2004-2005 Rules for Ski-O Qualifying and Points
- There are four age classes, for each sex, in Ski Orienteering:
Scholastic, Open, Masters, and Grand Masters.
- A maximum of 20 Male Scholastic, 20 Female Scholastic, 20 Male
Open, 20 Female Open, 20 Male Masters, 20 Female Masters, 20 Male Grand
Masters, and 20 Female Grand Masters will be
invited to compete at the Empire State Games. In classes where more
than 20 persons qualify, the top 20 will be invited, as determined by
the Points Standings, which are outlined below.
- To compete in the Scholastic classes, entrants must be in High
School, Middle School, or Elementary School. To compete in the Masters
classes, entrants must be 40 years of age or older. To compete in the Grand
Masters classes, entrants must be 55 years of age or older.
- Each competitor must be:
- a member
of the New York State Ski Racing Association - Nordic, Inc. (NYSSRA -
Nordic), or
- a member of an Orienteering Club based in New York state, and chartered
by the United States Orienteering Federation (USOF), or
- a member of the United State Orienteering Federation (USOF) or the
Canadian Orienteering Federation (COF).
- All other United States Orienteering Federation (USOF) rules
governing the sport of Ski Orienteering shall apply at all ESG Ski-O
events.
- Each competitor must enter a minimum of two ESG Qualifying races and
successfully complete one, in the class in which you wish to compete at the
Empire State Games. Note that Empire State Games rules now require that all
individuals must compete in the same generic class in all sports in which they
enter into the Empire State Games. Thus, while you may compete in any class
possible for your age, you cannot compete (for instance) in a "Masters" class
in Cross Country or Biathlon, and then compete in the "Open" class in
Ski-O. You will have to compete either "Open" in all, or "Masters" in all (in
the appropriate grouping as divided by the different competitions). This is
not true in Qualifying events (you can race on whatever course you like), but
your results and point totals will NOT be cumulative across classes.
- Scholastic competitors may qualify by entering and successfully
completing only one race, IF they submit a written petition the Ski-O
Chairperson, and can demonstrate that they could not enter more Ski-O
races due to conflicts with other XC Races which they had to enter for
their School Team. Petitions should be received by Phil Hawkes-Teeter
not later than Monday, February 14, at philht @ nycap . rr . com or PO Box
8, Berne, NY 12023.
- The Ski-O Points Standings will be used to determine who
qualifies for the Empire State Games Ski-O. They will also determine
the order of starts at the ESG Ski-O, with competitors having lower
point totals starting earlier, and those with higher totals starting
later. At ESG Qualifying races, points will be scored for the first 6
places, as follows:
- 1st - 10 points
- 2nd - 8 points
- 3rd - 6 points
- 4th - 4 points
- 5th - 2 points
- 6th - 1 point
Bonus Points:
- 1 bonus point awarded for finishing third race
- 2 bonus points awarded for finishing fourth race
- 3 bonus points awarded for finishing fifth and each additional
race
- Points can be earned in multiple classes, but will NOT be added
together. Competitors are responsible to see that their times and
points are correctly recorded in the class they intended to enter. If
someone qualifies in more than one class, it will be assumed they will
compete at the ESG's in the class wherein they earned the most
points. Otherwise, they MUST advise the Phil Hawkes-Teeter of their
preferred class by Monday, February 14.
- A Ski-O Meet Director, and a maximum of one additional event
official (whose identity must be reported along with the Meet Results),
receive credit for completing an event. They also receive 5 bonus points.
- The "regular season" Points Standings will be the sole basis for
deciding who in each class receives NYSSRA "Season" recognition. ESG
Results will NOT be factored into this determination.
Questions regarding these Rules should be directed to Phil
Hawkes-Teeter (see above or below).
Points Standings, plus schedule updates and other relevant
information, will be posted on the Empire Orienteering Club (EMPO) web
site: http://empo.us.orienteering.org/ski-o/. The selection committee
will choose the ESG Finals participants by February 10, and the NYS
ESG Office will notify those persons selected after that date.
Ski-O Meet Directors: To help with timely posting of the standings, meet
directors must e-mail results to Phil Hawkes-Teeter as soon as possible,
preferably by Monday night after their event. You must identify which
membership any individual is identifying as how they choose to qualify for the
Empire State Games:
- NYSSRA (Identify as "NYSSRA", and include the NYSSRA membership number. Since NYSSRA is not providing insurance for NYSSRA members
who compete in ski-O, the head tax does not need
to be collected or sent to NYSSRA.)
- A Local NY Orienteering Club
(Identify in which NY Club the entrant is a "paid-up" member; this will be
verified with Club Officials.)
- A USOF or COF member (Identify the national
federation to which the entrant is a "paid-up" member, and include their USOF
or COF Membership Number; this will be verified with federation officials.)
last updated: --Thu Dec 09 2004 09:38:47 AM EST--