Spring Action Weekend 2014

The Spring Action weekend (SAW) is traditionally held over the weekend of the clocks going forward into British Summer Time and this is normally the last full weekend in March. Due to Easter falling early in 2013 we moved the meeting back a week and it was actually held over the 23/24 which was the penultimate weekend in March.

The natural decision for 2014 is to move it back to its traditional slot however this means the whole meeting will fall into the NRA’s high season and the cost of hiring range time significantly increases. If this wasn’t too much of an issue in the past it certainly is now and we have to make a decision on which weekend to use for this meeting. At 2013 prices cost savings are fairly noticeable – especially on the outer ranges:

Melville/Butt Xero  – £120 rather than £144 for  a bay at weekend rates.
Siberia/Sticks == £49 rather than £94 per point per day.

If we run to a similar formula as this year we are looking at a 30-40% saving on range hire overall. Prices for markers and other costs will largely remain the same.

Unless anyone objects strongly and we can justify holding the meeting in the high season I’m going to propose the 2014 SAW is held over the 22/23 March in 2014.