2023-2024 Zak and Club Cup Scoring Rules
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All NENSA members are scored and ranked for Zak Cup Scoring.
This criteria was updated April 28, 2023.

Masters age categories are as follows:

SR ages 20-29	M1 ages 30-34	M2 ages 35-39	M3 ages 40-44
M4 ages 45-49	M5 ages 50-54	M6 ages 55-59	M7 ages 60-64
M8 ages 65-69	M9 ages 70-74	M10 ages 75-79	M11 ages 80-84
M12 ages 85-89	M13 ages 90-94	M14 ages 95-99	M15 ages 100+

Race age is as of December 31, 2023

Zak Cup Points – Men & Women:

– SR, M1 – M6 classes: Best 6 finishes
– M7+ classes: Best 3

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Rules Interpretation:

Racers who meet the minimum number of completed races are celebrated at year end awards. ‘Best’ refers to the the highest scoring placement. For example, if you are in age Class M1 – M6, and you raced 9 Zak races your best 6 finishes would be scored.

Scoring of Zak Cup points, both overall and within NENSA age classes, follows a modified World Cup system with points to the top 15 as follows: 25, 20, 15, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 for 16th and higher.
All NENSA members will be scored. Competitors are responsible for providing their number at registration.
Ties are resolved by overall Zak Cup points. If a tie still remains then multiple first place awards will be given.
Marathons will be scored for overall Zak in both, age appropriate distances. If an M7+ does the longer race and they are in the points – they score. M6 and under do not score in the shorter distances.

Club Cup Points and Scoring:

Club Cup Standings will include all Popular and Eastern Cup races for the winter of 2022-2023. The goal is to bring the entire community together across our competitive programming and provide an overall ranking of Club participation and performance. (You can read about Eastern Cup scoring under section #8 here)
Skiers are responsible for selecting their NENSA club at registration (pay special attention to the dropdown menu).
Up to 3 skiers from a club score in each category. Skiers after this displace points from skiers behind, rather than scoring direct points (i.e. if you’re 4th from a club and you earned 6 points for your finish place, you keep the points, the finisher behind you only gets 5, even if they count to their club’s 3-person scoring total).
Winners score 60 points per category. Each place is worth a point: 1 – 60, 2 – 59, 3 – 58…
U16 and combined U18/U20 age groups will also be scored in Club Standings at Popular races.
All timed events will be scored to Club Standings — including events that have multiple distances.

Virtual Events will not be factored into scoring, but are encouraged when appropriate to make racing more accessible.

Discrepancies or suspected scoring errors should be reported to [email protected] or [email protected]

One Day State Championships (at the White Mountain Classic):

Competition Rules:

Minimum team size is 7, any combination of Men and Women allowed.
Skiers receive points based on their age group placement, ie. 1st is one point.
No upper limit on team size.
State Team is determined by residence as given on SkiReg or other registration form.
All team members must be members of NENSA.
Scoring age groups are U23, SR and older age categories. All five year masters classes will be scored (M1-M12).
The NENSA Masters Committee will do the final team scoring.
Scoring will be based on best 7 place finishers within the age classes scored. Ties broken by best 8th place finish.
The State Team Plaque will be presented at the Luncheon as close to 1 PM as possible.
The NENSA scoring committee reserves the right to delay awards in event of race timing or other
scoring problems.

New England Club Relay Championships:

The New England Club Relay Championships will be scored for Club Cup points in each of the six age group categories:
- women combined age under 100
- women combined age over 100
- men combined age under 100
- men combined age over 100
- mixed combined age under 100
- mixed combined age over 100
Teams will be scored as follows: 240 for 1st (60×4), 236 for 2nd (59×4), 232 for 3rd (58×4), 228/4th, 224/5th, 220, 216, etc (decreasing by 4 points per place)…
Skier affiliation is based on the honor system at registration.
Each club can score two teams per age category and points will be added to each club’s total points.
Only current NENSA club teams will be scored and non-NENSA club teams will not displace in scoring.
Mixed Club teams are allowed and will be split proportionately.
Protest should be addressed to [email protected] within seven days of posted results.