Pelorus Challenge
This competition is contested by members from both the Marlborough and the Nelson clubs. You must be a club member to qualify for points. If you are not a club member you can still run in any grade, competition or not: you just will not collect points for the Pelorus Challenge.
To qualify you must run in the same grade throughout the year.
Each grade winner at each event gets 25 points, other competitors points are based on their time proportional to the winners, down to a minimum of 5 points.
Planner and Controller each get full points ie 25 points
There are a number of events on offer this year. Each event will accumulate points towards your final total. Your worst event score will be deleted.
Grades are listed below please identify which grade you want to compete in when you enter.
Course | Grade | Eligible Ages*) | Trophy |
Long Red |
Open Men (OM) Open Women (OW) |
All ages All ages |
Dave Forbes Cup Wayne Gray Cup |
Medium Red |
Veteran Men (VM) Veteran Women (VW) M20 W20 |
40+ 40+ 20 & under 20 & under |
|
Short Red |
Super Veteran Men (SVM) Super Veteran Women (SVW) M16 W16 |
60+ 60+ 16 & under 16 & under |
|
Orange |
Open Social Men Open Social Women M14 W14 |
all ages All ages 14 & under 14& under |
Club trophy Club trophy |
Yellow |
M12 W12 |
12 & under 12 & under |
Murray Cup for Boys Murray Cup for Girls |
White | No Pelorus Challenge |
*) age is based on the age you turn during the calendar year. For grades up to M & W 20 you can run in an older age grade, anyone can run open grade and super veterans (60+) can run in veteran (40+).