Figured it might as well be brought up now seeing as its been pretty much confirmed for the last week maybe, these 3 countries (+ any N.Ireland folks) are being combined to create a 'Great Britain' team.

The main reason for this is 2 fold:
1) England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland... they're not actually countries, so the decision was taken to instead use Great Britain. Its what our passports say, whether were English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish.
2) It should ensure a stronger line-up, and the 4 nations get to take part, i think Scotland almost certainly would have suffered.

Poor show

So we may not have had the largest or most competitive team?Doesn't seem like a reason for excusion to me.

I quite fancied a shot at representing my country, mostly due to patriotic reasons but also because I might just be good enough not to be a handicap

Aint never going to be good enough for a combined GB team tho

Plus, if our faster drivers had signed up, we may actually have done quite well!

Hey ho.