A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA

D.2.6 A Race is a single event component which consists of competitors starting and
finishing a course.
D.2.7 A Competition is one or more races which are used together as the basis for
making awards.
D.2.8 The term Championship in this document refers only to the U.S. National Trail
Orienteering Championships, which are held at least every four years, but
preferably annually between January and April.
D.2.9 A Bid Event is the U.S. National Trail Orienteering Championships or any event
requiring IOF Sanctioning. The Orienteering USA Trail Orienteering Committee
first sanctions the bids for these events and then the Orienteering USA Board of
Directors awards the bid.
D.3 Classification of Competitions
D.3.1 In an Individual competition each participant competes independently, and the
results are based on each individual's performance.
D.3.2 In a Team competition each participant competes independently and the team
result is based on some combination of individual results. There must be
individual results as well.
D.3.3 In a Multi-race competition a competitor's results from at least half of the
competition races shall be combined. If the sum of the points and time penalties
for every competition day will not be used the organizer shall describe in the
Invitation the precise procedures which will be used for the event.
D.4 Sanctioning
D.4.1 Applications to hold Orienteering USA sanctioned Trail Orienteering events shall
be made directly to the Orienteering USA Trail Orienteering Committee
Chairman
D.4.2 The Orienteering USA Trail Orienteering Committee may approach a club or
organization with a request to work with them to host a sanctioned Trail
Orienteering event.
D.4.3 The hosting group must be a Regular Orienteering Club as defined in the Bylaws
of the United States Orienteering Federation or must enter into the Orienteering
USA Sanctioning Agreement (Third-party sanctioning contract).
D.4.4 The host will pay the necessary sanctioning fees (Section 20) within four weeks
of the closing of the event.
D.4.5 Within two weeks of receiving the application the Trail Orienteering Committee
will respond to the Meet Director. When the Trail Orienteering Committee
determines that the applying organization can successfully host a sanctioned event
it will sanction the meet.