Little bit more background
YNZ where looking to cut cost/waste where possible
SSANZ needs a national handicapping system to run national events, RNI, RNZ and Northern Triangle
For the system to be robust it needs numbers, most clubs are just as happy with their own club handicapping, this can be vastly different from club to club which makes these numbers irrelevant when you get boats coming together from all points of the compass.
SSANZ needs PHRF to run national events so therefore they’ve decided to make it their major prize criteria for the triple as this is the fair