The acronym for the Murray Evans Scoring System is MESS which more
than adequately describes it.
The problem was that at the time there were 3 classes, Standard, 15M
and Open and only 4 slots per country at a World contest despite the
IGC or its predecessor having created a 3rd Class some yea
It's worth looking at how sailing tried handicapping 20 years ago, as they went
through a similar process. I was heavily involved both as a competitor and as
someone trying to make the system work.
Some bright individuals came up with the idea of handicapping based on a polar
so that the wind c
On 07/03/2013, at 11:26 PM, Mike Cleaver wrote:
but nobody yet regularly uses a reference thermal that reflects the
actual conditions on the day, or the fact that some sites experience
consistently better thermals than others.
In gross terms, the US the CH factors differ between west and east
And if you want hard copy sets of AG (sorry not complete back to the
1950s because we have run out of the early small print runs) email
Keith Willis
(there are some mighty people like Ann and keith doing work of value in
the sport unheralded)
On 07/03/2013, at 9:49 PM, Ann Woolf wrote:
I h
Hi Terry (and congratulations on your IGC role, and work winning Worlds
for Australia)
The handicap system was devised by Peter Rigby of the Wollongong Gliding
Club, and more recently maintained by a committee chaired by Graham
Brown of Bathurst SC. In essence, the committee agree on a polar
The scorer also won the regatta too! I'm not suggesting any inappropriate
behaviour but that was good fun too
Michael
On 07/03/2013, at 10:36 PM, Terry Home wrote:
> The ME formula was used for many years, but it was used to compare results
> across classes for team selection, not handicaps.
The ME formula was used for many years, but it was used to compare results
across classes for team selection, not handicaps. ME would apply the formula to
produce a team solution and then some "wise" heads would critique and then ME
would "adjust" the factors and produce a new set of results. Ev
I have sent the relevant pages to Gary.
If anyone has their own AGs, there are Excel files which contain the
index of everything in these AGs, on the Waikerie Gliding club website
that you may download and search for anything in the AGs from 1951 to
1997 when they went to A4 size.
Ann
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