Snfc 2014 Race Programme Options

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

I don't really want to labour the point that was discussed a couple of weeks back on here about Saturday libs.

 

As I said from the start it's what has put me off of voting for what I consider to be the best proposed race programme.

 

Anyway

 

I spoke to a friend who races in the UNC this evening and he couldn't believe there was a suggestion in to have our main channel races on a Saturday.

 

The UNC used to have their channel races on a Saturday and he was one of the fanciers who fought to get them switched to a Friday.

 

To begin with there was a lot of opposition and of the 23 feds in the combine only 4 were in favour of Friday libs, the following year it was 8 then the next year they got a majority of 14. The last couple of years there has been little to no opposition and he feels the libs on a Friday have provided them with far better racing that the Saturday. This is only his opinion, but it's one that I personally value and find reliable. The only cross channel race at present they have that has a scheduled Saturday lib is the shortest one and the convoy don't have too far to fly before they reach the channel.

 

As far as I'm concerned it really is a pity the SNFC management committee recommended programme couldn't see the Alencon and Clermont dates altered to Friday instead of Saturday libs, but as I've said on here before -it isn't my club the members will decide and we will have to live by the decision

[peter pandy]

I don't really want to labour the point that was discussed a couple of weeks back on here about Saturday libs.

 

As I said from the start it's what has put me off of voting for what I consider to be the best proposed race programme.

 

Anyway

 

I spoke to a friend who races in the UNC this evening and he couldn't believe there was a suggestion in to have our main channel races on a Saturday.

 

The UNC used to have their channel races on a Saturday and he was one of the fanciers who fought to get them switched to a Friday.

 

To begin with there was a lot of opposition and of the 23 feds in the combine only 4 were in favour of Friday libs, the following year it was 8 then the next year they got a majority of 14. The last couple of years there has been little to no opposition and he feels the libs on a Friday have provided them with far better racing that the Saturday. This is only his opinion, but it's one that I personally value and find reliable. The only cross channel race at present they have that has a scheduled Saturday lib is the shortest one and the convoy don't have too far to fly before they reach the channel.

 

As far as I'm concerned it really is a pity the SNFC management committee recommended programme couldn't see the Alencon and Clermont dates altered to Friday instead of Saturday libs, but as I've said on here before -it isn't my club the members will decide and we will have to live by the decision

 

Lewis their is nothing to stop an amendment being proposed to have the Gold Cup liberated on the Friday weather permitting from the members attending the AGM which would also change the marking day.