Personally I have done the whole regionals and nationals thing and honestly I now prefer to just turn up at club meetings. I'm never going to win a regional and to get into the top 50% at a national would require almost a miracle
I am obviously heavily involved with the oOple series, so have no option but to be away on those dates, however other than that I intend to support the club as often as possible.
I do get Diannes point that it is a lot to ask her to commit to every weekend, but we do know that we are at the mercy of the British weather and will naturally lose some of the planned meetings anyway. I am happy to stand in and run a few meetings if Dianne would like a break, but others will have to help out a bit too. Simple things like turning up 20 or 30 mins early to mow the grass makes a HUGE difference. I'm sure between us we can easily arrange the correct people to have keys on the correct week etc.
I suggest planning to run almost every week is the best option for the club. Just look at the other successful clubs withing 100 miles, virtually all of them offer regular
weekly meetings.......
I'll volunteer to help out and give Dianne a break if others put their hands up too
