2021-2022 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 November 1, 2021.
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, 2021
Zak Cup Points – Men & Women:
– SR, M1 – M6 classes: Best 6 finishes with a minimum of 3 finishes needed (1/3 of the 19 races)
– M7+ classes: Best 3 minimum of 2
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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 < 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 2021-2022. 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 a minimum of 20 points per category. Each place is worth a point: 1 – 20, 2 – 19, 3 – 18…
- If there are more than 20 skiers in a given category the winner scores more points, ie. 21 skiers = 21 points and so on.
- All timed events will be scored to Club Standings — including events that have multiple distances.
- Relays will divide the given place points.
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]
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