ARA membership numbers... letter

So those of us based in the UK know that our ARA numbers have a letter in
the middle.
Over the years I've decoded most of these...

U is under 14
J is junior
A/B/C/D are students (I don't know if it goes any further as I was only a
student for 4 years)
S is senior
G is non-racing

But what's H?
Anyone got any ideas?
I've got a junior who's sent me a membership number with an H in the middle,
and according to our entries secretary she's not in OARA as eligible to
race, but she's meant to be racing this coming Saturday... argh!

Thanks in advance,

Caroline

On Apr 27, 6:45 pm, "Caroline Smith" <csS2PtAhMe...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> So those of us based in the UK know that our ARA numbers have a letter in
> the middle.
> Over the years I've decoded most of these...
>
> U is under 14
> J is junior
> A/B/C/D are students (I don't know if it goes any further as I was only a
> student for 4 years)
> S is senior
> G is non-racing
>
> But what's H?
> Anyone got any ideas?
> I've got a junior who's sent me a membership number with an H in the middle,
> and according to our entries secretary she's not in OARA as eligible to
> race, but she's meant to be racing this coming Saturday... argh!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Caroline

Only a guess I'm afraid but based on this page [url]http://www.ara-rowing.org/membership/types[/url]
and from what you have ruled out I would suggest the indoor only?
Would have to be non-racing or indoor to be not on OARA...

On Apr 27, 7:20 pm, "James." <jamie_wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 27, 6:45 pm, "Caroline Smith" <csS2PtAhMe...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > So those of us based in the UK know that our ARA numbers have a letter in
> > the middle.
> > Over the years I've decoded most of these...
>
> > U is under 14
> > J is junior
> > A/B/C/D are students (I don't know if it goes any further as I was only a
> > student for 4 years)
> > S is senior
> > G is non-racing
>
> > But what's H?
> > Anyone got any ideas?
> > I've got a junior who's sent me a membership number with an H in the middle,
> > and according to our entries secretary she's not in OARA as eligible to
> > race, but she's meant to be racing this coming Saturday... argh!
>
> > Thanks in advance,
>
> > Caroline
>
> Only a guess I'm afraid but based on this pagehttp://www.ara-rowing.org/membership/types
> and from what you have ruled out I would suggest the indoor only?
> Would have to be non-racing or indoor to be not on OARA...

A second thought occurs, but I would doubt it is relevant as it would
not explain the letter- my club has another similarly named club close
by and year in year out some muppet puts the wrong one down. As I say,
doesn't explain the letter but if all you have is the code then it is
worth checking.

Also another one of my special bunch declared themselves to have 0
points recently instead of being novice which didn't help with OARA,
and to think that one day they may get a degree...!

On Apr 27, 8:39*pm, "James." <jamie_wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 27, 7:20 pm, "James." <jamie_wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Apr 27, 6:45 pm, "Caroline Smith" <csS2PtAhMe...@hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > So those of us based in the UK know that our ARA numbers have a letterin
> > > the middle.
> > > Over the years I've decoded most of these...
>
> > > U is under 14
> > > J is junior
> > > A/B/C/D are students (I don't know if it goes any further as I was only a
> > > student for 4 years)
> > > S is senior
> > > G is non-racing
>
> > > But what's H?
> > > Anyone got any ideas?
> > > I've got a junior who's sent me a membership number with an H in the middle,
> > > and according to our entries secretary she's not in OARA as eligible to
> > > race, but she's meant to be racing this coming Saturday... argh!
>
> > > Thanks in advance,
>
> > > Caroline
>
> > Only a guess I'm afraid but based on this pagehttp://www.ara-rowing.org/membership/types
> > and from what you have ruled out I would suggest the indoor only?
> > Would have to be non-racing or indoor to be not on OARA...
>
> A second thought occurs, but I would doubt it is relevant as it would
> not explain the letter- my club has another similarly named club close
> by and year in year out some muppet puts the wrong one down. As I say,
> doesn't explain the letter but if all you have is the code then it is
> worth checking.
>
> Also another one of my special bunch declared themselves to have 0
> points recently instead of being novice which didn't help with OARA,
> and to think that one day they may get a degree...!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Caroline,

Have you phoned the ARA to ask?

The other Caroline

I expect it's like the (very) old classification system of the British
Board of Film Censors (as was).
Details at [url]http://tinyurl.com/66l3a2[/url] but to save you looking it up H =
Horror.

Robert

On Apr 27, 6:45*pm, "Caroline Smith" <csS2PtAhMe...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> So those of us based in the UK know that our ARA numbers have a letter in
> the middle.
> Over the years I've decoded most of these...
>
> But what's H?
> Anyone got any ideas?

> Caroline,
>
> Have you phoned the ARA to ask?
>
> The other Caroline

Sadly I'm in exile at an "executive education" centre somewhere near
Reading...
(The junior's dad, who is also a rower, is sorting it out.)

I should *so* get paid for running a junior squad!!