Any idea why four years ago Scottish fellrunners decided to disaffiliate and three years ago Welsh fellrunners decided to disaffiliate? Scottish Athletics and Welsh Athletics had already decided to ride rough shod over fellrunners - in Wales most race organisers were prepared to pack it in and we would have ended up without a race programme - which is surely what Mr Average Fellrunner is most concerned about. English Athletics (ie UK Athletics) has been moving more slowly but the time will come!!

£2 extra for non-affiliated runners; race permits with risk assessment etc, etc; qualification for race officials including marshalls (perversely I do have my Grade 5 qualification but this means going on health and safety courses, CRB checks, etc),... I ran in the Master's XC in Mansfield recently where the tree roots had all been sprayed with white paint! And those are just a few technical points. Regarding junior fellrunning, there are some negative references in the document about BOFRA and the British Orienteering Federation who are independent bodies - both have thriving junior sections!

SHR and WFRA are working fine and at the recent WFRA AGM the overwhelming majority (with over 2 year's positive experience of independent fellrunning) voted to back an FRA withdrawal from UKA.

Before you vote just go back and remind yourselves of Dave Jones's points in the last edition of The Fellrunner - he's not just a loose cannon trying to irritate people, he's genuinely concerned about the future of our sport.