8.2 Common Rules

8.2.1 Championship Day In order that a Day may be counted as a Championship Day:

a. A launch opportunity shall have been given to each competitor in the class in time for the competitor to carry out the task of the Day in question, and

b. More than 25% of the competitors in the class, who have had a competition launch on that Day, fly a Marking Distance of at least 100 km (after any handicapping is applied).

8.2.2 Daily Scores Each competitor shall be given daily Scores based on his performance on each Championship Day. The Score given to each competitor shall be rounded to the nearest whole number, the value of 0.5 being rounded up.

8.2.3 Finisher Any competitor is deemed to be a “finisher” if they reach the Goal after completing the task, even after the expiry of the Designated Time.

8.2.4 Handicaps Organisers shall state in the Local Procedures if handicaps are to be used and they shall be applied in accordance with 8.3.2:

a. To the competitor’s Marking Speed for finishers of a Racing or Speed task, or

b. To the competitor's Marking Distance.

Handicapping is used for Club Class Championships only. Handicaps, if used, shall be taken from the latest DAeC list or any other list approved by the IGC for the specific Championships. It is assumed that highest performance glider gets highest handicap. The list of all competitors with their handicaps shall be published before the beginning of the Championships.

8.2.5 Penalties Flights that have been disqualified shall be given a zero Score for the Day, but shall be included in the scoring formula. Any penalties shall be deducted from the competitor’s Score after it has been calculated, according to this Section.

If the penalty reduces a competitor’s raw performance for the day (eg: outlanded at the point of airspace entry) the penalty must be applied before the calculation of the Score.

If the Day score after deduction of any penalties is less than zero, it shall be taken as zero, unless 8.8.4 applies.

8.2.6 Cumulative Scores Cumulative and Final Scores shall be calculated by adding the points obtained each Day on the nominated scoring system.