Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

Disclaimer here - nothing I type is intended to criticise anyone. I know that everyone is a volunteer trying to keep this sport going. We're a few weeks into the season and to my (albeit untrained) eyes cracks are appearing. Div 1 entries are well down on 2 years ago (Llandysul had 36 K1M at the wee...

Natural drop off over 2 years, extra Covid drop off, either due to lethargy of training for so long with no races, or inability to train under numerous lockdowns, movement to other sports that got competitions going a lot sooner (not a criticism, just an observation). Add to that the fact that exam ...

The lower division result would likely kick in if the vet would fail to beat anyone at div 2. In this case the uplift wouldn’t apply and they would probably get the div 3 points (unless they failed to beat any div 3s too). You’re right, that in most cases, after the uplift is applied, most vets at a...

My only experience of Scottish races was Tully div 2 this year where on the Sunday, in K1W, the J16 and J14 prizes both went to 10 year olds. I think you’re reading the “2 year age bands” the way you want to interpret it. I interpret it as saying that, for example, a J15 prize shouldn’t be awarded. ...

Thanks Colin, a mammoth effort on your part.

So are we referring to the Steve and George C2 pairing as Harriet Harret next season?

I completely agree re recruitment and retention Chris, I’ve volunteered for the sub group on this, hopefully some good ideas will come out of it, and we can get some good shared practice going on! The committee haven’t committed to any end of season promotions as yet. To be honest, when I proposed t...

Duncan, I think you’ve missed the point. The idea is not for all points to carry over for 12 months, just to allow 1 full season of racing to count. So for div 3, ALL their 2021 points will vanish on, or near, 22nd May. I would suggest Monday May 16th. For div 2, ALL 2021 points disappear on, or nea...

Not really Dee As the idea is for those who have picked up points that may count towards promotion at a couple of races to keep those points towards promotion early next season, it is irrelevant for vets and prem. I spoke to Duncan before this was proposed and he said it would be fairly simple to co...

I honestly hadn’t considered vets points! I would imagine it would depend on what was easier for Duncan to code!

I absolutely see Mike’s points. I assumed as end of season promotions hadn’t been announced then they weren’t happening is I thought they would be done before the squads were announced. For a parental point of view Chloe stands to benefit under the carry over proposal or under Mike’s proposal. Perso...

I agree with Steve!

The intention is not to lead to 3 years of carried over points. Under the proposal, all points from 2020 would not be carried over, and those from 2021 would last a maximum of 12 months, disappearing part way through the season. The intention is just to get promotions moving a little faster at the s...

OK, thanks

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Is the agenda available to view then? I can’t see it anywhere but I may be missing the obvious, I normally do!

Has anyone got a start time for the ACM?