Author: Alan Gartside

TheUUJ results are in! A small turnout (presumably the Scottish6Days effect) means the statistics are a bit dodgy; in particular the event variance of +15secs for such a technically easy area (flat, open, with big buildings for guidance) is unexpected. Also unusual was the appearance of 7 first-timers; unfortunately for them UUJ sets their handicap which leaves only 3 events for scoring points and as it’s 4 to count it means they can’t win hCOW (points for regularity) and are unlikely to win Regatta (improvement) as they will have to carry a dns/dnf score into the final count. It’s reassuring Read More …

Would WEE Planners/Organisers please note that Map Printing Services will be unavailable from 9th until 27th August – I’m not carting the printer to West Cork!

They can be found from the web-site by going “STANDINGS>hCalf”. An event variance of 2mins23secs shows how the climb from river level to the car park finish took its toll. With 3 scoring events gone (WEE1 was used to set initial handicaps) and 4 to go it means that WEE5 on 2nd August at UUJ should start to show who is in contention in both the hCOW (regularity) and Regatta (improvement) competitions. By the way, I’ve haven’t yet had any suggestions as to the title for which hCALF is the abbreviation.

The NISeries tables have been published on the NIOA web-site, but you can find a copy at “Resources>OneDrive Public>NISeries>NISeries2023.pdf”. Asterisks have started to appear against those who have achieved the mandatory 4 results and who will now go into discard mode in the autumn events. The colour standards table “STANDINGS>Colour Standards>Colour Standards.pdf” shows changes against some folk who didn’t achieve a standard at Meelmore as last year’s Florencecourt event drops out of the 12-month window. The updated hCOW tables are at “STANDINGS>hCow>hCOW2023”. “Event7Meelmore.pdf” shows how the points spread out from Aileen McCarron’s position at the middle of the sorted list, Read More …

I will be at WEE4 at Belvoir tomorrow evening and will be happy to take back any unused maps and map bags with which you might be lumbered. LVO Map Printing Services

To find them go to “STANDINGS” on the website and click on “hCalf2023”. The on-the-night performance is shown in “WEE3Bangor.pdf” with the results in order of variance i.e. amount by which handicap was beaten. Note that the best score for regularity is in the middle of that list and the place points increase the nearer one gets to the top or bottom. Those scores appear in “hCOW Table.pdf”, whereas “Regatta Table.pdf” shows the points assigned from the beginning of the list i.e. by improvement on handicap. In both tables it will be best 4 results to count so the current Read More …

The first of the Wednesday evening series table are now available. On the web-site go to “Standings” then “hCALF2023”. What’s there are the individual event performance details, the first hCOW scores (for regularity), your Handicap adjustments over the first 2 events, and the Regatta scores (for handicap improvement). Very dissappointed that no-one has yet come up with a suggestion as to what “hCALF” is an abbreviation for.

From the Ballyclare WEE1 results the first hCALF (=WEE hCOW) table has been computed, showing the speeds achieved and therefore your handicap going forward. Since there were no handicaps being brought forward everyone is treated as having an Initiate run and no points are assigned. You may notice that the course length differs from that given in the control descriptions; this is because, for compatibility with the parkland events coming up, the length quoted is the minimum possible (no swimming the river or crashing through people’s gardens) rather than the straight-line route. To see the table from the home page Read More …

Entries are now open for the June WEE Series, starting next Wednesday in Ballyclare. As before, there will be hCOW tables generated from the long course results (they are kept separate from the colour series tables due to the differing technical difficulty of the WEE events affecting the handicap consistencies). Unlike the colour series which carried over last year’s handicaps to the first event, next Wednesday will be used to generate handicaps for all finishers so will not assign points. That means the series will run over the remaining seven events with the best four to count. To distinguish them Read More …

Organisers/Planners please note that Map Printing Services is available for the June events. There may be a gap in availablity in August due to holiday plans – yet to be determined in detail.