After hearing from several officials, it is still not clear why the ECR was dropped from this event. It is surely political though, since the CFR will still use the ECR rule format from what I've been told.

If it's not an ECR our team isn't going. I wonder how many other folks feel the same way. If there are enough of us, maybe they will be inclined to put it back. If you want this race to be an ECR, I'd suggest you contact the CFR registrar: [email protected]

Grafton