08-09-2016, 10:27 AM
Hi Robin,
Sorry, I wasn't clear about my logic - and re-reading I've missed a step. I think if a junior organiser was stopped from grading games of a school that they support - they would question whether they should continue to support the CS grading system at all (i.e. run an alternative). In turn it would probably mean that the junior events they support would not be CS graded, causing genuine issues for tracking the progress of young juniors not playing adult events yet.
I don't know the specifics of the case you've raised - I am sympathetic too it. But, I think it'd be better to consider an adjustment or cap for a genuine 'big fish/small pond' player in the grading system. The other immediate solutions would be:-
* to exclude 'in-school play' for international selection - for a graded player, a selector could use the excel spreadsheet.
* go back to the Primary Individual being the selection event for the Quadrangular.
Martin
Sorry, I wasn't clear about my logic - and re-reading I've missed a step. I think if a junior organiser was stopped from grading games of a school that they support - they would question whether they should continue to support the CS grading system at all (i.e. run an alternative). In turn it would probably mean that the junior events they support would not be CS graded, causing genuine issues for tracking the progress of young juniors not playing adult events yet.
I don't know the specifics of the case you've raised - I am sympathetic too it. But, I think it'd be better to consider an adjustment or cap for a genuine 'big fish/small pond' player in the grading system. The other immediate solutions would be:-
* to exclude 'in-school play' for international selection - for a graded player, a selector could use the excel spreadsheet.
* go back to the Primary Individual being the selection event for the Quadrangular.
Martin