you could say the same for thornton and arniston only 8 or 9 miles apart on near the same line and we have normally 4 races from there every year in y/bs berwicks the same distance but a diff line after 4 or 5 races at around 100 miles do you not think they can manage a 63 mile jump and consett to ripons a 50 mile jump which they do near every year if you send to snfc ybn that's a 150 mile jump ps- it wasn't down to the race committee, they were instructed by their clubs how to vote, most of them had a race program from their clubs in front of them