Originally Posted by dpackster1980 (Post 218116)

A deposit would work, it would have to be an reasonable dospit say £4.00 per round per class. I think that would be a real insentive for people to turn up at least then the club doesn't suffer too much.

Some people would suggest it's a bit steep but it will teach all the no shows a lesson.

Originally Posted by Adam Skelding (Post 217892)

I wasn't present at Batley, so I can't comment on what was said or inferred. (I didn't enter the meeting, before anyone asks;))

I agree to some extent on the booking in and not turning up issue. But, we'd have to be careful that any rule that is 'thought up', doesn't 'scare' people off from entering in the first place.

Two methods that work well are from the 1/8th and 1/10th National series, they are slightly different, but offer the same principle.

1/10th:
Enter for the series before a certain date. Deposit up front with a post-dated cheque for the balanc to be taken out at sometime later.
Refunded entries for non-shows only if you inform the organisers 2 weeks before the event.

This works well for a well attended series as places are usually in much shorter supply than demand.

1/8th:
Pay a deposit of £50 (via a post-dated cheque) which is refundable (torn-up)on completion of the rounds you enter. Basically if you don't turn up for meetings, they keep your deposit.

Obviously the £50 is way too steep for regionals. But a figure could be arrived at that is both reasonable and 'not worth loosing' if you get my drift.

Or another thought I had.
Artificially raise the entry fee to each event. By say £2. Everyone who books in online or in-advance pays the extra £2 event (booking fee) and then when you book-in on the day you get the extra £2 back. Drivers who only enter on the day pay the full amount including the £2 extra.

This way you book-in early and guarantee your spot to get 'Cheaper' racing or you turn up and take the risk and pay a bit more. Kinda like booking your ticket for a gig on-line.

These are only my thoughts.

Please pick holes in them, maybe we can find a 'solution' to the problem.

Originally Posted by N7ELA (Post 218244)

What about paying £8 + charges online via paypal otherwise you have to pay £10 on the day.....?

Originally Posted by mattym0310 (Post 218139)

Would it not be quite difficult though for giving the deposits back to those who do turn up??

Originally Posted by turbo_brick (Post 218246)

What about people who either don't have paypal or internet access,

Don't take this the wrong way but imo your trying to find a solution to something that isn't really a problem, the only time it could cause a problem is if a club books a hall for extra time (which I'm led to believe is what happened at Batley) In which case we set times for the indoor regionals to run till, i.e first heat at 10am all finals finished by 4:30pm, then fit the number of rounds around that.

Peter