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DEFINITIONS

Challenge, Challenge Level - competing classes other than elite and junior level classes.

Championship, Championship Level - competing classes at elite and junior level.

Philippine National Bicycle League, PhilNBL - the regulating body of BMX and MTB Racing.

Event - the complete collection of races necessary to determine overall winners for every class or combined class of competition in which there are registered participants.

Final - the last round of racing in a class in which there are more riders registered than are permitted to compete on the track at one time.

Infield - the entire area that is enclosed by the track's perimeter fence.

Member organization - a BMX sanctioning body that is a member in good standing of the Philippine National Bicycle League.

Moto - a single race taking place in one of the three initial rounds of racing. Riders are eliminated from competition only after completion of all three rounds of motos.

(Non-) Money Class - competing class in which riders (do not) receive prize money.

Qualifier - a single race taking place in one of the rounds of racing following the motos and preceding the finals. Riders are eliminated from competition after each qualifying round. Qualifying rounds are distinguished from each other by their degree of removal from the final as follows:

semi:              a race one step removed from a final;

quarter:           a race two steps removed from a final;

eighth:            a race three steps removed from a final, etc.

Race - an officially recognized contest between not less than two nor more than eight riders who are all given the opportunity:

1) to leave the starting line at a common signal;

2) to traverse the entire track from start to finish;

3) to have the order of their finishes recorded by official scorers.

Rankings, Philippine National Bicycle League Rankings, PhilNBL Rankings - continuous BMX ranking system of the Philippine National Bicycle League for male and female riders at elite and junior level.

Round - a complete series of races at the same degree of removal from the finals in which all riders remaining in competition are given the opportunity to race once in each class in which they are registered. There are thus three rounds of motos, a single round at each qualifier level and a single round of finals.

Stage - a complete series of races at the same degree of removal from the finals. All three rounds of motos comprise a single stage of racing.

Trade Team - corporate sponsored team.

UCI - the Union Cycliste Internationale (International Cycling Union).