Here's how the East Midlands orienteering League works:
"4. A competitor’s total score will be the sum of his/her best eight event point scores calculated as below.
5. At each event points will be allocated to each participant as follows
(i) The race time of each competitor will be adjusted by an age-based percentage handicap (see below).
(ii) The winner of each course on the basis of these adjusted times will be given 1000 points.
(iii) Other competitors will be given points according to the formula:
competitor's score = 1000 x competitor's adjusted time / winner's adjusted time
6. The percentage handicap adjustments will be as follows:
M/W 10 & below: 62% M/W 12: 68% M/W 14: 73% M/W 16: 79% M/W 18: 85% M20: 97 %
W20: 94% M/W 21: 100% M/W 35: 94% M/W 40: 88% M/W 45: 82% M/W 50: 76% M/W 55: 71%
M/W 60: 65% M/W 65: 60% M/W 70: 55% M/W 75 & above: 50%"
How's that for starters?
P. "Soon to be a pony" M.

