I guess I better get mine too. And pray that it doesnt overbook. How
is one to get a pilot ranking when one cant compete. quite the catch
22....

BB wrote:
If the contest is over-subscribed we will follow the SSA
Contest rules to select which pilots will be in the contests. The rules
state that all entries received 60 days prior to the first contest day
(March 30th) will be eligible and that pilot rankings will be used to select
those that get in. I hope that doesn't happen as I'd hate to see new
contest pilots signed-up for the Region 7 Contest get bumped.

Actually, as the rules currently work it's the "old" (opposite of new)
pilots who might not get in, or, at the organizer's discretion, the
middle ones. From regional sports class rules:

5.2.2 â€* Preference number
5.2.2.1 ‡ â€* Inverted preference applies: an
applicant's preference number is 100 minus the Pilot Ranking score of
Rule 5.2.1. In the case of a team entry, the least favorable Pilot
Ranking score of any team member is used.
5.2.2.2 â€* But contest organizers may limit (on the
Application for Sanction form) the entry slots to which inverted
preference applies to a number not less than five; for other entry
slots, the preference number is the Pilot Ranking score.
5.2.3 The Preferential Entry Deadline is 60 days prior to the
first scheduled competition day.
5.2.4 â€* Applications received no later than the
Preferential Entry Deadline are ranked in the following order, without
regard to entry class:
· â€* Pilots residing within the region, by preference
number (and in case of ties, by date of application).
· â€* Pilots residing outside the region, by
preference number (and in case of ties, by date of application).


What does this all mean? If Paul and co. do nothing, the first people
who get in are region 7 pilots, in inverse seeding order, i.e. the last
shall be first. Then come out of region 7 pilots, again in reverse
order.

However, Paul can change this, so that only the first x slots go in
reverse order, then slots go in normal order, again first from within
the region and then from outside.

In any case, this only applies to entries received by the
deadline....Hmm, I'd better go get my checkbook.

John Cochrane BB