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Sanctioned Duck Contest Rankings |
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| The rankings for the Stuttgart sanctioned contests are calculated by
determining the level of competition that is represented by the top
finishers (1st through 5th) in a contest. The weight for determining the level
of competition is: |
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| 75% - Past performance in the World’s Championship |
| 20% - Past performance in Stuttgart sanctioned contests |
| 05% - Past performance in non-sanctioned, competition style, individual
contests |
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| “Power Points” are awarded to a sanctioned contest based on how many times the
callers that finish at the top of a contest: |
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| - Have won the World’s Championship |
| - Have placed in the top five at the World’s Championship |
| - Have placed in the bottom six at the World’s Championship |
| - Have won a Stuttgart sanctioned contest |
| - Have placed in a Stuttgart sanctioned contest |
| - Have won a non-sanctioned, competition style, individual contest |
| - Have placed in a non-sanctioned, competition style, individual contest |
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| CDC recognizes the World's Duck Calling Championship in Stuttgart, AR as the
end of the contest year. The rankings for the current contest year
contests will be changing each time results are posted for sanctioned contests
of the current year. As who competed in a contest
win or place in other sanctioned contests, the cumulative points for that
contest grow. This is an ‘evergreen’ (always changing) measure of the level of
competition that existed at a contest. Once the World’s Championship for a
contest year is complete, the contest rankings for that year are final. |
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| The “Power Points” awarded to a contest are also ‘aged’. This means that the
most recent win or place carries more points than the older ones. A sliding ten
year window is used for performance at previous World’s Championships. A
sliding three year window is used for performance at previous Stuttgart
sanctioned and non-sanctioned, competition style, individual contests. |
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| The actual rankings are determined by averaging the "Power Points" for a
contest through a three year sliding window. |
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| Competition Duck Caller
Rankings |
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| In order to be eligible for inclusion in the Caller Rankings, a contest caller
must have qualified for the World’s Championship in a sliding three year
window. So for the 2005 Caller Rankings, a caller must have won the World’s
Championship or a Stuttgart sanctioned contest in 2003, 2004, or 2005. |
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| Callers are ranked based on the “Power Points” assigned to the Stuttgart
sanctioned contests that they have won, as well as the “Power Points” of the
World’s Championship contests they have won or placed in. The weight for
determining the ranking of a contest caller is: |
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| Callers also receive a boost on their “Power Points” based on: |
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| -If and how they placed at the World’s over the previous 10 years (previous
five years all eleven places are counted, for six to ten years prior only the
top four are counted) **The top eleven data could only be verified back to 2000 |
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| -The number of times they have qualified for the World’s Championship during
the same three year sliding window. |
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| Just like the “Power Points” for Calling Contests, the points awarded to a
contest caller are ‘aged’. The winner of the World’s Championship in 2004 will
get a higher percentage of the “Power Points” assigned to that contest than
will the winner of the 2003 World’s Championship. Same thing for Stuttgart
sanctioned contests. |
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| Also like the rankings for the Calling Contests, the ranking of the Callers is
'evergreen'. As the callers they competed against when they won their
sanctioned contest win or place in other contests, the "Power Points" for that
contest grow. This gives a bump to the caller that won the contest, thus
increasing their own "Power Points" in the caller rankings. |
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| Goose Calling Contest
Rankings |
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| The rankings for goose calling contests are calculated by determining the level
of competition that is represented by callers who competed in a
contest. In order to be ranked by CDC, the contest must meet the following
criteria: |
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| - CDC must have been supplied the name and hometown for the top THREE finishers |
| - The contest must be an individual event (no 2-Man or team contests) |
| - The contest must NOT be listed by CDC as a Junior, Intermediate, or Novice
event |
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| The weight for determining the level of competition is: |
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| 20% - Past performance in the World Goose Calling Championship |
| 80% - Past performance in goose calling contests that meet the criteria for CDC
ranking |
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| “Power Points” are awarded to a goose calling contest based on how many times
the callers that finish at the top of a contest: |
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| - Have won the World Goose Calling Championship |
| - Have placed at the World Goose Calling Championship |
| - Have won a contest that meets the criteria for CDC
ranking |
| - Have placed in a contest that meets the criteria for CDC
ranking |
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| The rankings for the contests in the current contest year
will change each time results are post to CDC. CDC recognizes The World Goose
Calling Championship as the official end of a contest year. When the contests
in the current contest year are ranked, the results from the previous five
World Goose Calling Championships will be used. For other contests that meet
the criteria for CDC ranking, the current and two previous contest years will
be used. |
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| The “Power Points” awarded to a contest are also aged. The
reigning World Goose Calling Champion, and the people that finished in the top
five with them, will bring more points to a contest’s ranking than will the
same finishers from previous contest years. The same scheme is used for points
awarded to a contest for winners and top finishers at contests other than the
World Goose Calling Championship. The aging process decreases the number of
points that prior wins and top finishes bring to a contest by 50% for each
contest year back the contest occurs. |
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| Competition Goose Caller
Rankings |
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| In order to be eligible for inclusion in the “Power
Rankings”, a contest caller must have won or placed in one of the
Top 100 CDC Ranked goose calling contests over the previous 24 months.
A caller accumulates points based on placing 1st through 5th at one of these
contests. The winner of a contest is awarded a percentage of the points that
the contest itself earned based on the level of competition. The 2nd place
finished is awarded 50% of the points awarded to the winner, and this continues
on down to the 5th place finisher who is awarded 7.25% of what the winner
earns. |
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| The “Power Points” awarded to callers for winning or
placing in a Top
100 CDC Ranked goose calling contests are aged, and they decrease in
value based upon how old the contest results are. The top five finishers at a
contest enjoy a non-aged allotment of their earned points for approximately the
first week AFTER the contest is held. From that point forward the “Power
Points” will decrease in value on a daily basis until they reach a minimum
value of 10% their original value. This occurs approximately 22 months after a
contest is held. |
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| Individual contest callers also received ‘bonus points’
for two specific accomplishments: |
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| - Finishing in the top five at one of the
CURRENT Top 10 CDC Ranked goose calling contests. |
| - For the number of CURRENT top five callers they defeated
in a contest WIN in the previous 365 days. |
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| The final “Power Rankings” are determined based upon the
‘base’ and ‘bonus’ points awarded to each competition goose caller. |
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