2. Championship points will be awarded on each event consistent with an entrant's overall position - i.e. 1st place = 1 point, 2nd place = 2 points...100th place = 100 points. The overall winner of the Championship will be the contender with the lowest number of points from three rounds. Contenders completing less than three rounds will not qualify for final Championship placings. In event of the number of Championship rounds being increased or reduced, the organisers reserve the right to amend the number of qualifying rounds to count accordingly.

3. The entry fee for all four events is £12. To encourage overseas entries (and to avoid the complication of international mail and payment), entries from competitors living outside the UK are FREE. For paid entries, please send a cheque payable to "R D Crowther" to "Crow", Ivydene, Ulting Road, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 2LU. Cheques may be post-dated to March 31, 2003. If insufficient entries are received by March 31, 2003 to make the Championship viable (30 minimum), then the Championship will be cancelled and cheques will be destroyed or returned.

4. The route for each event must be plotted using the number and edition of the OS 1:50 000 Landranger Series map quoted.

5. Each event will contain 12 Route Cards. Each Route Card will contain 10 Route Check questions. Answers to the first 10 different Route Cards received will be counted towards a competitor's score. Alternative answers to a previously answered Route Card will be ignored. Route Card answers may be submitted in any order. Only one answer should be given for each Route Check. Multiple answers will be deemed incorrect. If you feel the question is ambiguous or has multiple answers, record the details as comments on the answer form. One point will be scored for each correct Route Check answer.

6. Route Cards for each event will be available at an Internet address which will be e-mailed to each registered entrant. 

7. Answers to Route Cards must be registered by completing the Answer Form at an Internet address which will be e-mailed to each registered entrant. Each form will be stored, and time and date stamped, in a private area on the Table-Top web server. Should access to Table Top web server be unavailable, then answers should be sent by e-mail to #. In this case the time and date stamp of arrival at the Table-Top mail server will be used.

8. Route Card Answers will be accepted up to the published closing time and date for each event. Answers received after this time, or not received will score 0 points.

9. Event positions will be decided in order of points scored.

10. Ties will be decided on the "Furthest, Cleanest" principle, i.e. the competitor with the most points on the earliest Route Card in the series will have the advantage. For example, if two competitors tied on overall penalties, but competitor A had a score of 9 points on Route Card 1 and competitor B 8 points on Route Card 1, competitor A would be placed above competitor B. This applies even if the Route Card was not one of the 10 to count. If there is still a tie, the competitor with the earliest submission of any Answer Form will have the advantage.

11. Unless otherwise stated each Route Card should be plotted using only the given information and in the order given, implied or necessary to solve the Route Card. The shortest route consistent with this information should be plotted between each Route Card's Start Control and Finish Control. Where a particular map feature is used solely on the Route Card, e.g. spot heights, then all other similar features must be avoided.

12. The route for the each event is continuous, so no junction (including crossroads) or section of road may be used more than once.

13. All Route Cards are joined by an undefined route; however the end of one Route Card may be the start of the next. 
The Route Cards are designed to be stand alone, i.e. you should be able to plot any of them independently without needing to solve neighbouring ones first. 
If you get a route clash, the first course of action is to check that you haven't made any mistakes. If you still have a problem, it might be that you have found a valid, but conflicting, solution that the organisers have overlooked. You have three ways of dealing with this (in order of priority). 
1) If one of the conflicting route cards has some flexibility in the solution which overcomes the conflict, deploy it. 
2) If it is obvious where a problem exists, make allowance for the mistake if it removes the conflict. 
3) Plot the route cards as though there was no conflict, i.e. ignore any overlap. 
In all three cases answer the Route Check questions as stated. Due allowance will be made for alternative answers when marking.

14. The route only uses roads as defined on the map legend. Paths, and roads under construction, are to be ignored unless otherwise stated..

15. White coloured roads (including green sections through woods etc) may be used on any Route Card except where the section specifies Coloured Roads Only (CRO). Coloured roads are defined as Blue (Motorway - M), Green (Primary Route - P), Red (A), Orange/Brown (B) or Yellow (C).

16. A dual-carriageway as defined on the map legend, is to be regarded as two separate roads and cannot be used in the wrong direction (Note to foreign entrants: we drive on the left hand side of the road in the UK). Entry to, or exit from dual carriageways, where the line of the road is unbroken is not permitted.

17. Roundabouts are to be treated as you would normally (in the UK) i.e. travel clockwise.

18. All roads leading off the edge of the map and no through roads (NTR) should be ignored in the navigation and when answering the Route Checks unless specifically instructed to the contrary. All roads passing through buildings shall be regarded as no through roads. All roads that are broken by lettering or bridges (but appearing the other side) should be treated as continuous. All gates, should be ignored, i.e. assumed to be open.

19. Roads running parallel with no broken connecting line shall be deemed to not connect.

20. Spot heights are defined as being part of the route only when the actual spot (or circle) is on the road. Those on the central reservation of dual-carriageways are classified as being off-road. Triangulation Pillars are only used when specifically stated.

21. Where reference is made to bridges, they only count where at least one side of the bridge symbol is actually shown. Bear in mind that over a cutting or embankment, the bridge symbol often delimits the extent of the cutting or embankment. Footbridges count as bridges. 
Where reference is made to fords, they only count where the word 'Ford' is present.

22. All compass bearings are based on grid North unless otherwise stated.