Test Tri Handicap Competition

As we get ready for Test Tri 2 this weekend, we just want to make everyone aware of the Handicap Competition that we are introducing this year. The aim is to have a competition that every member of the club can compete for where participation and continuous improvement are rewarded. This is how it will work

• The key factor in determining your handicap is the difference between your time and the winner’s time. We have calculated this for the 2011 test tri series and worked out an average handicap for everyone who raced last year.
• You score points (in minutes and seconds) by beating you're handicap. So for example lets say your average (time behind the winner) from last year was 3 mins and in TT1 you finish 2 mins 30 secs behind the winner then you score 30 seconds in that race as you beat your handicap by 30 secs.
• If you don't beat your handicap (3 mins) then you don't score.
• The handicap is adjusted after the race by half of your score in that race. So in the example above your 3min handicap would reduce by half of your score of 30 secs to 2min45sec. This is then your handicap for the next race.
• Your handicap will also be adjusted upwards. So if your handicap is 3 mins and you finish 4 min behind the winner then your handicap is increased by half of the 1 min you finished behind the winner to 3mins 30 secs for the next race.
• New members or those who did not race in 2011 are assigned a handicap after the first race equal to the difference between their time and the winners time in that race.
• New members or those who did not race in 2011, in their first race are given a score equal to the average of everyone else’s (those with handicaps) scores in that race.
• Volunteers/Helpers are also given a score equal to the average of everyone else’s (those with handicaps) scores in that race.

Hope that makes sense. We will put the handicap and scores from Test Tri 1 up on results spreadsheet and that should help explain and bring this to life. Any questions then let me know seamus@trilogy.ie