South of England Orienteering Urban League (2012 Season)

2012 League SCORES (scroll down and select league)

Following the success of the Nopesport Urban League and the growing number of urban races in the UK, we have a South of England Orienteering Urban League (SEOUL).

The league will be formed of the following 14 races:

Of these, the Canterbury, Guildford & Didcot races all also form part of the Nopesport Urban League.
More information and links to event websites will be available in due course.
For more information contact

Classes

As per Nopesport Urban League for 2012:

  • M/W12- (with regard to the BOF requirements for under 16’s running in urban areas) ** NEW See note below **
  • M/W16- (with regard to the BOF requirements for under 16’s running in urban areas)
  • Open
  • Vet (40+)
  • Supervet (55+)
  • Ultravet (65+)

Scoring

Your best 7 out of a possible 14 races will count and the best score at the end of the season wins, simple!

Points will be as follows: 100, 96, 93, 91, 90, 89…

At any given race, a competitor may score in only one class. Unless specified otherwise beforehand, the competitor will score in the lowest class for which they are 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 their class will score in the lowest class for which they are 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.

Roger Thetford, who administers the Nopesport Urban League scoring system, has kindly agreed to administer the league scoring software for this league. A local or National BOF number will be required to participate. Roger’s notes to aid those on download are here.

Change to guidelines for junior courses

Following some discussion on Nopesport the guidelines for junior courses in the Urban leagues have been amended to separate the M/W12- class from the M/W16- class. This does not necessarily mean any change in practice but it does give scope for the older juniors to be given a more testing course without causing problems with the scores for the M/W12- class.

Jayne Sales (Coordinator)