If the guys at the helm are adamant that they want the Skolars to remain in the Chamionship, but do not have the money to attract decent quality to the side, then I see my idea of running some of our players out for the time being as possible. The conveyer belt will produce talent at a faster rate if the Skolars have some success, but shipping 60+ points a game isn't going to inspire the next generation of LMS's

Well said on both parts. The skolars are still a young club however they do punch above their weight. Getting the right coaching staff in place is needed and then getting the best London talent not conference players that are not up to Championship level.
Recruitment can done all over the world if you have the right structures in place. A few players from Quins will help in the short term but you need to create a culture within the club that attracts players to the club, atm i dont think this happens.

I am with gutterfax, if we can give some short - term help, which will not damage our team then i would agree. Losing skolars would be a pity..................

Losing Skolars would be of no concern to us whatsoever. I have no idea why people keep bleating on about this. Its like Castleford being bothered about what Featherstone are up to. If their demise was to occur, it would have no impact on us whatsoever, so why should we dedicate any of our resources towards them? What possible benefit would it give us?

Because the northern people do not rate us in the south and the better development we have all over London....not just south or North London, the better rugby we produce collectively within London.
Skolars will never be the second London team in SL (if there was one) however a strong club in the lower grades is a good thing.

Ok, but if Skolars cant sort their out behind the scenes, what is the point of loaning them loads of Quins reserves as a means of life support ?

So the question is - whose responsibility is it to ensure that we have an effective development programme across London ? Quins RL ? Each individual club ? RFL ?

Fair Point.....and I agree that things at skolars need to change to make the agreement more attractive. I am sure that quins reserve grade players are not too happy about going to play for skolars and getting smashed.
A good coaching staff that understands what London needs and much better recruitment is needed if players that finish up with Quins wish to to continue playing rugby league in the capital.
I for one hope it works however alot of work needs to happen on the skolars side as the last 2 seasons have been very poor.

Can I just say, if you really are under-14 I'm really impressed with the quality of your written expression. I wish my pupils and a large number of posters on this forum could communicate as well as you.

Surely the attraction to Quins is to develop Skolars as their feeder club to blood their reserves through, also to spread the Quins' catchment area further afield (progression from Skolars reserves to quins reserves).

The bottom line will be money, if Skolars can't foot the bill but Quins can keep the club going with their reserves then it's a non-issue. If Skolars can sort it out by themselves then you have to stay polite with them. If neither then no point discussing it.

Boo to our northern derby rivals!

Just a point Belgian X111 are you involved with the team in Wavre?

dont forget its not that long ago we beat dewsbury by 50! this season is not great but clubs go through ups and downs. dont forget a lotg of those reserves came from the other clubs in london including the skolars. i welcome your concern but i think we will do ok. you could all help a lot by coming down every now and again when you dont have a home game and show support like that.

Good post and will try!