Hi.

WHEN people put their names in the hat will have no influence on
their chance of selection.

At this point the club says they have no plans to draw a certain
percentage of teams vs individuals. Teams will be put in the same
hat as individuals. A team gets one piece of paper in this
metaphorical hat, just like an individual.

There has, over the years, never been any controls on the number of
teams vs individuals that register. A team takes one bib number, just
like an individual, and they were all treated as one bib number.

Cliff



--- In spudman@yahoogroups.com, "amanda.sherrod" <amanda.sherrod@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In spudman@yahoogroups.com, "niscliff" <cliff@> wrote:
> >
> > The Spudman Triathlon is going to use a LOTTERY SYSTEM for its
> > registration in 2009. Registration will be open from January 5th
at
> > 12:00 PM (Noon) through April 15th at midnight. There will be a
$5.00
> > non-refundable charge to put your name in the "hat". The total
fees
> for
> > the race are $75.00 this year. If your name is selected, the
$5.00
> > lottery registration will be applied to the cost of the race.
> >
> > Racers can register for the lottery as an individual, 2 person
team,
> 3
> > person team, or as a group of individual racers (up to 4 racers;
if
> > this registration is drawn, all group members get in; if not, no
> racers
> > get in).
> >
> Will the drawing be completely random? Or will you draw a certain
> percentage from individual tickets, team tickets and tickets with
more
> than one individual? Also will people who registered early have a
> better chance than one who waits until April 15th? Just wondering
how
> exactly the lottery will work?
>