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[BernMan]

Hey all.

I know last year the rankings took a while to get going but it sounded like it involved a lot of work, and only 1 person did it all. Is that the same this year? Will there be a 2009 Ranking system based on all sorts of races the teams have competed in? I surely hope so because it makes for an interesting read, in my humble opinion of course! 

[BlueStreak]

Yup, the 2009 ladder rankings are currently being worked on. It should be up sometime this week with results up to the Dragonzone regatta.

[NFW]

TWO for ur efforts Blue! 

[BlueStreak]

Alright, the first set of rankings have been posted for 2009! Check them out here.

Some things to take note of:
- Currently covers the Dash for charity, Lotus regatta, Gorge Super Sprints, FCRCC regatta, & DZ regatta. (I planned on including the fcrcc women's regatta but don't have heat-by-heat results for it yet)
- Uses results from all heats : mixed, womens & junior
- Uses last year's final ladder ranking as a starting point for this year's ladder but then removed teams that have not raced so far this year.
- The Burnaby Fire Dept team has been removed from the ladder because they are an exhibition team paddling with four women and so, not really a mixed team. (Otherwise, they'd be in the 17th spot between Laoyam Eagles and VO2Max.)

Currently all teams are ranked together in one big ladder. The plan later will be to seperate the womens and junior teams out into their own ladder based on the results of heats that are for their respective divisions only. Womens and junior teams that race in mixed heats will still be included on the main ladder.

FYI, some might wonder why Eric Hamber and Laoyam Eagles are way up on the ladder compared to the other junior teams. The reason is that the eagles had a high "pre-seed" from last year's ladder (see here) and Eric Hamber has managed to beat the Laoyam Eagles a couple times this year.

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As always, there may have been a few data entry errors. If something seems off, let me know about it and I'll double check the ranking database.

[paddlecwazy]

Thanks for all the work....

A couple of ranking look a bit weird.

One example - Banana Fusion finished ahead of VO2Max & Team Vortex at the Dragon Zone Regatta but are seeded after both of them

[Wet spot]

Good work and thanks for the effort...one minor correction "Saggin Dragons" at #36 is a women's team.

[BlueStreak]

Banana Fusion finished ahead of VO2Max & Team Vortex at the Dragon Zone Regatta but are seeded after both of them

While Banana Fusion should in theory rank ahead of VO2 Max and Vortex based on the final DZ regatta results, BF doesn't rank above these two teams on the ladder because they were in a different heat (and didn't beat them in an earlier heat). This is just how a ladder works; you have to beat a team above you (or beat a team that beat a team above you, etc, etc...) directly in order to take their spot on the ladder ranking.

[madcap]

Big Blue: Thanks for the rankings. But why are the Nothin Dragons ahead of the Eh Team? They have finished behind the Eh team every regatta this year. Vast Gibst?

[BlueStreak]

But why are the Nothin Dragons ahead of the Eh Team? They have finished behind the Eh team every regatta this year. Vast Gibst?

Its probably because of heat #7 at the Sat AM DZ regatta. They took 1st place in that heat beating the likes of Ready, Jet, Go & How wet can you get; teams that were ranked higher on the ladder.

... and what does Vast Gibst mean? I thought my googling skills were pretty decent but I couldn't figure it out!

[NFW]

Vast Gibst = Care to elaborate? that'd be my guess lol

Any plans to include the "Prev" column like last year in the next update to the rankings?

Thanks Blue!

[madcap]

I had a German friend that said that to me all the time. I think it means "what gives?"
My german is as good as my English.

[rb]

But why are the Nothin Dragons ahead of the Eh Team? They have finished behind the Eh team every regatta this year. Vast Gibst?

Its probably because of heat #7 at the Sat AM DZ regatta. They took 1st place in that heat beating the likes of Ready, Jet, Go & How Wet Can You Get; teams that were ranked higher on the ladder.

Nothin Dragon had the Lane 2 Red Gemini in Heat #7, so they had that 10 to 12 second advantage of the clean boat.

[mandachan]

Nothin Dragon had the Lane 2 Red Gemini in Heat #7, so they had that 10 to 12 second advantage of the clean boat.

Nothin' Dragon had nothin' draggin'. Hahahahaha.

Okay, I'm sorry.

[BlueStreak]

The ranking ladder have been updated with RTADBF results. All heat results were used for the ladder with the excpetion of the open division and guts & glory races.

As usual, there will be some instances where team A is ranked higher than team B on the ladder, despite team B technically finishing in a higher overall place at Alcan. Please understand that this is how a ladder works and it won't mirror festival placings all the time. You are welcome to inquire on a certain team's placing (just in case of a data entry error) but 95% of the time, I find that data is correct and the ladder is working as it is designed.

The next rankings update will be made after the Harrison festival.

[NAVY Blue]

navy is comin  ?