Scottish Inter-club championships (SICC), rules and guidelines-Scottish Orienteering

Scottish Inter-club championships (SICC), rules and guidelines

Purpose

The SICC provides an opportunity for all club members to represent their club in low-key competition with other clubs of a similar size. Set up as a Scottish Inter-Club Knock out, it was intended to compliment the Scottish heat of the CompassSport cup, and should be kept distinct from it. It will now normally be a single day competition, incorporated with another event, such as the Scottish Score Championships.

Rules

Depending on the nature of the event scoring system shall be agreed between event organiser and Competitions Convenor.

All Scottish clubs will be eligible to enter the competition. Non-Scottish clubs may not take part, and the results of members of non-Scottish clubs in the associated competition should not affect the result.

There shall be no charge for entry (beyond the entry fee for the associated event).

Results shall be available on the day.

Guidelines

Preentry is not essential, however if the organiser decides that clubs will enter by default, then clubs should also be given the opportunity to opt out.

There shall be two competitions, one for “large” clubs and one for “small” clubs.The definition of “large” and “small” will be determined by the Competitions Coordinator based on SOA membership and previous success in the competition. For 2010 the large clubs are

CLYDE, ESOC, FVO,GRAMP, INT, INVOC and MAROC.

Other clubs are in the small-clubs competition.

Large clubs will have an absolute maximum of 24 scoring team members, small clubs up to 16. However, these numbers may be reduced, e.g. to the number of entrants from the third largest club, since historically very few clubs have had even half the maximum number. The number of counters may be decided after the closing date, and shall be stated in the final details.

The exact scoring system will depend on the nature of the competition, and should be agreed by the organiser and the Competitions Convenor. The scoring system will involve competitors competing against others of simlar age. (see below for preferred example approved by SOA executive for Score events and used in 2005)

Recommended scoring system for SICC combined with Score champs

System 2: Most controls weighted by age wins:

The club’s score comprises the total score-course points weighted by a factor accounting for age and sex for each competitor up to the maximum number of competitors. The appropriate weightings may be determined from BOF “speed ratio” guidelines.

M12	0.5	W12	0.5
M14	0.62	W14	0.62
M16	0.84	W16	0.67
M18	0.88	W18	0.70
M20	0.93	W20	0.71
M21	1.00	W21	0.76
M35	0.93	W35	0.71
M40	0.89	W40	0.67
M45	0.84	W45	0.62
M50	0.79	W50	0.57
M55	0.74	W55	0.53
M60	0.68	W60	0.48
M65	0.60	W65	0.44
M70	0.53	W70	0.39

A competitors age-adjusted score is then given by:

Actual score / speed ratio * (highest speed ratio of any age group on course) * (1000 / maximum points on course)

Negative score points shall count as zero SICC points.

In this case large clubs may score up to 18 competitors, and small clubs up to 10. There are no restrictions on who may count.

Eligibility for Scottish Champions is the same as for the Scottish Orienteering Championships.

Photo of author Posted on 26th Sep 09
by Graeme Ackland - Competitions Co-ordinator

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