Additional Age Categories were added to the World Rules in 2020. These are for 70+, 75+ etc. Also for 2021 the shortening speed for 45+ Women has been reduced from 55kph to 52kph.
These changes mean that we need to consider the establishment of new records as these changes come into effect. The Tournament Committee has given some thought to the issue and have decided that New Base Records will be established at the end of 2021 based on the best scores achieved in each Age Category for each event since January 2020 for the new Age Cats and in 2021 for 45+ Women. Thereafter normal record applications will be considered in the usual way. If a particular Base Record is not established in any Age Category due to lack of participation then the same process will be used in the first year that the Age Category is first populated.