Ian , how many of the 52 rigs did you see ?
I ask this ,not to be a smart arse but becouse I was a member of a well known local club for about 9 years and in that time : leadcore was banned and reinstated about a year later.
The same with braid , barbed hooks , and nuts ( includeding tiger nuts , unless you were fishing at the water with the british record in , in which case you were deemed to know what you were up to and allowed to use tiger nuts) , after 2 years membership and paying an extra £50 membership , you had that knowledge ??
What I am trying to say is that the club didn`t make its own mind up , it just went with the fashion / fad at the time ./forum/smilies/i_dont_know_smiley.gif