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Master Navigators Championship
Expert
Navigators Championship
Novice Navigators
Championship
Version 3 - October 22, 2006
(version to version changes will be marked in magenta)
1. The Championships will be based upon four
events sponsored by
| Event |
Route Cards Available |
Submit Answer Forms By |
Map |
Run by |
| 1)
Five Diamonds Rally |
22:00 on March 1, 2006 |
22:00 on March 29, 2006 |
117
Edition D1 |
"Crow" |
| 2) Cloverleaf Rally |
22:00 on May 3, 2006
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22:00 on
May 31, 2006
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137
Edition B2 |
Chris Towers |
| 3)
Breckland Rally |
22:00 on September 6, 2006 |
22:00 on October 4, 2006 |
117
Edition D1
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Gavin Rogers
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| 4)
Rally Round Rally |
22:00 on November 1, 2006 |
22:00 on November 29, 2006 |
137
Edition B2
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T.B.A.
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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 each 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.
There will be three classes: Masters, Experts and Novices.
Anyone may enter any single class with the following exceptions:
Novices should be competitors who have never previously completed an
Internet TT rally and have limited experience of navigating on motor
rallies.
Competitors who have previously competed as Masters or successfully as
Experts would be expected to enter the Master class.
The organisers reserve the right to reclassify competitors upward if they
believe it would provide fairer competition.
4.
The entry fee for all four events is £14 (Master Navigators),
£10 (Expert & Novice Navigators). See Entry
Form. If insufficient entries are received by February 28, 2006 (20 minimum per Championship), then the Championship
may be cancelled
and monies will be returned.
5.
The route for each event must be plotted using the number and
edition of the OS 1:50 000 Landranger Series map quoted.
6.
Each event will contain 12 Route Cards. Each Route Card will be in two
parts. Part 1 will use straightforward (road rally type) navigation
and will contain 5 straightforward Route Check questions.
Part 2 (a continuation of the route in part 1) will use more
thought-provoking navigation
and 5 trickier Route Check questions.
On Route Cards requiring Route Check answers, each
part will contain 5 questions.
On Route Cards requiring a marked map solution, each part will contain 5
undisclosed Passage Checks to be visited.
Entries to the Expert and Novice Navigators Championship must attempt Part
1.
Entries to the Master
Navigators Championship must attempt Parts 1 and 2
Answers to the
first 10 different Route Cards received will be counted towards a
competitor's score in the Masters and Experts.
Answers to the
first five different Route Cards received will be counted towards a
competitor's score in the Novices.
Alternative answers/marked maps 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
or each correctly visited Passage Check.
To correctly visit a Passage Check it must passed through with the correct
direction of approach and departure, and be visited in the correct order
(e.g. if the correct order of PCs is PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5 but they are
visited in the order PC1, PC2, PC4, PC3, PC5 only 3 points would be scored
i.e. PC4 - not visited fourth - and PC3 - not visited third.
7.
For the purposes of world ranking points, an overall classification will
be published which combines the scores from the Masters class (100 points
maximum), Experts class (50 points maximum) and Novices class (25 points
maximum) on Route Check events
8.
Route Cards for each event will be available at an Internet address
which will be e-mailed to each registered entrant.
9.
Answers to Route Cards must be registered by completing an Answer
Form or marking a map at an Internet address which will be e-mailed to each registered
entrant. Each form and map 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.
In this case, the time and date stamp of arrival at the Table-Top mail
server will be used.
10.
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.
11.
Event positions will be decided in order of points scored.
12.
Ties will be decided in favour of the
competitor with the earliest submission of any Answer Form.
13.
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,
unless otherwise stated.
If the abbreviation LWR (Long Way Round) is used as
an instruction, the longest route should be taken between the previous
instruction and the following instruction.
Where a particular map feature is used solely on the Route Card,
e.g. spot heights, then all other similar features must be avoided.
Features which are to be ignored will be enclosed in brackets (like this).
14.
The route for the each event is continuous, so no junction
(including crossroads) or section of road may be used more than once.
15.
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
or mark the route
as stated. Due
allowance will be made for alternative answers/routes
when marking.
16.
The route only uses roads as defined on the map legend. Paths, and
roads under construction, are to be ignored unless otherwise stated.
17.
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).
18.
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.
U-turns through gaps in the central reservation are
permitted.
19.
Roundabouts are to be treated as you would normally (in the UK)
i.e. travel clockwise.
Roundabouts are defined as any circular or elliptical
island in the centre of the road.
20.
All roads leading off the edge of the map or defined plotting area are no through roads (NTR)
should be ignored in the navigation and when answering
the
Route Checks
unless specifically instructed to the contrary.
Maps on the TT website for marking a route solution do not constitute
a "defined plotting area" as above 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.
If a Route Card
implies that various points on the map are to be avoided, these don't
"break" the road and make it a NTR.
21.
Roads running parallel with no broken connecting line shall be
deemed to not connect.
22.
Spot heights are defined as being part of the route only when the
actual spot (or circle) is on the road.
In particular note that some Cycle Network symbols
on more recent maps will have hidden an original spot and these will not
be referenced in the navigation.
Those on the central reservation
of dual-carriageways are classified as being off-road. Triangulation
Pillars are only used when specifically stated.
23.
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. A
viaduct is defined as a bridge with two bridge symbols.
Where reference is made to fords, they only count where the word 'Ford' is
present.
24.
All compass bearings are based on grid North unless otherwise
stated.
25.
Tolerances for answers requiring measurements will be shown on the
Route Cards.
26.
As well as the legend on the map these
abbreviations (and
others for you to discover) may be used on the Route Cards.
27.
The following legend will be used to define Route Check questions:
Br, BrO, BrU - Number of Bridges used in
total, Bridges Over, Bridges Under. A 'bridge under' means the rally route
goes under the bridge; a 'bridge over' means the rally route goes over the
bridge.
CB - Number of times you cross a County
Boundary.
ChT - Number of different churches with towers within
200 metres of the route.
ChS - Number of different churches with spires within
200 metres of the route.
Ch+ - Number of different churches without spires or
towers within 200 metres of the route.
Ch - Number of different churches with or without
spires or towers within 200 metres of the route.
Measurements for churches are from the edge of the road to the centre of
the +.
DB - Number of times you cross a District
Boundary.
ETL - Number of Electricity Transmission
Lines (not the cableways) crossed.
GC - Total number of Green Circles (Cycle
Network symbols) which cover or break the edge line of the road.
GLxx - Number of times you crossed Grid Line
number xx.
GN - List the blue grid number digits in the order
visited on route
which cover or break the edge line of the road.
LETTERS - List the capital letters in the order
visited on route
which cover or break the edge line of the road.
Letters - List all letters in the order
visited on route which
cover or break the edge line of the road.
letters - List all lowercase letters in the order
visited on route which cover or break the
edge line of the road.
MRnnnnnn or MRnnnnnnnn - Does the route pass
through this Map Reference? Only Yes/No or
Y/N answers permitted.
N, S, E, W - Enter the 4-digit
number of the
Kilometre Square of the most Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western part of
the route.
O>W, R>B etc. - Asks how many times
does the route change from an Orange road to a White road, a Red road to a
Blue road etc. This includes crossings over a higher class road from a
lower class road e.g. at crossroads.
R - Total number of different Roundabouts
visited.
RD - Total number of different Red Diamonds (National
Trail symbols) which cover or break the edge line of the road.
RO, RU - Number of times Over Railway, Under
Railway - irrespective of a bridge symbol. Unless specified otherwise,
disused railways are to be excluded. A railway crossing, where the line of
the railway covers the road e.g. at a level crossing - whether or not
marked as LC - will count as Over Railway. Crossing
over Railway Tunnels counts as Over Railway.
SH - List Spot Heights in the order visited
on route.
SHn - Enter the value of the nth Spot Height
on route.
T - Number of different telephones within 200 metres of
the route (position determined by the end of the black line).
WWW, OWY etc. - Asks how many White
road/White road/White road junctions, Orange road/White road/Yellow road
junctions etc. on route. There is no significance in the order of colours.
Does not include No Through Roads.
X - Number of crossroads (four way junctions
excluding NTRs) used.
<<, <, >>, > - Number of
gradients of different types used (direction reading from left to right).
^ - Total gradient arrows used (count the
arrows).
"xxxx" - Did the edge of any road
on route pass within 200 metres of any part of the whole and
exact overprinting of "xxxx"
on the map? Only Yes/No or
Y/N answers permitted.. When counting or listing features always ignore
those used to define the location of the start TC or finish TC.
28.
The organisers reserve the right to appoint an arbiter should there
be any dispute over a section. or cancel or amend any section should the
need arise.
29.
Specific queries concerning the routes/Route Cards cannot be accepted, but
general enquiries will be answered via the appropriate TT
Forum.
30.
A prize will be awarded to the class winner of each event. Prizes will
be awarded to the first three overall in each Championship. The net income
from the Championship will be donated to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
31.
Any material changes to these rules after first publication, will be
annotated here and reported in the TT
Forum.
32.
The competition is open to individuals and their individual effort.
Group or joint entries will not be accepted. Enlisting the assistance of
another person or competitor to help solve the Route Cards is not
permitted and may lead to a competitor's exclusion from the results. |
