Scoring for National Wavesailing and Freestyle Championships

Wavesailing Championships

The results of every round of Wavesailing Competition in ALL the calendared Wavesailing events for the year or season concerned will be included in the compilation of the overall results of the National Wavesailing Championships.

The Head Judge at each event will be the sole authority to determine if a round constitutes a valid result. The Head Judge may decide that a result in one fleet (e.g. Gold) is valid while a result in another fleet is not.
The result of each round of the Wavesailing competition will be scored in accordance with the Racing rules of Sailing, Windsurfing Rules, using the “Alternative System”, i.e. Winner – 0.7 points, Second – 2 points, Third – 3 points, etc.

A board that did not start, did not finish, retired after finishing or was disqualified shall be scored points for the finishing place one more than the number of boards entered in the Event.
A board that did not enter for an Event (that is, register, pay the Entrance Fee and attend the Briefing at the Event) will be scored points one more than the total number of boards entered in the fleet concerned for the Wavesailing Championships.

Results of an Event
In compiling the results of an Event, all valid, completed rounds of Wavesailing competition from the Event will be included for the fleet concerned. (Note: If both Wavesailing and Freestyle rounds gave valid results at a Wavesailing event, any round of Freestyle competition sailed will NOT be included in the compilation of the Results of the Event.)
Discards will be incorporated as follows:
Valid Rounds. Number Excluded.
    1–2                    0
    3–4                    1
    5–7                    2
    8 or more        3

Results, National Wavesailing Championships
In compiling the results of the Wavesailing Championships, all valid, completed Wavesailing rounds from ALL Wavesailing Events will be included for the fleet concerned. Discards will be incorporated as follows:
Valid Rounds. Number Excluded.
     1–2                0
     3–4                1
     5–7                2
     8 or more     3

In a case where the first placed sailor from the Championships is NOT eligible to be National Champion in accordance with IWA Regulations at the time, the next placed sailor who fulfils the criteria for National Champion will be awarded the title.

Freestyle Championships
The results of every round of Freestyle Competition in ALL the calendared Freestyle AND Wavesailing events for the year or season concerned will be included in the compilation of the overall results of the National Freestyle Championships.
The Head Judge at each event will be the sole authority to determine if a round constitutes a valid result. The Head Judge may decide that a result in one fleet (e.g. Gold) is valid while a result in another fleet is not.
The result of each round of the Freestyle competition will be scored in accordance with the Racing Rules of Sailing, Windsurfing Rules, using the “Alternative System”, i.e. Winner – 0.7 points, Second – 2 points, Third – 3 points, etc.
A board that did not start, did not finish, retired after finishing or was disqualified shall be scored points for the finishing place one more than the number of boards entered in the Event.
A board that did not enter for a Freestyle Event (that is, register, pay the Entrance Fee and attend the Briefing at the Event) will be scored points one more than the total number of boards entered in the fleet concerned for the Championships.

Results of an Event
In compiling the results of a Freestyle Event (or a Wavesailing Event where the only valid results are from Freestyle Competition), all valid, completed Freestyle rounds from the Event will be included for the fleet concerned. Discards will be incorporated as follows:
Valid Rounds. Number excluded.
    1–2                    0
    3–4                    1
    5–7                    2
    8 or more        3

Results, National Freestyle Championships
In compiling the results of the freestyle Championships, all valid, completed Freestyle rounds from ALL Freestyle and Wavesailing Events will be included for the fleet concerned. Discards will be incorporated as follows:
Valid Rounds. Number excluded.
    1–2                0
    3–4                1
    5–7                2
    8 or more     3
In a case where the first placed sailor from the Championships is NOT eligible to be National Champion in accordance with IWA Regulations at the time, the next placed sailor who fulfils the criteria for National Champion will be awarded the title.

Issued by the Executive Committee of the IWA, October 2006