Hello Fred, my regrets for taking so long to reply, but for some reason, I didn't get the classic new post boldness when you posted this last night ...
To your point, I didn't mean any offence. I am sure that any provincial champion would whip me in a match. Maybe I should have written something like "elite enough", but that's awkward. I agree to not argue, and please appreciate my dilemma: there are multiple "costs" to not holding 2200 line, and besides the public recognition of the provincial champions, I don't see any benefit. For the Zonal, I still believe we have to hold the 2200 line. Can we discuss the off-years separately?