KGL Rescue Card Scheme
Rescue Cards can be used by schools where they feel a contestant may not have performed to their true ability in Stage 1 or where the contestant’s individual circumstances may have influenced their performance. The Rescue Card can only be used for contestants who participated in Stage 1 and received a result.
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A school has the option of using one Rescue Card for every 20 entries. A Rescue Card provides an opportunity to a contestant who did not manage to qualify for Stage 2 in the usual way (based on their ranking in Stage 1) to progress to the next stage of the contest.
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The school selects a contestant and uses the Rescue Card in order for that contestant to progress to Stage 2. It should be noted a Rescue Card can only be made available for every 20 entries per school as shown below.
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Allocation of Rescue Cards
School Entries Allocation Notes 20 1 Rescue Card *applies to groups of twenty 40 2 Rescue Cards 60 3 Rescue Cards 80 4 Rescue Cards 100 5 Rescue Cards 120 6 Rescue Cards 160 8 Rescue Cards 200 10 Rescue Cards 300 15 Rescue Cards
*A school with 39 entries would be eligible for 1 rescue card. 40 entries are required for 2 Rescue Cards etc.
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Example
School Entries 2023 Qualify for Stage 2 (Hypothetical Result) Number of Rescue Cards Qualify for stage 2 (Including Rescue Card) ABC School Tonga 26 4 1 5 DEF School Tonga 42 6 2 8 GHI School Tonga 60 8 3 11 LMN School Tonga 84 10 4 14 OPQ School Tonga 102 14 5 19 RST School Tonga 165 19 8 27 UVW School Tonga 203 26 10 36