Park and Street Orienteering 

 

 

Category	Method	Rankings
The Millennium Club	Events attended since 1 Jan 2000	30th April 2013
The MEFTY Award	Events attended in a Street-O year (Nov to Oct)	Award Winners
Street O Rankings	Ranking for the previous Summer/Winter season	Runners Walkers

This page contains an additional three categories of information about your Melbourne Street Orienteering participation. Click on the links above for more information and current rankings.

 

Latest news about The Millennium Club, MEFTY Award and Street O Rankings

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Legends of Melbourne Street O

The Park and Street Orienteering Committee sanctioned the formation of THE MILLENNIUM CLUB in 2009 to acknowledge and honor the long serving participants in Park and Street orienteering in metropolitan Melbourne.

Membership

Legend Member: Participates in 1000 Street-O events since the start of this millennium (1^st January, 2000) and will be regarded as a full member of The Millennium Club. Legend members will be presented with a special TMC cloth badge(1000), a special TMC(Legend) key-ring and a Certificate of Recognition. Legend members will be identified with a number which represents the chronological order in which they have qualified for The Millennium Club.

 

Companion Member: Participates in 750 Street-O events since the start of this millennium (1^st January, 2000) and will be regarded as a provisional member of The Millennium Club. Companion members will be acknowledged with a special TMC cloth badge(750).

 

 

Associate member: Participates in 500 Street-O events since the start of this millennium (1^st January, 2000) and will be regarded as a provisional member of The Millennium Club. Associate members will be acknowledged with a special TMC cloth badge(500).

 

Attendance

Participation in all metropolitan Melbourne Street-O events since the 1^st January 2000 has been recorded on The Millennium Club Attendance Database and will be updated at the end of each series. The database is displayed on the OV website for all Street-O participants whose attendance exceeds 100 events.

As of 28th March, 2012, 17 orienteers had reached the Legend milestone, another 17 orienteers had reached the Companion milestone and another 41 orienteers had reached the Associate milestone.  (Total membership of 75.)

Note: (i)  Eligible events are those listed in OV’s fixtured Melbourne Park and Street Orienteering Program (excluding Sunday Special and bush events) held in metropolitan Melbourne.  

           (ii)  Individuals who DNF will be recorded as having participated. (Must visit at least one control).

           (iii) Group entries will only be recorded where special circumstances exist.

           (iv) Individuals within groups will not be recorded.

           (v)  Course setters will be recorded as participating when identified in results.

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The MEFTY Award

Each year a perpetual trophy creatively carved from Tasmanian huon pine by Vic Sedunary is presented to the street orienteer who completes the most Park and Street Orienteering events in a StreetO year (start of Summer fixture to the end of Spring fixture). Eligible events are those listed in the official OV fixture and held in the Melbourne metropolitan area.

This award is titled The M.E.F.T.Y. Award (The Most Events For The Year). Previous winners are honored below:

Year	M.E.F.T.Y. Award Winner	Events
2000	Peter Kempster	80
2001	Peter Kempster	91
2002	Geoff Hudson	95
2003	Judy Hopkins (dec.)	93
2004	Reg Saunders	111
2005	Mike Hubbert	116
2006	Ken O'Brien	118
2007	Mike Hubbert	109
2008	Ken O'Brien	121
2009	Ken O'Brien	138
2010	Josie Yeatman	136
2011	Josie Yeatman	147
2012	Noel McVey	146

 

Congratulations to the 2012 MEFTY winner Noel McVey. Noel won with 146 Street-O events just edging out previous dual winner Josie Yeatman on 145 and Mike Hubbert on 140. Presentation of the trophy was made at The Millennium Club Dinner in March 2013.

In the 2012 Street-O year (Nov 2011 to Oct 2012):

• 24 Street orienteers completed more than 100 events.
• 42 Street orienteers completed more than 75 events.
• 82 Street orienteers completed more than 50 events.
• 1163 Street orienteers (not including groups except the Newbery Navigators) completed at least one event.
• 14106 individual participations (excluding groups except the Newberys)
  

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Melbourne Street-O RANKINGS

Current Rankings:    Runners      Walkers

PURPOSE

Rankings are designed to provide Street-O competitors with a relative measure of their performances across all Street-O series.

The rankings reflect quality of performance and quantity of performances. The better the performance the higher the ranking and the greater the participation the higher the probabilty of increasing the ranking.

The rankings can  (1) measure performance change, (2) be objective basis for grading competitors and (3) act as a motivational tool for improvement.

PRESENTATION

Rankings are listed in 2 categories: (1) Runners (2) Walkers

Rankings are determined by the average of the best 7 adjusted event scores for each competitor over the preceding 6 months (approx).

Rankings are currently published at the end of the Summer Series and Spring Series.

CALCULATION

Adjusted event scores are calculated by multipling each event score by 2 factors (Factor A and Factor B).

Factor A (Runners) reflects the duration or distance of the course selected. The longer the event, the higher the factor.  (A course = 1.00, B course = 0.94, C course = 0.88). D and E courses are not considered.

Factor A (Walkers) is always 1.00 as the there is no event choice available in PW events.

Factor B (Runners and Walkers) reflects the number of competitors in the event. The more competitors the higher the factor. ( 1-5 competitors = 1.00, 6-10 competitors = 1.01, 11-15 competitors = 1.02, 16-20 competitors = 1.03, etc…)

The calculation is only applied to Melbourne Southern, Western, Eastern, Northern and Saturday Series.

EXAMPLES

Tim scores 87 in a B course event with 22 competitors.

Tim's adjusted event score = Event score x Factor A x Factor B = 87 x 0.94 x 1.04 = 85.1

Sally scores 87 in a A course event with 17 competitors.

Sally's adjusted event score = Event score x Factor A x Factor B = 87 x 1.00 x 1.03 = 89.6

Cherie scores 77 in a PW event with 43 competitors.

Cherie's adjusted event score = Event score x Factor A x Factor B = 77 x 1.00 x 1.08 = 83.1

 

Current Rankings:    Runners      Walkers

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