Fudmucker, your reply is not even worthy to comment on. 2SD, 
So why did you, Minzi? It is a delicate subject and best debated when emotions are not present.
2SD, your prejudice taints your logic, my friend.
Go enjoy your ride this weekend - clearly you are missing something in your life to make you smile. 
The point I was making is that a bereavement is a tragedy to the bereaved, not the event organisers.
While they may be empathetic, they do not make the decision to withdraw - the bereaved person withdraws.
The logistical implications of the withdrawal then become the organisers' problem.
If you don't attend the Currie Cup Final because of a bereavement you won't get a refund either, yet nobody is bitching about that?
(Being a bearer ticket, you can send a replacement, of course, but that is another subject entirely.)
Ha ha, nice little edit there when you realized you had just shot holes through your argument 
I agree with Jon W ,Fuddy you shot yourself in the foot there.

Even in a rugby game , if you cannot go someone who hasn't sadly lost their their dad after he was in a coma for 2 weeks , can go in your place. And rugby isn't even like a DS bike event , lots of people go to rugby ( not sure why ?

), but as Jupiter said so aptly , our DS events are relatively small events and we are a community who all know each other , so much more important to apply discretion for goodwill purposes.
And not fair to call Minzi emotional , I thought he has been admirably rational and dignified in his posts , despite going through what must be a very traumatic (and expensive) time.
Fact is he canceled 3 weeks before the event and they told him they had others to take his place ( they in fact overbooked) .
It is not too late for Red Rover to still make this a BMW marketing win.
