The relay series is now underway.

Fixtures

• 6th June Wessex Hardy Relays – Culpepper’s Dish
• 29th June NWO Relays – Lydiard Park, Swindon
• 5th July Adams Avery – Bushy Norwood, Bath
• 19th July Devon Relays – 5 Tors Tavistock
• 26th July Wimborne Furrow Hoppers - Bryanston

Results

Rules

1. The Series shall consist of three or more relay events for club teams, held in the summer. The list of events in the series shall be published in SINS in advance. No two relays shall be held on the same day. Event results shall include the names of all team members.
2. To be competitive teams must comply with the following conditions:
   1. The team must consist of members of the same SWOA registered club
   2. The team name must include the Club name.
3. No person may run for two different clubs in the same series.
4. The winning team shall receive a perpetual trophy. At the discretion of the current SWOA Chairman, an additional trophy may be awarded to a team consisting entirely of juniors or ladies.
5. Scoring:
   1. The winning team at an event shall receive 50 points; the second placed team 47 points; the third team 45 points; the fourth team 44 points; thereafter teams shall lose one point for each place dropped.
   2. In the event of a dead heat points shall be given according to these examples:
      • If two teams tie for second place both shall receive 47 points. The next team shall receive 44 points, being the fourth team to finish.
      • If two teams tie for first place, both receive 50 points and the third team 45 points, the fourth 44 and so on.
   3. If the series consists of three events the best two results for a team shall determine the series result; for four events the best three shall count; for five or six events the best four shall count.
   4. The finishing positions of non-SWOA clubs shall be ignored when calculating points; a team’s finishing position relative to other SWOA clubs shall be used.
   5. All SWOA teams will be given points according to their finishing position but only the points for the highest placed team from any one club will count for that club’s overall score for the series. Thus if a club’s second placed team finishes higher than the first placed team of another club it will, although not scoring itself, reduce the score of the other clubs.
6. The appropriate class at the Avon Schools Relay for a junior team running in the series shall be the Avon Schools Open class.

Enquiries about the competition should be directed to the SWOA Secretary or the scorer for the 2009 series, of QO.