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Club Rankings 2009

Club Championship Rules
$2,800 Maximum Prize Purse
 
Links to Templates for Club Rosters and Club Scoring are at the bottom of this page.

The latest scores are on the club rankings page
Click above or on the Rankings link under quick links on the home page.

PLEASE READ THE BELOW INFORMATION CAREFULLY. SCORE SHEETS TURNED IN INCORRECTLY WILL BE THROWN OUT. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS PRIOR TO TURNING IN A SCORE SHEET. Jane Hresko runjanerun26@yahoo.com 

All SMW Regional Multi-sport races (including border states*) SANCTIONED BY USAT are eligible.  This includes USAT sanctioned aquabike and aquathalon races.  Starting January1, 2010 and ending December 31st, 2010 any USAT Sanctioned race (which includes at least 2 sports) inside the SMW REGION and border states* that a club members participates in can be counted toward Club Championship Series Points. CASH PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AT Frost Yer Fanny Awards Banquet following THE END OF 2010! (In addition to SMW Region & border state* races, the National Club Championship Race and all USAT sanctioned IRON distance events will also count toward Club points.)

*Border states include NM, KS, MO, TN, MS, AL & FL panhandle (Panama City & west).

USAT MEMBERSHIP:
All clubs must be current and registered with USAT at least 1 week prior to any race they want to compete for points in.

CLUB ROSTERS
The SMW Region Club chairman must receive/have each participating clubs roster at least 3 days prior to any race they receive points for. The roster must be on the SMW Regions CLUB ROSTER TEMPLATE found on the SMW REGIONS web site.  See link to template below. The roster must also include full contact information for your clubs representative.

Clubs must count all members even if they do not race.

Each person may only race and receive points for one club. A club member that is listed on more than one club roster will be disqualified from all competitions for the year and the clubs involved will receive a 10 point penalty. Disqualification to be determined on a case by case basis and decided by the SMW Region Club Chairman.

Elite/Pro triathletes who are members of a club may earn performance points for that club only if they are eligible to compete as an Age Grouper in that particular race.

CLUB SCORING
Each clubs president/contact is responsible for entering their total points by race to the following online google document:  http://triokc.org/smw/, contact Jane by email at runjanerun26@yahoo.com  for the password needed to enter your race points, or if your club is not shown on the dropdown menu.    You will also continue to send your clubs detail points by race, by participant, from each USAT SMW REGION race to the SMW Region Clubs Chairman in the required Excel template.   The club president/contact must at the same time submit a web site where the results for each race can be found. In the event results cannot be verified by the Regional Clubs Chairman that race will not be counted. A SMW Regions CLUB SCORE SHEET must be turned in for each race.  See link to template below.  All club points along with results verification information must be received by the clubs chairman no later than 10 days after each race or that race may not be counted. An inaccurate score sheet may be thrown out. Please pay attention to the below Overall winners section.

Per Race Total Point Caps (maximums):
Cat 1: 250 pts
Cat 2: 200 pts
Cat 3, 4 & 5: 100 pts

Please save your Excel documents with your club name in the title.  Example:  TRIOKC Race Roster May 1 2010.xls or TRIOKC Frost yer Fanny 2010 Results.xls

OVERALL WINNERS (IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!)
No points for overall/Masters/Grand Masters. BEFORE CALCULATING POINTS all Over all/Masters/Grand Masters winners must be plugged into their correct age group and the top 5 of that group pushed down to make room for overall winners. An age group 1st place could turn into a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on after over all winners are plugged in to their correct age groups.

NON CLUB MEMBERS
If a competitor other than a club member is in the top 5 that position is lost and no competitor points will be awarded for that place.

RELAY TEAMS
Relay teams are only eligible for participation points and ONLY if all 3 members of the relay team are members of the club. 1 participation point will be awarded per relay team that meets the membership criteria.

CLYDESDALE/ATHENA
When offered, Clydesdales and Athenas will be counted as distinctive age groups for our purposes.    

PARTICIPATION POINTS
Each participant from your club whether they placed or not, receives ½ participation point, but they must finish the race to qualify. Example: Your club has 11 finishers, you get 5.5 points.

EXCLUDED RACES
Any races that exclude or discriminate based on sex, age, experience or any other criteria will not be included. Therefore, Women-Only, Beginners-Only and Kids-Only Triathlons will not be counted. Furthermore, only races of a minimal size will count: minimum of 75 finishers for a triathlon and 50 finishers for a duathlon.  No minimum requirements apply to sanctioned aquabike or aquathalon races. 

SCORE SHEETS ARE ON THE HONOR SYSTEM
Any score sheet that is found to be inaccurate may cause that clubs score for that race to be thrown out. Multiple inaccuracies may be cause for a club to be disqualified for the year.  All clubs participating in the points competition will have their reported race results randomly audited for accuracy.     

RACE POINT VALUES
The USAT National Club Championship, National championships held within our region,  SMW regional championships and the 8 State Championship races (duathlons & triathlons) picked by the SMW Region championship committee will carry double the normal point values of other races. For a list of championship races, go to the CHAMPIONSHIPS page on the web site. In each age group, the following points will be awarded for non championship races:

All Non Championship Sanctioned Races
1st gets 6 pts
2nd gets 5 pts
3rd gets 4 pts
4th gets 3 pts
5th gets 2 pts

Championship races will be double the above listed points.

Participation points per club member racing equals ½ point in non championship races and 1 point for participation in State, Regional and National championships.

TIES
The club with the most participation points wins in the event of a tie at year end. If still tied, then the club with the most 1st place points wins.

CLUB CATEGORIES
Cat. 1 250+ members
Cat. 2 130-249 members
Cat. 3 80-129 members
Cat. 4 30-79 members
Cat. 5 2-29 members

Clubs must count ALL members whether they compete in multisport or just single sport events. A clubs category will be set by the largest roster submitted by that club during the year. If a club starts in Cat. 5 but adds members and moves to Cat. 4 during the season (Jan. to Dec.) then they will be scored against Cat. 4 clubs even if they lose members and go back down to Cat. 5.

AWARDS 
Maximum dollars subject to change depending upon the budget and council approval.

Cat 1, 2, 3 Awards (MAX $1800)
Top three clubs in each category are eligible for monetary prizes.

Cat 4 & 5 Awards MAX ($1000)
Top three clubs in each category are eligible for monetary prizes.

MORE INFORMATION
Please contact the SMW Regional Council Club Chairman: Jane Hresko

NOTICE
Rules subject to change at the discretion of the SMW Regional Council.  Total race points by race must first be entered at the following google document online:  http://triokc.org/smw/. You will need to get the password from the Clubs Chair, Jane Hresko, at runjanerun26@yahoo.com.   Every club MUST also fill out the required excel template reporting their race results by participant and email to runjanerun26@yahoo.com along with a current club roster.  Club rosters must be updated to include members prior to inclusion in race results.