Should be very possible, yes.
Just to give you a head's up, though.
Since York is RELATIVELY FAR SOUTH the best option would be to head down on the Friday and then head back up NORTH on Sunday afternoon.
Blaming your non-attendance on being foreign is a poor excuse. I'm foreign and have so far attended three of the meets. Ok, so I live in the UK but I'm a foreigner by citizenship, and I have the passport to prove it.