Standardising Age Groups Across Urban Disciplines
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Started
This has been discussed in Flatland (and Street) but there are a few people in here who are not part of the other two committees.
We were once again trying to standardise age groups across all urban disciplines and after some research came to the conclusion that the current
Kids 0-9
Junior 10-15
Adult 16-34
and Senior 35+
age groups were not ideal.
One reason being that apparently the best cut off between junior and adult is between 14 and 15 so we have a pending (not yet visible) proposal to change that.
Second, we want to add an additional age group of 50+ to reward older riders to join as well.
What do you guys think. Should we go with these changes also for Trials?
The proposal would look something like this:
OLD
11D.4 Age Groups
Competitors are divided up into different categories for the purpose of awarding prizes.
Rider age groups are composed of the following categories:
Kids, for riders aged 0-9
Junior, for riders aged 10-15
Adult, for riders aged 16-34
Senior, for riders who are equal to or older than 35
The minimum number of competitors in a category must be 3, otherwise it will be blended
with another category at the discretion of the director. Please refer to 1C.7.2 for more
information on merging age groups.
NEW
11D.4 Age Groups
Competitors are divided up into different categories for the purpose of awarding prizes.
Rider age groups are composed of the following categories:
Kids, for riders aged 0-9
Junior, for riders aged 10-14
Adult, for riders aged 15-34
Senior, for riders aged 35-49
Master, for riders aged 50+
Categories should never be merged.
Comment
I agree, thanks for opening the discussion here too Ian.