I know this must have been asked before but can't find it -
When you've been rejected 5 times you get a guaranteed place - but how do you prove it?
I've just received my rejection pack (it's my first, but I'm planning ahead!) - does my rejection sit on the FLM system somewhere, or do I need to keep the magazine / the "Dear Runner" rejection slip / something else, to submit with my fifth entry on the trot?
jezza
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If you move around a lot it might help to keep the dear runner letter.- but since it doesn't have your name on it, it's not exactly proof you've been rejected!
Unfortunately, I seem to have neglected to enter for the 2002 race (entry was about a month after I'd flitted so I must've forgotten - and indeed when I checked back to my cheque book, there was no stub), but they had a record of all the others.
I now have the letter confirming my 03/04/05 rejections, so I will probably keep my 06 and 07 letters and send copies, but it's probably not needed.
But in theory you do not need to keep the rejection slips as they should be able to trace your records.
.. and there's always the chance of actually getting through the ballot before the 5 times come up! Having done it last year for charity, I think I've exhausted my backers' goodwill for a while, so its ballot or bust for me ..
jezza