Div 4 wouldn't be located in the South, it would be at Daventry, Warwick or maybe Milton KeynesNick Burrows wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 11:45 amIf that Divison 4 is located in the South, that means a Div 3 N/C, 12 team all-play-all must be financially self-sufficient. Based on this seasons uptake of rooms, I guess it's been decided that it won't be.Ian Thompson wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:59 amI haven't suggested a separate Div 4 N/C; there would be just one Division 4.Nick Burrows wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:14 am12 teams alone may simply not be viable. If there were enough teams to form an additional Div 4 N/C, it may be.
If I am reading Ian correctly, he's saying that rather than having a Div 3 plus a Div 4 at, say, Daventry, you have 2 APA division 3s (which we might call South and Central) plus a Div 4, also all at, say, Daventry
So, there's no difference in terms of it being financially self-sufficient
Another factor which doesn't seem to be explicitly taken into account, is that any teams moving to Div 3 or 4 from the North will have to stay over rather than commute because of the distance; this will increase bedroom bookings and may in the extreme lead to the situation we used to have for the combined weekends where the hotels were full and another hotel had to be used for accommodation