Back onto the topic of should NE split into 2 regions
Is traveling cost alone a good enough point for splitting up a region, from a personal point of view i have to say no. I believe the primary justification for splitting up ANY region is when the numbers of entries is regularly going over the places available and also when the situation arises when venues have to be turned away as there aren't enough events to go around. All these point can apply to any region not just NE.
It might be worth looking into the reasoning behind the midlands region splitting into 2 regions midWest & midEast (might have been 3 as i aint sure where midSouth comes into the equation)
As to the question of boundaries i think these are more of guidelines for the racers, clubs and regional committee to decide upon what is reasonable. We all know of the bury situation and them hosting events for NE & NW in the same year. In the past the old Worksop club was NE for many years before changing to ME in the mid 90's.
From a personal point of view i live in Sheffield so technically NE but my house is within 2 miles of the derbyshire border so close enough to the ME region. As it happens i race in the MW region this is for a number of reasons ME was not a competitive region leaving NE the problem is i work on saturdays meaning i could only compete at the minimum number of events per class assuming those weekends dont clash with other commitments.
As i race in the MW region i don't feel it is correct to say one way or the other as to what the NE region should do but i do think my comments would be valid for any region.
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