Thursday March 24, 2011 at 12:26pm
BRITISH/ACU CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP REGULATIONS 2011
Championship points will be awarded to competitors of any Nationality.
The title “British/ACU Cross Country Champion” will be awarded to the competitor with the most points who holds British Citizenship. If the rider with the most points is not a British Citizen he shall be awarded the title of “British /ACU Open Cross Country Champion”. This principle shall apply throughout the classes
• The allocation of all championship rounds is at the discretion of the Trials & Enduro Committee. In granting a Permit to organise a round the Committee does not abrogate its overall responsibility for the Championship Series and may in its absolute discretion, withhold points for all, or part of a round, introducing a replacement round at a later date if it sees fit .
• The Championship rounds will be run under the ACU Hare & Hounds/Cross Country (Adult) Standing Regulations, these Championship Regulations, the Supplementary Regulations and any Final Instructions that may be issued
Entry Fee’s: For each round will be £50
Championship Awards : ACU awards will be presented at the end of the series to the first 3 riders in each class.
Event Awards: Will be at the discretion of the individual organiser of each round
• Classes
AM - British Over-50 Cross Country Championship
ACU Sportsman series – 2 stroke
ACU Sportsman series – 4-stroke
Ladies British Cross Country Championship
PM - British Pro/Expert Cross Country Championship
British Clubman Cross Country Championship
British Over-40 Cross Country Championship
There will be four British Championship Classes with the following number
allocations:
British Pro/Expert Cross Country Championship - nos 1 to 100
British Clubman Cross Country Championship - nos 101 to 200
British Over 40 Cross Country Championship - nos 201 to 300
The above Championship Classes above will run in the afternoon, and be of 2.5 hrs duration
The following classes will run in the morning and be of a 2hr duration have the following number allocations -:
British Over -50 Cross Country Championship - nos 301 t0 400
ACU Sportsman Series - 2 stroke - nos 401 to 500
ACU Sportsman Series - 4 stroke - nos 501 to 600
Ladies British Cross Country Championship - nos 601 to 700
• Numbers/number plates
Riders are responsible for fitting their correct numbers.
Colours for number plates are free choice , but numbers should be in strong contrast
to the plate colour- e.g. white on red.
• There will be no capacity divisions and machines may be two or four stroke
• Motor Cycles: Enduro/MX/ Trials/Trail machines are eligible
• Technical: Machines must comply with the Technical regulations for that type of machine as per the ACU Standing Regulations.
• Tyres: May be Enduro/MX/Trail or Trial
• Sound levels: The max sound level is 96 dBA
• All support crews must be equipped with serviceable Fire Extinguishers
• Championship points:
Calculation of Championship points for all the Championship classes
will be as follows:
1st -20 pts 5th- 11 pts 9th - 7pts 13th -3pts
2nd-17pts 6th – 10 pts 10th- 6 pts 14th -2pts
3rd -15 pts 7th - 9pts 11th - 5pts 15th -1pt
4th- 13 pts 8th – 8pts 12th- 4pts
• At the conclusion of the series, the points of each rider’s best results from all days held will be added together and the rider with the highest number of points to his credit will be the winner of that class
• Ties: If a tie occurs in the Final classifications, the best performance in the last round held will be the deciding factor in determining the Championship position.