I started this ,because of the comments made by the westmorland club on their results page. My wife used to observe, but no more you can guess why.A solution could be, that if a club was doing a club championship of say 5 rounds ,10 sections thats 50 observers.To enter the championship you have to nominate which event you are observing.4 events would count .If there were more than 50 entrants there could be a lottery, or entrants could be given tidy up duties , help set the course, this also aleviates the problem of the hardy few doing everything.