Royal Albert Cycling Club

stevenbrennan · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 371 Location: Larkhall

Times for Event 4 on a dry night with strong headwing on the way back.

1. J.Campbell 24.34 10pts
2. B.Ions 27.23 9pts
3. D.Smith 27.28 8pts
4. S.Duncan 27.54 7pts
5. L.McKenzie 30.23 6pts

Guest Riders

D.Millar 24.39
G.Newton 28.49

Timekeeper-Steven. Thanks to Dennis for pushing off and taking photos.

paul.ramsay · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 350

Good time by the slab given the conditions on the night it seems, beating Davie Millar must mean you going well anyway!

On a side note, how does this points competition actually work? Never seen/heard any rules on how the final positions are worked out.

Obviously some people will have done more events than others by seasons end due to work/social commitments etc etc.

So is it simply add up all the points from every event no matter what, or is there a dropped-score method in operation. For example, say there are 16 TT's done in total by end of the season, everybodys top 10 results count towards the final result?

Bit of clarification be good for all!

admin · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 11:07 pm Post subject:

See League table for results after round 4.

Dennis

admin · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 11:21 pm Post subject:

To answer your question, Paul, the way it works is simple:

10 points for the winner, 9 for second, 8 for third and so on.
Each person's points are accumulated.
The winner at the end of the league is the person with the most points.

So you are right, 'we simply add up the points from all the events, no matter what'. Although some people can manage some nights but not others, for whatever reason, it probably balances out in most cases. If only three riders turn up, then that falls in their favour as they will gain more points.

So, although the method doesn't necessarily reward only the fastest riders, it gives all riders a chance to rise in the table, ie it rewards frequent participation (where possible) and encourages club event support. And I think that's a good thing.

If you look at the table on the website, you'll see what I mean.

That's my take on it, but I'm sure that others will give the 'official' version!

Dennis

stevenbrennan · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 371 Location: Larkhall

Dennis is correct and I see your point Paul. Last year Keith beat me by 2 pts but if I did 1 more event I would have won the league even though I never beat Keith the whole year. I think a better system would be as you said to take your best 8-10 rides or something similiar, altough others may disagree. The current system is to try and encourage everyone to turn up and ride and not pull out due to poor weather, etc. It's something to bring up anyway.

paul.ramsay · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 350

I can see the point in the way the system is now, especially the weather part(although if somebody only ever turned up on days with nice weather they would likely score less points overall, as normally more competition on those days), but i don't imagine people would be less likely to turn up if at was dropped scores instead.

The small difference in points awarded for placings would keep it tight at the top and throughout the bunch as well.

I'm not fussed myself as i'm not going to be in the running for it or anything. I see last year we ran until the last week of August. If we do the same this year, minus the week for the MTT, then thats 16 time trials in total. So 10-12 best scores would be a good system in my opinion, ensures fastest man will win, but still keep it close and interesting to the end!

Just a thought.

spandau154 · Joined: 27 Jan 2010 Posts: 26 Location: Viewpark

how do you find the league table.

spandau154 · Joined: 27 Jan 2010 Posts: 26 Location: Viewpark

dont worry about the points paul, you only need to turn up once a month and tou'll still have more points than me.
i'll sandpaper the wooden spoon nice and smooth for ye if you miss too many ok. Laughing

spandau154 · Joined: 27 Jan 2010 Posts: 26 Location: Viewpark

paul, we'll get stevie to time keep every week and i might end up with more points than him too.

admin · Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 7:31 pm Post subject:

League table can be seen on the 'Club Trophy Table' page of the website.

Dennis

LeeSallis · Joined: 20 Dec 2009 Posts: 117 Location: Strathaven

Hi Guys, I drove passed last night when going to a job. Well done with your times, the head wind on the way back looked hard going. If I can get away from work early I may get one done before the end.. ....WELL DONE......
Lee

paul.ramsay · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 350