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@mrkawasaki
Totally support the winners and runners up from a National Series ought to have demonstrably earnt automatic slots - three (from the current ten) is stretching it I think (as it doesn't represent current form, being based on previous years performance), although maybe the next level UK senior tournament could also offer a place to the highest performing eligible UK team (that hasn't already got an automatic slot from the NS) - recent example would be the highest eligible finisher from LO 2011.
Where it gets messy is when a team changes more than 2/3rds of its make up over the winter. There would need to be a clear ruling in advance eg. that if an eligible team claiming/qualifying an automatic qualification spot cannot fulfil the 2/3rds criteria once the internal UK qualification event is announced, then that automatic spot is waived and is put back into the internal qualification event.
As was said in last year's NS review, this would dramatically enhance the credibility and standing of our NS, by linking it to such a qualification process.