[krupicka]

If women's ratings are on their own scale, then you also would have issues with which men's division they can play in. If a woman's rating is 876, she can't play in the Rercreational division. If this 876 is different (ie based on women's scores only) from her brothers 876, should they really be playing in the same division? (Yes there are women's divisions, but some women enjoying playing with more than the same couple of people at every tournament) If the TDs need to account for this to determine divisions, things are going to get really confusing. Ratings need to be on one scale. At the end of the day it is still the least number of throws wins.