Cameron 93 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 On 9/09/2024 at 10:59 AM, ex Elly said: So has the PHRF experiment been a failure? New World Victoria Park Div 1 has gone from 33 entries last year to only 24 entries. PHRF has scared them off! Also Sculpins handicap went from 596 in race 1 to 612 in race 3. I thought PHRFs were only adjusted once a year? To be fair you need to combine both NW 1 and NW 2 divisions in 2024 to compare with NW1 entries in 2023 if you do that results aren’t that different in terms of numbers. The reasons for PHRF have already been mentioned in other posts. PHRF like any other system isn’t perfect but it’s the best we have and the more races that use it the better it will be. Interestingly if Sculpin’s PHRF hadn’t changed before the last race they would have finished 14th in the race and 3rd overall in the series. I suspect as Sculpin was at one extreme of the PHRF range in the division they were a big beneficiary of tidal advantage during the first 2 races but suffered tidal disadvantage during the final race. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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