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2012 Torrey Pines Gulls Thermal
Competition Rules
The Thermal Coordinator shall coordinate all thermal soaring
events and ensure that thermal contests are properly
governed and directed. The Thermal Coordinator shall
maintain a complete record of performance by all thermal
contests entrants and be the chairman of the Awards
Committee. The Thermal Coordinator may appoint any staff he
feels will be required to conduct any event. This staff can
include: scorekeeper, assistant contest director, field
manager, Safety officer. etc. Any permanent positions must
be approved by the Executive Council. The Thermal
Coordinator shall act as safety officer at all thermal
events sponsored by the society.
Contest Guidelines
Competition Classes
There shall be two competition classes, flown at the same
contest: Unlimited and RES.
Unlimited may be flown by any sailplane without a motor.
RES may be flown by any sailplane that is controlled by
Rudder, Elevator and spoiler. No movable trailing edge may
be used on the primary wing.
Entry Fees
Entry fees will be $10 per class
Contest Location
All contests will be flown at the Encinitas or Poway CD will
be responsible to have equipment for at the Poway field.
Rain: (Encinitas Field only) - if there is rain within 5
days of a scheduled contest, (less than ¼ inch will not be
considered a rain) the contest will be moved from Encinitas
to Poway and an update will be posted on the website and
sent to the TPG e-mail list.
Competitor Classes
There will be three competitor classes flown in unlimited:
Master—determined
by average normalized from the prior year scores above 925
or if no contests flown, previous experience/placing (i.e.
member of an FAI team, etc)
Expert—Average
below 925 but too good to be in Sportsman class
Sportsman—everyone
else
All classes will be determined by the above criteria and
pilots will remain in their respective classes until
promoted OR demoted. There will be a review after the June
and December contests and the standard for
promotion/demotion will be based on average normalized
scores (with high and low thrown out) as follows:
925-1000 = Master
850-924 = Expert
849 = Sportsman
There will be one competitor class flown in
RES, pilots will fly
against each other.
First time novice pilots
will fly in the Sportsman class but will
not be required to pay an entry fee for their first two
contests.
Exception: First
place winners for the year for Expert and Sportsman shall
move to the next class i.e. Expert to Master and Sportsman
to Expert
Tasks
All contests shall have at least 4 rounds with the exception
of man-on-man events which may have 3, subject to weather or
other conditions. Contest Directors will coordinate tasks
with the Thermal Coordinator and provide contest
announcement on the club website. Announcement shall be
submitted no later than the 15th of each month. In addition,
the CD will write a brief article following the contest to
appear in the next newsletter.
Timing
All timing shall be consistent with the “rounding” method.
Times which show X:XX.50 shall round up to the next second.
Times which show X:XX.49 shall use the seconds shown on the
watch.
Scoring
All competition classes and competitor classes shall be
scored together at each contest. All scores shall be
maintained to two decimal places.
Yearly Cumulative Scoring
All Unlimited and RES pilot classes shall be scored together
and normalized to 1000 points. The season championship shall
be determined by the best 9 of 12 contests. If one or more
monthly contests are cancelled, there will be at least two
throw-out contests allowed to determine the season champion
in each class. For example—if we only fly 9 contests, your
best 7 will count and so on.
Awards & Prizes
Monthly contests will feature ribbons for each class. 1st,
2nd & 3rd place. There must be at least 5 pilots in each
class to qualify for ribbons 1st-3rd.
Year-end awards shall be given for Sportsman, Expert, Master
and RES. In addition to the top 3 positions in each
category, the following will be awarded:
1. “Most Improved” Awarded to the pilot who shows
significant improvement throughout the season (based on
contest point totals from beginning to end).
2. “Bulls eye” award for the most 100 point landings
3. High Score Award given to the pilot with the most
total points for the season with no throw outs. This award
will be given only if the winner is a different person from
the season point champion.
4. All first place winners from Expert and Sportsman shall
move up to the next class. i.e. Expert to Master and
Sportsman to Expert class.
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