Some great reading here, clearly a lot of experience. Thanks for the replies.
I'm still of the opinion that you make your own luck to a certain extent. Maybe if the stars align and I get near the top end of the scores one day I'll discover this lottery. For now I'll just enjoy getting there if I can.

I'm not under any illusions of matching the scores of the PCP guys. There's a springer class for a reason
I should be doing at least 4 of the Daystate Midlands rounds coming up. Hoping for about 45 average. By this time next near I'd like to be more like 50 average. I would be happy with that