Re: Scullers Head

"Sarah Gardiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> When the Womens Head was cancelled in 2002 we got all the entry money
> returned to us by the committee. Given the comments about costs and
> insurance, I would assume that the Womens head is insured in the event
> of cancellation.

Someone currently involved with the Women's Eights Head may be able to
answer more authoritatively, but from my time on the committee I don't
remember there being any cancellation insurance in place.  Where events are
reasonably solvent, and not aiming necessarily to make a profit, they will
usually try to maintain a reserve of enough to cope with the possibility of
at least one cancellation.  If this enables them to make at least a partial
refund of entry fees in the case of cancellation they may try to do so, but
most events would not guarantee to be able to do so.  As has been stated
elsewhere, it may be more difficult for the small boat events to build up
such a reserve, in that the costs are almost as much to run an event for 500
scullers as for 400 eights, and the cost per competitor is therefore going
to be a lot higher.
-- 
David Biddulph
Rowing web pages at
http://www.biddulph.org.uk/