The Committee is asking club members to boycott the Liverpool Half Marathon. The event has been scheduled for the same day as our road race and no consultation was undertaken with ourselves or Merseyside County AAA with regards to the date. The decision was based on commercial practice with no consideration given to the development of athletics in the county. The race fee does not differentiate between club and non-club athletes which penalises club athletes. In addition, unlike our own race, there is no guarantee that an accurate unattached levy will be paid to the North of England. We are a democratic organisation and therefore we do not mandate our members, or order them. The choice is yours but running in this event is inimical to the interests of athletics in St Helens and on Merseyside and we trust you will think carefully before entering this or other mass marathons which fail to put anything back into the sport.