Whoa guys - and sorry Ruari for your thread going off-tangent.
I'm not in the slightest bit grumpy and the real wierdness here is that the event in question is nothing to do with SLROC !
All I asked was for a bit of clarification of who was invited as there seemed to be a bit of confusion. I'll let reps from the two groups involved sort that one out.
As for why be a member of an MSA affiliated Club ? Apart from the mates, organisation etc, bottom line is that events have Public Liability Insurance in place.
G.