[jaysllim]

i can see were your coming from craig and in onesty i can only remember 1 person (although i am sure there were more) who i would class as needing help with getting up and that was lee taylor.

in the email chris hardesly sent to me regarding there position on the matter he him self does say that the brca have not really looked into this them selfs but are trying to solve this problem.when i was speaking to dad last night he said that on the brca web site when you register direct with them there is a new part were they ask if you have a disability. wether this is true or not i do not no because i havent had a chance to look into this.

as regards to the rostrum i no and agree with you alot of the options are either just plain and simple to dangerous or to damn expensive.on the grant side of things i dont even no were to start to look but what i can do is ask my housing officer( i no he's a housing officer but he is pretty clued up on most matters) to see if he can point me in the right direction.

i have been looking into so telescopic ramps and was shocked to see the prices around the 300 mark for a 5ft ramp.i think some of the problems are=

1.we only really have temp venuse as in we have to put the equipment away after we use it.so to make something has to be removable/de-constrcuted.

2.as an organisation we havent really come across this situation before.wether this was because disabled people seen the restrictions and problems they face and thought it was to much of a problem to start racing?

3.what ever ramp/lift or watever we make will take alot of man hours and money to construct.whitch as you just pointed out all clubs are non-profit organisations and all club members who work on the contruction of the tracks and rostrums are pretty much volunteers.

i think the indoor series will be alittle easier for wheelchair users to get on to the rostrum than outdoors because outdoors we seem to build the rostrums alot higher than indoors.

in all onestly craig i dont see what you said as a negative more as a positive because you are only pointing out facts.how we come around these i dont no but i hope we can all work sumit out.