¯ Featured Clubs: A.R.C.O.N: Rules General Rules 2011: 1. There will be a total of 7 championship foxhunts each season. 2. The fox will hide within a 20km radius of the designated start point. 3. The fox will not hide on private property. 4. The fox will transmit speech for 1 minute in every 5 minutes, commencing at 19:30 and finishing at 21:30 at which stage, the National Grid Reference of the fox will be transmitted. The meeting place will also be given at this time. 5. The fox will endeavour to ensure that his time keeping is accurate. 6. The fox will not alter power during the ‘hunt’ and will use a minimum of 1.0 watt, will use vertical polarisation from NOT LESS than ¼ wave vertical monopole. (no ‘rubber ducks’) 7. The fox must operate within 150 metres of a point readily accessible by a normal family car. 8. All teams must register at the start with the ‘foxhunt coordinator’ or his appointed representative before they commence, and must not leave before the beginning of the first transmission. (See changes to this rule for mileage based hunts below). Scoring: 1. Points will be awarded to the participants as follows:- 1st Team      30 points 2nd Team      25 points 3rd Team      20 points 4th Team      19 points 5th Team      18 points etc. Entering without finding the fox      5 points 2. The best 6 scores from the 7 foxhunts will count as points for the championship. 3. The fox will be awarded:- the average of the scores from the seasons foxhunts he participates in. 4. The team with the highest score will be awarded the A.R.C.O.N. Foxhunt Trophy. 5. In the event of a 'tied' first place, the team with the best attendance record or highest overall total (before final placing calculation) will be promoted to the higher position. The Fox: 1. The first fox of the new season will be the trophy holder from the previous season. Thereafter foxes will be drawn by ballot from those participating in the hunt. 2. A standby or reserve fox will be also drawn at this time. 3. A team can only be fox once each year. 4. If the team chosen as fox cannot participate at the next foxhunt, then they automatically become the fox for the following hunt. 5. A teams points will be disallowed if under all reasonable circumstances they twice refuse to be the fox in one season. 6. It is the responsibility of the fox to operate within the spirit of the rules. Failure to do so will result in the fox forfeiting his points for that event. 7. Details of the entrants will be passed on to the fox by radio or word of mouth as to the number of teams hunting. 8. The fox will record the order of arrival of hunters on the official sheet, and the hunter must endorse his or her place by signing against that position on the sheet. 9. The fox will ensure that the score sheet is passed on to the foxhunt co-ordinator. 10. The fox will comply with all public restriction notices due to disease control, emergency services activity etc, and choose a hiding place such that hunters are not led to infringe these regulations. Rule variations for 2011. This year we will continue the popular combination of varying the types of foxhunt throughout the season. Some of the foxhunts will be based on 3rd-past-the-post. Some of the foxhunts will be 'simple equipment only'. (with 3rd-past-the-post scoring) Some of the foxhunts will be based on shortest (least) mileage covered. Rule changes........ 1). The rule, 'no commercial equipment' has been scrapped, so that bought amateur type doppler kits etc, may now be used. 2).The 'minimum mileage' foxhunts. All competitors to be at the start at least 10 MINUTES before the start, so that ALL our odometer readings can be scrutinised and recorded. Arrival after the scrutineering period closes will mean you forfeit your position, but of course you may still compete. Competitors will be issued with a mileage slip which must be filled in, and handed to the fox to claim their points. (All other 'standard' rules apply) 3).3rd past the post events. a). The fox will NOT reveal by means of radio transmission or word of mouth whether they have been found. b). Similarly the fox will not reveal arriving hunter’s positions until the de-briefing and aprčs-hunt meeting in a suitable hostelry. c). In the event of only two teams finding the ‘fox’, the team that is second (nearest to 3rd) will be the winner and receive 30 points, the runner up receiving 25. 4).Simple equipment only foxhunts …..Will mean just that. NO laptops, NO GPS, NO sunroof aerials NO in car electronic navigation systems. Competitors will be allowed the following equipment:- Handheld beams Foxhunting Radio Close in gizmo Compass Non-electronic Maps. The minimum FOX transmitter power for these hunts will be raised to 2.5 watts (from 1 watt) to give the simple equipment a chance of hearing the fox from the start. Scoring is as that for 3rd past the post events above. In the case of a challenge arising from an alleged rule infringement or legality of fox site etc, the matter will be investigated on the evening of the hunt and the Hunt Coordinators decision shall be final. copyright © silent design associates. 2001. all rights reserved.