AN ATTEMPT AT FURTHER RULE CLARIFICATION
A runner can do all 16 races but only the 7 highest scores that satisfy the below 5 conditions, will count in the club championship scoring. A runner can do less than 7 races and still score points but of course he would have a reduced chance of winning the championship.
If a runner only does say 6 runs they would all count unless they broke any of the below rules. For example If those 6 runs were 5 short Evening League runs and 1 other then only 4 of the scores would qualify as rule 4 states no more than 3 evening league races.
S/EL= An evening short run which will be on the road.
These are Otley, Richmond, Harrogate, Wetherby and Menston
S/OR = A short run off road
These are Guiseley Gallop, Pen Y Ghent, Wakefield, Pudsey, Knavesmire
M/OR = A medium run off road
These are Meanwood Trail, Mytholmroyd, James Herriot Trail
L = A long run off road
This is Burn Valley
L/OR = a long run off road
These are the Trollers Trot and Harewood 10.
There are therefore 3 OR categories S/OR, M/OR and L/OR
and 2 Road only categories S/EL and L
Rule 1
At least 1 must be category L or L/OR
So that is Burn Valley, The Trollers Trot or Harewood 10
If a runner did all of these races and each one was in his top 7 highest scores all 3 would count to his total.
Rule 2
At least 1 must be category M.
All the medium runs are off road and so are M/OR
So this group includes Meanwood Trail, Mytholmroyd, James Herriot Trail
If a runner did all of these races and each one was in his top 7 highest scores then again all 3 would count to his total.
Rule 3
No more than 5 category S
This rule means that no more than 5 races from the S/EL runs and the S/OR runs can count in a runners top 7 scores. So that is the Otley, Richmond, Harrogate, Wetherby, Menston, Guiseley Gallop, Pen Y Ghent, Wakefield, Pudsey and Knavesmire runs.
Rule 4
No more than 3 Evening League races.
These are the S/EL runs namely the races at Otley, Richmond, Harrogate, Wetherby and Menston.
This rule means that only 3 races from this category can qualify for a runners top 7 scores.
Rule 5
2 must be O/R of different categories.
There are 3 OR categories, S/OR, M/OR L/OR.
A runners has to race over 2 of these categories to have all his 7 scores count.
There is one scenario only where a runner would fall foul of this rule. That is if he did 7 races 3 of which were S/EL, 3 were M/OR and one was L (Burn Valley.) He would have done 7 races meeting conditions 1-4 but failing condition 5.
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