The Series
Welcome to the LVO WEE Series 2006 web site. The Wednesday evening
events will run through out the month of May,
with a second series planned for August.
The events replace the old style wednesday outdoor training
and expand on their success of the WEE Series in 2004
and 2005.
The Format
This is an informal series of events aimed at providing some local
mid-week competitive courses focusing on the social side. Starts
will be between 7pm and 7:45pm sharp. No starts
will be available after 7:45pm. Courses will also be closing at
8:30pm sharp and controls lifted from this time
onwards. If you think you'll be out longer than 45 minutes please
come along early. The reason for closing courses at 8:45pm is due
to fading light and safety issues.
There will be helpful advice and coaching available for new-comers.
Entry fee of £2.50 per person which will include purchase
of a pre-printed map and also hire of a SportIdent dibber if required
for the night. The events can be treated as either a park-o series
for the experienced orienteer, a come-and-try it for the new comer,
or a simple walk in the park for anyone.
The plan is for two events to be available each night: a short
and a long course. The short course will be of an easy 'yellow'
type standard of 1.0 - 2.0km distance. The longer and harder 'light
green' type course will be approximatly 4.0 - 5.0km depending on
the area. Points will be awarded depending on performance, and the
best 3 results from each series will be used to determine the overall
series winner. A seperate winner will be declared for both the May
and August Series. In general control sites will be using the POC
markers. However, a fixed course will be defined between the sites,
and additional sites may be used to 'spice' up the courses.
It is also intended to have prizes available for each of the two
series (May and August) this year. Futher details will be available
later, however, it is anticipated that prizes will be awarded for
winners in each course, and also spot prizes.
The Points
A much simpler format will be used this year. The winner of each
course will be awarded 100 points. Second place gets 99 points,
3rd place gets 98 points and so on.
The aim of the handicapped points system is to enable everyone
to compete on an equal footing. Each competitor will be allocated
a percentage adjustment factor
depending on their age class. Thus is your age class is an M40,
the adjustment factor will be 90%. If you take 30 minutes to run
a race, your handicap time is 30 minutes x 90% = 27 minutes. This
handicap time' is what will be used to work out the order for points.
If you do not indicate your age class on the registration slip,
then the handicap time will equal your actual course time.
The Electronic Stuff
The Awards for All
grant received during the second part of the WEE Series last year
enabled us to use electronic punching and use also pre-printed maps.
We will also be using pre-printed maps and electronic punching this
year for the full 10 events.
For anyone who has not used electronic punching before - don't worry.
There will always be someone available to explain what happens.
The benefits are instant overall results, split time results for
everyone, and a much more appealing overall experience for participants
- new and old alike. We will be using the latest version of the
SportIdent equipment. So,
if you've got your own SI card - bring it along, if not - we'll
lend you one for the night.
Similarly for the pre-printed maps. It will mean that all competitors
will be issued with their own pre-printed map on the night, which
they can then keep as their souvenir.
All that remains for us to do now is to encourage as many people
as possible to come along on the Wednesday nights. The cost is only
£2.50 per person (including map and free hire of SI cards).
As for all the new-comers who want to read up about the history
of orienteering and understand a little bit more about the skills
involved, there is a wealth of material available online. Two useful
starting points are:
However, the best way to find out about the sport is simply to
come along and we'll explain everything to you first hand.
Further Information
Contact Declan
on 028 9068 1097 for any further information on the overall series. |