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Thusday, 31 July 2008
SSA Children’s Points are published on the SSA website for each athlete registered with SSA. They are calculated separately for slalom and giant slalom and are used:
to determine start positions in the Australian Children’s Championships;
to assist the National Alpine Committee selectors in the selection of the Australian Children’s Alpine Squad at the conclusion of each Australian season; and
to determine eligibility for FIS Children’s events where the number of applicants for an event exceeds Australia’s quota for that event.
FIS Children’s events include the following:
Trofeo Topolino held at Panarotta-Levico, Italy
Whistler Cup, Canada
Stari Vrh, Slovenia
Abetone, Italy
Val d’Isere, France.
SSA Children’s Points are awarded to each athlete for each run in the State Heats and in the Australian Children’s Championships.
The methodology used for calculating the SSA Children’s Points for each run is based on the system used by FIS which provides an objective and transparent means of comparing results from FIS races around the world. The rules and mathematical formulas by which this is done can be found on the FIS website at www.fis-ski.com/data/document/fisptsedition07.pdf, but, in essence, they involve a two-stage process which:
expresses, as a factor of the winning time, the margin by which each racer’s time exceeds the winning time; and
“scales” the results to reflect the strength of the field in each race by having regard to (a) the FIS points of the 5 highest ranked racers amongst those who finished within the top 10 in the race and (b) the FIS points of the top 5 seeds at the start of the race regardless of whether or where they finished in the race.
As with FIS Points, only the best two results (in terms of SSA Children’s Points) achieved during the “Validity Period” are taken into account in determining an athlete’s published points. For SSA Children’s Points, the Validity Period is the previous 15 months.
SSA Children’s Points are published at the start of each season, updated after the State Heats have been concluded in both New South Wales and Victoria and then updated again after the Australian Children’s Championships have been held. |
