Background
A desire was expressed at the 2007 Shrimper AGM to develop a scoring system which would:
- reward competition in the middle and back of the fleet
- allow more competitors to win prizes
- attract non racing Shrimper owners to racing
Basis
Handicap score for a series to be based on the actual net score after discard as follows;
Sh=Sn- HxR
Where :
Sh is the handicap score
Sn is the actual net score after discard.
R is the number of undiscarded races sailed
H is a handicap factor which is a competitors average score over a number
of previous races
The handicap winner is the competitor with the lowest handicap score.
This system works by subtracting the competitors expected score (based on his/her average performance over a number of previous races) from the net score. So competitors will have a handicap score of zero if they perform exactly to form and a negative score if their performance has improved.
Rules for Calculating the Handicap Factor
1. Race scores shall be averaged over the previous 2 series.
2. Only race scores without penalty to be included in the average i.e. DNC,DNF, DSQ etc. to be excluded.
3. Competitors with less than 5 non penalty race scores to count will be assigned 0 handicap factor .
