Shock! Horror!

[RS]

British Champs 2014
Championship Courses

All individual long distance championship courses will be offered and with course combinations as per Competition Rule A: British Long Orienteering Championships.

Championship course MUST be pre-entered before Sunday 11th May 2014. There will be NO late entries or entry on the day. Entries will open in mid to late January 2014. Entry fees are as follows.
Enter by Sunday 16th March 2014 Enter by Sunday 11th May 2014
Seniors (M/W21+) £25.00 £30.00
Juniors (M/W20-) £13.00 £15.00

Is this an early April fool?

[mikey]

Blue @ £7.00 is looking quite inviting.

[aiming off]

Totally logical.
Need to charge more because at those prices fewer will enter.

[denbydale]

Blue @ £7.00 is looking quite inviting.

If you can spare the time so is the Montenegro 3 days!

[King Penguin]

If I recall correctly I think the main champs such as this do not operate on the normal levy basis but on a budget / profit share pre-agreed with BOF.
At these prices there won't be much profit for anyone to share.
My view has always been that national championships should be flagship events and pitched to attract the maximum possible number of competitors. I doubt that will happen at these prices.
The age-class relays could be a bit of a farce. How many clubs will have 3 runners for each category ?

[King Penguin]

I guess with the reduction in BOF membership fees this is considered the way to recoup the balance ?

[Sunlit Forres]

Cheap rate entry for the Tough Mudder the month before is £95 http://toughmudder.co.uk/events/london-west-2014/. I suspect it will sell out.

[MIE]

Cheap rate entry for the Tough Mudder the month before is £95 http://toughmudder.co.uk/events/london-west-2014/. I suspect it will sell out.

Err.. No -- It's £95 if you enter this month (for the end of April) PLUS a mandatory £10
insurance charge and "other fees". But you do get an Orange headband, T-shirt and
a "hard-earned beer" for those fees.
The "Spartan Zombie" race at Pippingford Park (venue for the up-coming BNC) in
November cost £85 but they did spend 3-4 weeks building the obstacles and
still haven't removed them all yet

[Big Jon]

Must ask to see the event accounts after it.......

[Happy]

Seniors (M/W21+) £25.00 £30.00
Juniors (M/W20-) £13.00 £15.00

In 2013 I paid for Senior £19 and Junior £10 this is a 31% and a 30% increase respectively on the early entry cost!

[AndyC]

If I recall correctly I think the main champs such as this do not operate on the normal levy basis but on a budget / profit share pre-agreed with BOF.
At these prices there won't be much profit for anyone to share.

I was aware of some of the discussions between BOF and NEOA and you are correct that the BOC doesn't operate on the levy principle but on a profit share basis. The trouble is that the contribution required by BOF is such that (on the sort of numbers likely to attend) these are the charges required ( I saw the original back of envelope calculations which have now obviously been firmed up into a budget).

[SeanC]

Seems more sensible to keep the quality high rather than let it drop to keep costs down. Otherwise it will be competing with all the other orienteering weekends and numbers likely drop much further.

An opportunity for the organisers to sell the event? June this year is later than normal and presumably half term, so what are the holiday possibilities, esp. for those with non-orienteering partners? Accommodation tips? Is public transport possible?

[greywolf]

the BOC doesn't operate on the levy principle but on a profit share basis. The trouble is that the contribution required by BOF is such that ... these are the charges required

That doesn't sound much like "profit-sharing" - how much are BOF demanding?

[Tatty]

I think it is 2/3 and 1/3.

[greywolf]

I think it is 2/3 and 1/3.

That's the notional ratio, however, AndyC's post implies that BOF are demanding that their "share" is at least £XXXX (or £Y per competitor) - that's what it would be good to know