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main page. The Victorian Race Walking Club runs three points competitions
during the winter season
Final points for the 2011 Winter Season have now been decided for
all 3 competitions. We also had a special 3 week Handicap competition
for which prizes were awarded on Saturday 13 August. The results of
this are also shown below.
Trophy winners 2011- Handicap Actual Style Merrifield Larkins.xls
Trophies will be awarded at our Winter Season Presentations on Saturday 3 September 2011.
Our three Points Competitions are explained below
The
Handicap
Competition
Each athlete who is financial and has previously walked the distance or
a similar one in the current season or the previous season will be
given a handicap time. This time will be deducted from the finish time
of the athlete to determine the net handicap time.
To receive a handicap times for 1km, 1.5km, 2km or 2.5km, you
need to have raced one of these distances.
To receive a handicap times for 3km, 4km, 5km or 6km, you need to have
raced one of these distances.
To receive a handicap times for 8km, 10km or 12km, you need to have
raced one of these distances.
Points are then awarded. Non-members and unfinancial members are
permitted to start in these races, but will not receive points.
Handicap points are awarded as follows:
All walkers receive 1 point for starting
All walkers receive 1 point for finishing.
Additionally, 1st place in the handicap receives 5 additional points,
giving them 7 points
2nd place in the handicap receives 4 additional points, giving
them 6 points
3rd place in the handicap receives 3 additional points, giving them 5
points
4th place in the handicap receives 2 additional points, giving
them 4 points
5th place in the handicap receives 1 additional points giving them 3
points
No other finishers receive additional points, so they end up with their
basic 2 points
Those who either do not finish or are disqualified get 1 point for
starting
The
Actual Times Competition
Actual time points are awarded as follows:
Fastest time walker receives 5 points.
2nd fastest time walker receives 4 points.
3rd fastest time walker receives 3 points.
4th fastest time walker receives 2 points.
5th fastest time walker receives 1 point.
No other walkers receive any points.
The
Style Award Competition
A good style is a walker’s greatest asset and we as a club want to
reinforce the importance of this aspect of racewalking. Hence, we ask
each judge to award 3,2 and 1 points for the male and female walkers
who walk with the fairest and best style each week. It does not matter
in which event the walker is competing, nor does the age of the walker
matter. A judge might award the 3 points to a 9 year old walker and the
2 points to an 80 year old walker!
What is a good style? We all have our own ideas but the ones best situated to decide are the judges. All points are collated in confidence by the Secretary and tallied week by week with a view to awarding Style Award Trophies at the end of the season for the ‘best’ stylists in the followng 4 categories
Open and Under 15 Men
Open and Under 15 Women
Under 9 and Under 12 Boys
Under 9 and Under 12 Girls
Note that yellow numbers in the range 481-500 are not allocated Style Points as they are 'Club Rules' walkers.
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