I have to say, it's a pretty fundemental change to our routines, people in our region seem to have been quick to jump on the rumours of it all and try and second guess the rule change and implement something...but we've not had a proper definitive statement about it yet so it's no wonder we're all a bit confused by it! But maybe that's just because we haven't yet received our rule books for next year...
So my thought would be, people around WRCA have sort of talked about it but not explained it properly having been present at the BRCA AGM, and the BRCA haven't yet officially published the new rule (only the minutes of a meeting, which don't put it into any context)...so there is no rule change...yet!
Lets just wait until the official rules are published...anything else is surely just rumour and speculation as far as I can tell so how are we supposed to know what to do!
With something of this nature, it would be nice for the BRCA to send out a clear message so that all parties understand it!
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beaten to it by Cris and Pete...must speed up typing! And not get distracted by work mid post, lol!