[Darren Boyle]

The very simple reason it is as it is because we will still be booking in people and creating the heats during the first half of practice and I will not have an accurate heat list ready for practice, so ratehr then people standing around I came up with the idea to give "controlled" sessions of open untimed practise, as soon as the heat list is then done for the day, it will be posted on the wall and then the one round of "timed" practice will begin.

Unlike a national, some people will still be booking in on the day (and also at regionals you get FAR more no shows than you do at a nationla) and therefore it is much harder to prodcue the heat list ready for practise heat one (as most clubs will testify).

The only reason we are limiting the first stint of practice at all is to stop people running for around 15 mintues on one LIPO, it will be a case of 10 (maybe 11) people on at a time, 4 minutes on track (timed) then off/next 10 or 11 on and so on. If they wish to get straight on the back of the queue that is fine, but every one will rotate that way and not be forced to wait for ages and ages to get a spot whilst some run for an eterntity at a time with open practice.

In my opinion it was a better solution than to simply have "open practise", it will result in more track time for most (with 11 at a time and quicker turnaround) plus we will still get the benefit of an "organised" round of timed heat practise too to boot, best of both worlds (I hope).......

That is the plan, lets see if it works out that way..........