Gatsby
a.k.a Bary Glack
Wayne - i gave the reason i believe that Horsham was not invited to senior shield when Wodonga pulled out. I am not a member of VCTBA exec and i don't attend meetings so i gave my opinion - it may be correct - it may be incorrect.
Personally i have no problem with Horsham being part of VCTBA. One issue it does create though is that it becomes an 11th team. This has two additional problems -
1) Leads to an odd number of teams
2) It means that the country cup events played over two rounds become very looonnng weekends.
There was a lot of negative comment around the length of country cup and this has ceased since it went back to 10 teams. I don't think it is a matter of Horsham being excluded, but more a matter of not wanting to exceed 10 teams - this may or may not change in the future.
Extra teams would be an advantange for Senior shield because it would make it 11 games rather than 9 but makes both Country cups longer comps.
It is very easy to say "INVITE HORSHAM" - and i am sure there are a number of reasons why this should occur but there are also a number of reasons why it is not a good idea - Either way people will complain.
