I agree with your comments and Sweet Feet's as well. Of course the best situation would be a "no BS" run club without parent involvement. However, my point is that unless you drive your youngster all over the place, you have to work with and support what you have locally. As Sweet Feet said; CESA is professionally run - I would expect a difference. Why CESA wasn't successful taking control of SSC is unknown to me. If CESA is the best answer what went wrong?