We've all experienced the dreaded 'lean spell' where wins just don't seem to be coming your way.  For some of us a lean spell is no wins for a week, for others it's no wins for a few months and for some poor unfortunates the lean spell can last years!

From my own experience I find that when life gets busy I drop the amount of comps I enter, which causes a lean spell a couple of months later, but a concerted effort usually puts me back on track.

Have you figured out what causes your lean spells and what do you do to try and get back on the winners podium?

Let us know in the comments.

Here's a handy way to tell quickly if your email account has been hacked (via Lifehacker )

Setup an account or two in your contact list that's AAAA@aaaaaaa.com or something similar, so when the virus sends out mail, you get the notification of a failed mail attempt and you can change your password and run a virus scan.

Or do you have a better way?  Let

We have received confirmation from Napier Hall that all meeting dates have been confirmed (see previous post for details).

In addition, the Ideal Home and Vitality shows are on the same weekend as our March 23rd meeting, so you may want to make a weekend of it.

This post is to give you a heads-up on the dates we have requested from Napier Hall for the 2013 meetings.  Please be advised that all these dates are yet to be confirmed and we will inform you as soon as they have been.

23rd March 2013
29th June 2013
21st September 2013
14th December 2013