In addition to the awards that are voted by the Terrigal Trotters members there are further awards that are presented at the July Milestones presentation to recognise the winners of the fiercely contested Annual Running Competitions:
- The competitions run for the duration of the financial year (1st July - 30th June).
- To be eligible for any of the awards, a member must have recorded no less than fourteen (14) attendances at Saturday morning Trotters’ runs during the financial year.
- Only performances achieved after a member has earned their official Trotter Number by completing ten (10) recorded Saturday morning runs will count.
- Only elapsed time performances achieved in accordance with all of the published or generally understood rules for a race will count.
- The Results Coordinator(s) makes the judgment on the eligibility of races and how any performance is recorded/scored. If a member wishes to appeal that judgment, they must write, explaining their reasons, to the Terrigal Trotters Committee which will discuss it at a Committee Meeting and make a final decision on the matter.
This series was first conducted during the 2002-03 race year. It is a point score series where the best seven (7) races of a member are averaged over the year to determine the highest scorer. Points are determined using the World Masters Athletics Road Age Standards that allocate points to performances based on the age and gender of the athlete. The member with the highest total point score wins. Trophies are awarded to the top seven (7) finishers in the competition. The competition rules are as follows:
This is a point score series where all the Time Trial performance points of a member are aggregated over the year to determine the highest scorer.
Points are determined using the World Masters Athletics Road Age Standards that allocate points to performances based on the age and gender of the athlete.
The member with the highest total point score wins, and trophies are awarded to the top three (3) finishers in the competition.
This competition has over the years been extremely close and requires participants to turn up to as many TT races as possible whilst working around
other commitments and staying injury free. It is the ultimate test of commitment.
The competition rules are as follows:
Example: Handicap AG Points: 700.0 (prevous years AG points) July TT AG Points: 705.0 Aug TT AG Points: 710.0 Sep TT AG Points: 720.0 ------------------------------------- Result: : 705.0 - 700 = 5.0If during the financial year the runner finishes any time trial with a AG difference > 75 AG points then they will not be eligible!
This is a point score series where the three best ultra-running (distances greater than or equal to 50km) performance points of a member over the year are totalled to determine the highest scorer. Points are determined using the World Masters Athletics Road Age Standards that allocate points to performances based on the age and gender of the athlete, with course adjustment factors applied to each event. The member with the highest average point score wins, and trophies are awarded to the first place finisher in the competition. The competition rules are as follows:
This is a point score series where the four (4) best trail running (distances greater than or equal to 10km but less than 50km) performance points of a member over the year are totalled to determine the highest scorer. Points are determined using the World Masters Athletics Road Age Standards that allocate points to performances based on the age and gender of the athlete, with course adjustment factors applied to each event. The member with the highest average point score wins, and trophies are awarded to the top three finishers in the competition. The competition rules are as follows:
The course list below provides calculated CAF's for popular trail events that have historically been attended by Trotters. The list is not exhaustive and is far from complete. The CAF's for other events will be calculated when results are available -
or on request.
| Date | Course | Distance (km) | CAF |
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The CAF is an adjustment factor that is used to adjust AG points based on the difficulty of a specific event that has elite runners participating. The idea is that the CAF
should be used multiply standard Ag points to acknoweldge and recognise the difficulty of different trail races so as to provide a fair mechanism to compare the results of
runners across different results.
The previous method of multiplying AG points by a distance multiplier never accounted for the differences in courses (i.e. it was unfair to allocate the same AG points for aaa
runner who completed the Woodford to Glenbrook (a very easy course) compared to a runner who completed Mount Solitary (a very difficult course).
The process for calculating the CAF is as follows: