Urban League guidelines

Scottish Clubs will be invited to submit events for inclusion in the SOUL. Once accepted they will be added to the event list. Expectation is events would be level C or above. Nopesport Urban League events may be included unless otherwise advised by the organiser, unless this is to the detriment of the factors given below.

In the event that more than 7 events are submitted, a decision will be made by the organiser in conjunction with the fixtures secretary and competitions convenor to ensure that factors such as potential fixture clashes, quality of competition and geographical spread are taken into account. Priority will be given to events which achieve a suitable junior course (under BOF U-16 guidance) and Saturday events which are geographically combined with a SOL weekend or other significant event will also be encouraged.

Classes (as per Nopesport Urban League for 2012) ie.

• M/W16- (with regard to the BOF requirements for under 16’s running in urban areas)
• M/W Open
• M/W Vet (40+)
• M/W Supervet (55+)
• M/W Ultravet (65+)

Points will be awarded to finishers on each CLASS as follows: 100, 96, 93, 91, 90, 89…

At any given race, a competitor may score in only one class. Unless specified otherwise beforehand, he (or she) will score in the lowest class for which he is eligible; for example, if W Vet and W Supervet share a course, a W55 would score only as a W Supervet. A competitor who runs a course above that designated for his class will score in the lowest class for which he is eligible, e.g. an M55 running up on a course designated for M Open, W Open and M Veteran would score only as M Veteran. IT MAY BE THAT Only those runners aged 16 & over on the day, are allowed to run the Open class, due to BOF insurance requirements.

• In a competition with parallel heats and a set of graded finals, points will be awarded from the top of the A final downwards. Anybody not finishing both races will be disregarded.
• Coordinator reserves the right to amend the scoring system during the year, with the aim of promoting competition or improving fairness in unforeseen circumstances.

The League will be scored on best 4 of 7 events.

Roger Thetford who administers the Nopesport Urban League scoring system has agreed to administer the league scoring software for this league. A local or National BOF number will be required to participate.

Certificates for the 1,2,3 in each class at the end of the league.

 

Last edited: 19th Dec 11
by Andy Paterson - Urban League Co-ordinator