I think Dan C is trying challengers in October makes sense for him to warm up with some pretty easy guaranteed points given the weak draws in the 3 home 10ks. He doesn't have many points to defend so he should be able to break the top 300 in the next 3 weeks with decent runs therefore push himself up the rankings for the benefit of the late season challengers.
Going by twitter it looks like Edmund and Golding will be playing qualifying in Brasov. Corrie is now off the list for Alphen but may well turn up elsewhere.