On behalf of the Batley Club I would like to make the following points:
From the list of drivers booked in more than 20 of these drivers are either club members or regular attend Batley club meetings (and I have not counted them twice if they are booked in for both classes).
One of the reasons for hosting a meeting in the NW region this year was because of the number of drivers at the club who raced in the north west series last year or were changing to the north west this year and asked if Batley could run a meeting in the NW series - this was then agreed by 'the powers that be' for the NW region.
York club also run meetings in 2 regions and I do not believe that this has ever been questioned and, if my memory serves me well, Bury (when the NW was struggling for numbers) also ran regional meetings in the NW and the NE. Surely not one rule for one club then change the goalposts when it suits?
I, like many others at various clubs around the country, give much time to the successful running of the club, which we know is not always appreciated by a minority, and dislike the way clubs are portrayed on this forum, but on this occasion, felt I needed to respond.
The booking in at the meetings appears to reflect that it is what the drivers want - otherwise they would not enter.
I hope the NW and the NE have successful regional series as, at the end of the day, this is what all the hard work is aimed at.
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