Suffice to say the rankings are now much more automated, hopefully giving Nick more spare time.
How does this affect YOU?
At each event please ensure your bib no, name and age are correct on the results (and of course your position and points etc).
If your bib number is incorrect it is likely the ranking system will not recognise you and will not list the result.
We'd appreciate it if you could use your name from Nick's start of year bib list wherever possible although we can cope with obvious typos etc.
If you are a JXX, U23 or S make sure your age is correct, we use this to update your age and ensure you are in the correct league (don't worry masters/vets we just leave you where you are on Nick's bib list unless asked otherwise).
Please don't use incorrect bib numbers (eg those belonging to others).
Bear with us while the new system beds in there are bound to be teething issues (pretty please). It's not the end of the world if something is incorrect - honest it's not!
Let us know if you want something changing, want to be included in a league or spot an issue.
The new system does NOT automatically cope with paddlers who gain a promotion result from paddling up, perhaps next year it will.
It does not know when new bibs are issued by bib officers (perhaps one day it will) although the system will try and spot this. Spelling your name the same on every entry and ensuring its correct on the results will greatly assist us.
As always if you don't get a bib then you won't be on the ranking list.
For the paranoid, no personal data is being stored save for what is routinely displayed and available to the world in general on the results sheets. We do not have your address, postcode, email address or DOB, just what is on the results sheets which can be downloaded from Nick's site or obtained at the event/from the organiser.
Don't nag Nick (or me for the matter) as per usual. Remember we are volunteers!
