A lot of you will not have seen me post before. (the lucky ones) many of you will have . (sorry)
I have stopped posting (other forums) in disgust at the way I have been treated by the BRCA as an ex BRCA and club Official.
Suffice to say I was stitched up by lies from a certain person who know who they are (I have refused for nearly 18 months to use the UK forums to let people know the truth of what has gone on)
BUT whilst this still remains true I saw this thread from Jon and know it is heartfelt and in many ways I fully understand where he is coming from.
Jon like myself calls a shovel a shovel and will undoubtedly get a bashing over this so thought he needed some support in what he is trying to achieve.
However as someone like Jon who tried their hardest to get a thriving Regional calendar in 8th rallycross as they have in 10th offroad its one hell of a task to achieve the impossible. Then throw in the weather..............and boy it will be a miracle.
For sometime I was amongst those who asked for fewer, BUT two day events to be considered in 8th rallycross, BUT the AGM spoke against it. (democracy) call it luck call it experience (yes I am old) call it what you will, but I could see the growth in rallycross dragging the current best drivers from 10th to 8th and the explosion of clubs wanting slots to all impinge on one another.
Economics are going to affect things but strangely in a recession hobbies thrive. Apparently its because people have more spare time. (less money though, and many will need local racing to be affordable and accessible) but despite what I thought better minds than mine have researched this.
Anyway (again I digress) but I feel the need to support Richard Stitson in his many years of putting together the 8th rallycross calendar and certainly in my conversations with Paul Worsley they are both well aware that clashes are not in the interests of either section. Bear in mind that for almost 18 months I have been banned by the BRCA I have no reason to stand up for them except for the fact I respect that 10th and 8th committees work hard to avoid what clashes they can and I will always stand up for the truth.
I have not even bothered looking at dates so I dont know what could be done BUT I will finish by saying that Jon and others foresaw these clashes and tried to tell you all that fewer 2 day meetings would free up more weekends..................but with worlds, euros, warmups and the many Fixed date events like Neo, Proline challenge, HongNor cup etc etc the job of getting a balanced calendar in one section let alone two is so hard I would not like to try doing it!