OAHK announced on 22nd January the Hong Kong team selection criteria this year and the guideline for local competitions, which are summarised below:
Local competitions
There will be qualification competition and annual championship each year. There will be advanced and beginner classes, and in the annual championship, elite class as well. In particular, the elite race will be held according to WRE (world ranking event) standard, and in beginner class, there cannot be Z answer and all control descriptions must have text description available.
The qualification criteria for elite class in the annual championship is also listed in the documentation as well, which include:
- top 10 elites in the last year’s annual championship
- top 5 in the advanced class in the last year’s annual championship
- the key officials (event organiser, controller, at most 2 course setters) of last year’s championship
- top 5 in the year’s qualification competition in the same year (excluding those already qualified)
- the key officials (event organiser, controller, course setter) of the qualification competition
- those with outstanding results in overseas race approved by TrailO committee
The full documentation is available on OAHK’s website (in Chinese only).
Team selection criteria
The selection criteria for Hong Kong team for the world championship this year, to be held in Hong Kong, will be from WRE results and also from a selection race this year, which is a two-step process:
- 2 representatives are chosen according to the best 1 valid WRE result on 31th August 2020.
- The representatives chosen above will organise a selection race, which the remaining 1 representative for PreO and 2 representatives for TempO are chosen.
The full documentation is available on OAHK’s website (in Chinese only).