That's a lot of things all at once. To start with Claire's web page which seems to have sparked the topic off:
Claire Summerscale wrote:I wanted to continue to post the results of the tournament after my resignation to ensure the whole tournament was covered, but Richard refused to send me any results, despite repeated emails.
Claire's page has been there for months and relates to last season. Claire's account - both here and in the web page - is, well, a bit selective. It's true I wouldn't send results direct to her after her resignation, as I had done while she was in post. But I told her (repeatedly) where she could find them. The SCCU website was still covering the tournament, and Claire was at liberty to take results from it if she wished to keep her site up to date.
Claire's remarks were not thought wholly necessary when they came to the ECF's attention, and the link to that page was deleted from the ECF website. But the ECF doesn't control that domain. I believe Claire does.
Yes, belatedly. I was going to post them yesterday (honest) but got sidetracked into another thread on this Forum. Updating will continue in earnest as the Zone results come in. (There are a few Group results already.)
Is it now anything to do with the ECF?
Yes. The Yateley is very much an ECF event and the responsibility of Peter Purland. If it's reported on the SCCU site that is a matter of convenience. The organiser happens to have hands-on access to the SCCU site. But you'll find a link on the ECF site as well, in the Junior section.
Does ["times" in the address] suggest that the sponsor for last season was The Sunday Times as it was when I competed in 1976?
- No, it is just that many people remember it as the (Sunday) Times.
They do. In fact, when we lost the
Times sponsorship some years ago, people went on saying "the
Times" if only because everyone knew what it meant. ("ECF Schools? ECF Schools what?") I did it myself. Not any more. It's the Yateley Manor now, though I admit I shorten it to Yateley.
It should be noted that the competition has a new address this year:
http://www.sccu.ndo.co.uk/schoolschamps.htm. The old address was retained for convenience when we lost the
Times sponsorship, but is no longer appropriate.
John Upham wrote:Matthew,
Again, yet another example of the sponsor not getting mentioned. However, It gets much better than that...
John's first sentence has me completely baffled. On his other point: he wouldn't expect me to discuss a particular case, but no one has been defaulted.
Richard Haddrell
