These are the guidelines and scoring rules for the South East Night League (SENiLe) series of events. These guidelines are only for events which seek to be included in the SENiLe League statistics. They are guidelines only; clubs have some flexibility to organise SENiLe events as they see fit.

1. Event
1.1 SENiLe events should be held within BOF rules and guidelines. In particular, organisers, planners and controllers should be aware of BOF Guideline 9 (old rules) on night events. These are not currently included in the new guidelines but a copy should be available from most controllers or the SENiLe co-ordinator.
1.2 To count for inclusion in the League an event must be properly registered with BOF. Ideally each event should have been publicised in the SENAV fixtures list before the event takes place.
1.3 SENiLe events should be controlled, preferably, but not necessarily, by a member of another club, and ideally by a controller who has previous experience of orienteering at night.

2. Courses
2.1 Events should offer three courses, subject to the constraints of the area and competitor safety. The guideline courses, lengths and technical difficulty are a derivation from BOF Guideline 3.5 on colour coded courses and include the technical difficulty principles of BOF Guideline 2. The objective is to provide a technical transition from Ochre through to Navy that allows progression whilst not having to offer more than 3 courses compared to 8 that may be offered at day colour coded events.

3. Competitor responsibility
3.1 All competitors should carry a whistle.
3.2 All competitors should report to the finish whether or not they have successfully completed their course.

4. SEOA Colour Badges
4.1 SEOA has granted competitors the right to claim a colour badge award for competing in registered SENiLe events.
4.2 Par times for determining colour badges are calculated as for day orienteering, i.e. the time that is achieved by at least 50% of those who started the course (including retirals and disqualifications), or 150% of the winner’s time, which ever gives the larger number of qualifiers. The controller may extend the qualifying time at his discretion.

5. League Scoring
5.1 The League is based on the total points scored by competitors at SENiLe events irrespective of which course they run.
5.2 It is not always possible to predict at the beginning of the season the number of SENiLe events that will be held. Accordingly a competitors position in the League will be based upon the best number of results from the total series in accordance with the following table:

5.3 Though actual course lengths will vary according to terrain the maximum points available on each course will not vary. The maximum points that can be scored by the winning competitor on each of the courses will be:

5.4 The course winner scores the maximum points for that course. All other finishers score in accordance with the formula:
[(2.5 x winner's time - time taken)/1.5 x winner's time] x maximum points on the course concerned. This formula will give decreasingly lower scores the longer the time taken, down to a minimum of 1 point for someone taking 2.5 times as long (or longer) as the winner.

6. Competitor age class
6.1 A competitor's age class is irrelevant for the purposes of scoring in the League.

7. Officials competing within League
7.1 Officials and non-running helpers can be credited with a personalised average for their event based on their performance in all other events in the season. A maximum of 1 helpers points can be claimed, with at least one competitive run needed to base the average upon.

8. Out of class competitors
8.1 The League co-ordinator may adjust scores on the shorter courses when the course has been won by a competitor of a known higher standard. Any adjustment will be as close as possible to known form.
8.2 Any such adjustment will give the second placed competitor a score equivalent to the winners points for that course, and all scaling for subsequent competitors on that course would be based on this competitor's time.

9. Final results
9.1 Final results for the League will be available from the League co-ordinator at the end of the series. Interim League results may be available for display at events and via email/internet. [Top]