You may have seen a press release this week (14 March) by the ORC following a visit to Ireland. Please see the following RORC response. 

CORRECTION NEEDED
We read with interest, and some confusion, the press release by the ORC [published on 15th March re visit to Ireland] and feel very strongly that the information put forward by Dobbs Davies, Chairman of ORC’s Promotion and Development Committee, needs correcting.

Have you ever wondered about the history and progress of the International IRC rating system, formerly known as the Channel Handicap System?  Or how the Rule has developed and expanded over the last 31 years?

Jenny Howells, Technical Manager at the RORC Rating Office, has put together a brief history of the rating rule, and the Rating Office.

CHS / IRC and RORC Rating Office Timeline