Quote Originally Posted by Runrigg View Post
As webmaster of the Halifax Harriers website it was me that posted the question on our site asking for feedback about the date. This was on the home page alongside the results. Of the 27 responses we got before our meeting only 3 favoured December. This surprised me as much as anyone as I was also in favour of keeping December. The CWR committee is made up of very experienced fell runners including founders and current and past directors of the relay so the decision was not taken lightly because although only 3 respondents wanted to keep December the reasons were compelling and can be found over and over in this thread. As far as I know no one has actually contacted the club to complain. It's a bold move but it might also turn out to be a smart one, that will depend on how much people love the CWR or whether other events in May are more appealling. We will find out...
Now let me see.

When last run in December 2009 you had 117 teams so around 1400 runners turned out.

24 v 1400?

Those 24 sure have influence.