AUSTRALIAN RADIO YACHTING ASSOCIATION (Inc)

 Ratification of Regional Ranking Events for the ARYA ranking system

INTRODUCTION.

1. The ARYA’s ® Ranking System was published on the 13^th July 2002 and ratified by the Executive of the ARYA on the 2^nd August 2002.

2. Part of the ranking systems relies on utilizing regional championships to ensure remote areas are not disadvantaged by the tyranny of distance suffered within Australia.

3. There will be no limit on the number of Regional ranking events held within a Class or within a Region however only 2 Regional events will count in any ranking period. . (See Ranking System 3.3a (iii)) 

 

CLARIFICATION OF REGIONAL RANKING EVENTS.

 

Events will be ratified by the ARYA based on ALL of the following criteria being met.

1. The event was sailed after 2^nd August 2002

2. The Notice of Race (NoR) and Sailing Instructions (SI) are in a format approved by the ARYA

3. Entrant eligibility is in accordance with the ARYA Standard Notice of Race (viz open to all members of the ARYA)

4. The Event is approved and ratified by the State Association.

5. The Event is approved by the ARYA and posted on the ARYA Home Page, 6 weeks prior to the event

6. The Event will be held using the “Rules” as defined by the ARYA Standard NoR.

7. The Event must be a scratch racing event.

8. There must be 6 or more competitors.

9. The results MUST be confirmed by the State Secretary and sent to the ARYA within 7 days of the

   event Conditions (e) and (i) apply from the 1^st December 2002

AUSTRALIAN RADIO YACHTING ASSOCIATION (Inc)

RANKING SYSTEM FOR AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATION AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL EVENTS.

a) The ARYA has developed a selection criteria to enable it to “enter members to represent Australia at International Regattas, Regional Championships and other events where entry is restricted” as provided for in 2 (f) of its constitution. The system will also provide National recognition for skippers in each class of yacht specified in Section 1(b)

 

b) The selection criteria will be applied to all classes of yacht recognized by the ISAF-RSD and ARYA .

 

c) The selection criteria will run continuously so that it may be used at any time to determine the order of precedence for competitors in a particular class of yacht.

 

d) The ARYA will notify State and Territory Councils of impending championships, publish relevant details in “Radio Waves” and call for expressions of interest. ARYA will distribute a copy of the Notice of Race to all State and Territory Councils within 21 days of it being received. (In accordance with Section 4.3 of the ISAF-RSD Class Championship Rules, a notice of race should be received from the Host Division Member nine months before the first day of the championship).

 

e) All skippers who wish to be considered for selection must complete an “Expression of Interest” form and return to the ARYA by the due date indicated on the form. Skippers whose forms are received after the due date will be placed on a reserve list.

 

f) The ARYA will apply the “selection criteria” to select representative skippers based on the qualifying regattas as specified in 3.3 of this selection criteria and held up to 4 calendar months prior to the start of the international regatta concerned and covering the previous 12 months. Ranking points obtained at any qualifying event in progress on the closing date shall count.

 

g) The ARYA will notify State and Territory Councils and all skippers expressing interest, of the selected skippers within 14 days of the selection closing date.

 

h) Selected skippers will confirm their acceptance of selection within 7 days of this notification.

(This commits the skipper to paying the entry fee if a place is allocated whether the skipper races or not). Selected skippers with Stage One (see Section 6.2.1 of the ISAF –RSD Class Championship Rules) allocation will be required to include the entry fee with their acceptance if so directed by the ARYA.

 

i) In accordance with ISAF – RSD “Championship Regulations” the ARYA will send entry forms for selected competitors in all stages to reach the Host Division by the closing date indicated in the Notice of Race or as specified by the host Nation for other than Stage 1 allocations.

a)       Only financial members of a State or Territory Council which is a financial member of the ARYA may be considered for selection.

b)       Skippers will only be considered if they qualify as National or Permanent Residents under the guidelines set out in Section 5 of the ISAF – RSD Class Championship Rules.

c)       Competitors who are not eligible for ranking points (eg. foreign nationals) may sail in ranking events but shall be removed from the final results before the points are calculated.

3.1 CLASS SPECIFIC

The selection criteria is based on a ranking system specific to the class event.

 

3.2 RANKING SYSTEM

a) The ranking system will allocate points to skippers participating in qualifying events.

b) Rankings will be based on the sum of the four (4) best performances obtained by the skipper at any qualifying event as specified in Section 3.3(a).

c) The best place in the National Championships will be used to resolve any ties in the ranking.

 

3.3 QUALIFYING EVENTS

a) Qualifying events will include

i) The most recent National Championship held in the ranking period.

ii) The most recent State Championship for each State held in the ranking period.

iii) Any Regional regatta or series ratified by a State or Territory Council, and approved by the ARYA, sailed under ISAF – RSD rules up to a maximum of two (2) such events in the ranking period.

b) Qualifying events must have been sailed between the period of 16 months prior to and 4 months before the International event for which the ranking is intended.

c) State and Territory Councils must send a certified copy of the complete results of qualifying events to the ARYA within 14 days of the completion of the event.

 

3.4 CALCULATION OF RANKING POINTS.

To obtain ranking points at an event a competitor shall start in at least one heat. Points shall be calculated using the formula below, where S is the number of yachts that start in at least one heat, where F is the competitor’s finishing position and W is the weighting for the event.

a) The National Championship will be weighted by 200

b) State Championships will be weighted by 150

c) Regional events will be weighted by 100

 

The Formula is:

POINTS = ((S-F) x W)/(S-1)

The points shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.

ISSUE 1 - 26th June 2002

For more information please contact the ARYA Ranking Coordinator