The local riders ride on local terrain which is used for club trials, Gerald Simpson etc, the reeth 3 day and of course the scott trial. I know that the man(and boy)power required to cover the scott setting out, picking up, manning sections (3 x 70 odd) involves many people riding the courses/area many times. It will never be a completely level playing field but I am sure its as fair as it can be and would doubt if any of the competitors had "ridden" the course. Its a bit like saying its unfair for Jarvis to compete because his won 7 times and knows where he is going?