Haywards Heath Withdraw

The cost of coach travel is High and going higher, The problem with any journey is not the distance but the time , relating to drivers hours. a driver may not drive more than 4h30m without a break of 45 minutes which can be split into 15 and 30 minutes. over that time the driver will need a further break and then factor in the return journey it can lead to having to have two drivers which drives up the cost even further. Or alternatively an overnight stay which again increase the cost. It is interesting when looking at planning journeys sometimes a journey of 95 miles can take longer than 150 if it requires to go onto A and B roads where coaches are stuck at 30 miles an hour. 

Edited by workerbee - 23 Aug 2021 at 10:48

Camp Freddie wrote: CC - Both LoganAir and EasyJet fly from Liverpool. Easyjet lands on the Island at 14:05 and takes back off at 14:35. LoganAir lands at 08:55 and takes off at 16:45, not ideal but maybe a change of kick off time might work.

Scrumtime 

I have travelled to the IOM by plane and we sat on the tarmac waiting until the wind dropped below 50mph to the plane could take off, There were a number of players looking very green when we arrived at Douglas.

Having done the planning for the last few years

CC I have researched all routes . Often shorter routes result in longer travel times. Then factoring in drivers hours just to add a bit of variety. 

See you there 

Camquin wrote: It is usually loss of points, however this season that is meaningless, it would need to either carried over to next season or converted into relegation.

Bunkermentality wrote: Camquin wrote: It is usually loss of points, however this season that is meaningless, it would need to either carried over to next season or converted into relegation. My understanding is that if a team withdraws from competition then the result is that the team must re-enter the leagues at the bottom. (Ask Richmond, London Welsh etc to verify.) Defaulting on fixtures causes a loss of points with an (unofficial) three strikes and out rule which triggers withdrawal from competition. However this season is covid-special and new regulations are included which state that if a team can justify withdrawal being due to covid then the penalty is to be placed in bottom place for their league. Bottom place means that the team is now subject to relegation rules but for this season all relegations from L3 to L7 are waived. So no penalty at all in reality. Does this suggest that the RFU haven't quite thought this last point through?

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