The first thing I would say to Babble is that he should question if this club is the right one for him.
If I joined a club such as Sale I would never get a run.
Actually - it's the same here at BBH - I'm not good enough to get in the team.
So we enter more than one team. We made 3 entries last April for the Northern 12 stage Road Relays - only a part C team, but everybody that wanted a run got one - 31 of us.
So Babble should lobby his club to enter another team, or leave them for a club that is better suited to his level.
We do try to make sure that everyone that wants to run, gets a run in these type of events.
We know there is one prominent runner who in effect runs 1st claim for 2 clubs and wins titles on road for one club and fell for the other. I don't like that, but I won't lodge a complaint. If someone ever does, it would be interesting to see the outcome.
It would be a major controversy of a disqualification or the whole blowing apart of the 1st claim / 2nd claim system of membership.