Alf, the marking went smoothly at Newbury. Granted, it took a while but thats because of the size of the hall.I stated to the SNFC officials 3 years ago, that the premises were too small for inland races but they overruled me and kept it. I am running the station and I am responsible for security and we all know that this has been slightly lax in the past few years. I will not have 100 men and their doos squeezed into that tiny hall, this is when the security could be breached. Another thing Alf, you must be new to this game because as for it raining and folk outside, well this has happened at every marking station we have ever had.They queued up Airdrie Main street, they queued outside Hamilton town hall.You had to wait hours to get your birds away . It was a time to get a blether with other doomen BUT NOW ALL YOU WANT IS TO GET YOUR BIRDS AWAY AND GET TO THE PUB AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A MOAN AT THIS AND THAT. If you cant help us , dont hinder us. Why not get off yer *expletive removed* and get down there and give us a hand.