and finishing before the summer. Other aspects of the league will remain the same, you have to be a HH member, approximately two events a month will be nominated (in the Newsletter and on the HH website) which will include HH Saturday Series Events with Light Green standard courses, all South East League Events and a mixture of local District, Regional and National Events with approx two thirds of the events counting towards the final total. Points will be calculated as previously (see full rules on the website) but handicaps will be recalculated for Season 3:

  • All performances in Season 2 were used to calculate a median performance for the season.
  • Season handicap was then calculated as 1/3 of Season 2 handicap + 2/3 Median Season 2 performance.
  • Everyone who had at least one run during season 2 will be given a handicap calculation.

The events nominated so far for the third season are :

  • Sherrards Park Woods, HH District Event, 16th October
  • Ashridge, HH Saturday Series and Club Champs, 5th November
  • Ash Ranges, Aldershot, SN Regional Event, 13th November
  • Epping North, CHIG Regional Event, 20th November
  • Esher Commons, SLOW Regional Event, 27th November
  • Wendover Woods, TVOC District Event, 18th December
  • Eridge, Tunbridge Wells, SAX Regional Event, 8th January
  • Concorde Chase, BKO National Event, 29th January
  • Burnham Beeches, HH Regional Event, 19th February
  • Bradenham, High Wycombe, TVOC Regional Event, 26th February
  • Westerham nr Sevenoaks, DFOK Regional Event, 5th March
  • Epping South, CHIG District Event, 26th March
  • Furnace Woods, Midhurst, British Champs (open to everyone), 1st April
  • Compass Sport Cup Event which HH takes part in, 9th April
  • Northaw Great Wood, nr Potters Bar, HH District Event, 23rd April
  • Mardley Heath, nr Woollmer Green, HH Saturday Series, 6th May
  • Rowney Warren, Shefford, WAOC Open Middle Races, 21st May
  • Frithsden, nr Berkhamstead, HH Saturday Series, 3rd June - Event discarded as there was no light green or above standard course.
  • Whippendell, Watford, HH Frolic, 2nd July

The HH frolic will be the last event of Season 3

This will bring the total events included to 19 with 12 to count towards the final total.

 

Rules

Who can take part?

HH Club members, competing as HHs at nominated events

Which events?

Events will be nominated in advance and will include HH Saturday Series Events with Light Green standard courses, all South East League Events and a mixture of local District, Regional and National Events. Approximately two events per month will be nominated.

What courses?

Any course which is light green standard or above.

How does the scoring work?

All club members will be given a target time, or handicap, which has been calculated using performances over the past year. At a particular event if you match your handicap you will score 100 points, if you are faster you will score more, slower less. See the example below. A maximum of two-thirds of the total events in any season will count towards the League Total.

How do you calculate your performance at a particular event?

This is a min/km time adjusted to take into account the height climb (10m climb is considered an additional 100m distance). Multiply the course height gain by 10 and add it to the course distance to get the adjusted distance and divide that into the time you have taken. This is your performance. So for instance if your course was 6.6 km with 320m climb and you completed it in 77.57 minutes, your performance at this event was 7.92 (77.57/(6.6+3.2)).

How does your performance convert into points?

If your performance and handicap at a particular event are the same you get 100 points and for each 1% more than the target you lose 1 point and vice versa. So going back to the example, if your handicap is 7.5 and your performance at a particular event is 7.97, then you are 6.3% worse than your handicap (7.97-7.5/0.075) and would score 93.7 points.

How were the handicaps calculated?

Handicaps have now been recalculated :

  • All performances in Season 2 were used to calculate a median performance for the season.
  • Season handicap was then calculated as 1/3 of Season 2 handicap + 2/3 Median Season 2 performance.
  • Everyone who had at least one scoring run during season 2 has been included in the handicap calculation.
  • Anyone who has not had any runs in Season 2 has not had a handicap calculated.
  • As with Season 2, handicaps for new competitors or those without scoring runs in Season 2 will be calculated after 2 runs or based on results provided to the Club Captain ( )

What events have been nominated so far for the third season?

  • Sherrardspark Woods, HH District Event, 16th October
  • Ashridge, HH Saturday Series and Club Champs, 5th November
  • Ash Ranges, Aldershot, SN Regional Event, 13th November
  • Epping North, CHIG Regional Event, 20th November
  • Esher Commons, SLOW Regional Event, 27th November
  • Wendover Woods, TVOC District Event, 18th December
  • Eridge, Tunbridge Wells, SAX Regional Event, 8th January
  • Concorde Chase, BKO National Event, 29th January
  • Burnham Beeches, HH Regional Event, 19th February
  • Bradenham, High Wycombe, TVOC Regional Event, 26th February
  • Westerham nr Sevenoaks, DFOK Regional Event, 5th March
  • Epping South, CHIG District Event, 26th March
  • Furnace Woods, Midhurst, British Champs (open to everyone), 1st April
  • Compass Sport Cup Event which HH takes part in, 9th April
  • Northaw Great Wood, nr Potters Bar, HH District Event, 23rd April
  • Mardley Heath, nr Woollmer Green, HH Saturday Series, 6th May
  • Rowney Warren, Shefford, WAOC Open Middle Races, 21st May
  • Frithsden, nr Berkhamstead, HH Saturday Series, 3rd June - Event discarded as there was no light green or above standard course.
  • Whippendell, Watford, HH Frolic, 2nd July

The HH frolic will be the last event of Season 3

This will bring the total events included to 19 with 12 to count towards the final total.

 

Questions

Do you have to take part?

No, you can opt out of the league by simply letting me know.

I don't have a handicap - how can I get one?

  • If you are new to orienteering, after you have taken part in two nominated events your handicap will be calculated and you can score points for the remaining events in that season.
  • If you have been competing, but not at the events used in the handicap calculation send details to me of up to 5 events, course length, climb and time taken and your handicap will be calculated.

Will my handicap stay the same?

For this season, unless an error has been made (let Máire Convery know if you think this is the case) your handicap will remain unchanged. At the end of the season, however, all handicaps will be recalculated based on performances this season and the new handicap used in the following season.