Fell Ponies??

[Amex]

Same here who cares if we come last

Whats a club??

[The Master]

Whats a club??

Thats more like it!

[old un]

Whats a club??

a chocolate coverd biscuit, very tasty

[emmilou]

The problem is are those 50 members, members of other clubs as well?

If so then can they only run for the first claim in relays?

I know we have members of our club who run for Achillie Rati on the fells, so they can't run for us in relays and other fell races.

yeah but what if the first claim club can't even scrabble together half a team let alone a full one why should someone be excluded from entering all together - only to spend the whole sodding day pi55 wet through in a bright yellow bin bag???

[Deejay]

I'm new to running so I'm assuming this "first claim" rule exists for the same reason my rugby club 1stXV couldn't pick players registered elsewhere i.e. you might draft in a couple of players from a better club to help you win a big game. If so I can understand it's existence.

But for 2nd/3rd team games if you could get players from anywhere you could find them, including the opposition as the alternative would be no game.

So I'm with Emmilou on this. If your main club isn't entering a team and you want to turn out for someone else so that they can then put out a team, surely it is for the best? More teams = more competition?

Maybe to prevent any suspicion of dodginess, a team with a mixture of members could not be placed higher than "pure" first claim 1st teams?

[The Master]

All sounds like rules so doesnt apply to me

[Deejay]

All sounds like rules so doesnt apply to me

Agreed. Rule 1 - No rules. oh oh we've started!

It was the rules that pssied me off when I was a club secretary. It's just that you can understand where some are coming from but so many just seem to be deliberately made to make your job difficult and to stop people taking part in any sort of leisure activity. Personally I believe it's all the fault of the Rules Fairy who is a really nasty little t**t.

[daz h]

yeah but what if the first claim club can't even scrabble together half a team let alone a full one why should someone be excluded from entering all together - only to spend the whole sodding day pi55 wet through in a bright yellow bin bag???

join another club then
i think you did a fantastic job in the yellow bin bag

[The Master]

join another club then
i think you did a fantastic job in the yellow bin bag

Sounds like fancy dress again

[Ambrosia Kid]

DJ you dark horse, I gather your driver is now in the pony club, great stuff, with a bit of luck five of us will be cantering around the Guisborough Woods race on the 27th.