For clear rules contact your union. As for the sputniks, someone is not reading the explanation properly. Yes sputniks are on the outside of the loft, but when the bird is timed in, its inside that part of the loft. Consideration has to be made to what was available first, sputnik or ets. If it were the case for sputniks to be ruled out, all hell would let loose. Who's changing the rule anyway and why???? It buggers me when lack of thought is put into things like this, in my opinion, alex.