[Mr Modifier]

It was my suggestion to the mods at SFI that something be done to mark Gaydon with a virtual slot festival.  Colin (Riko) was very supportive and we tried to involve the UKSF organisers and they weren’t interested.  I suggested it months ago as I knew it would take some organising.  I even had some hobby traders gearing up to do events as well as proxy races etc.  But ultimately there wasn’t enough support.

What UKSF organisers have failed to appreciate is the first law of physics and business is that if you leave a vacuum something will fill it.  UKSF left a vacuum that the organisers could have filled but they screwed up and somebody else has taken the opportunity and even encouraged some Gaydon regulars to engage.

It’s a great shame that the idea didn’t take off - it was intended to retain a little of the flavour of Gaydon and was intended as support for UKSF rather than competition.  They passed and now they have genuine competition.

Ultimately it won’t hurt UKSF but it will probably lose them a few thousands in sales - unless they respond with their own weekend offers.

It’s a shame and they can moan but in the end UKSF organisers only have themselves to blame.