Posted by Pete van Meurs on Dec 16, 2011; 8:27am
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/Shooter-Of-The-Year-SOTY-qualification-tp5060476p5079649.html

Responding to Jaegens request I will outline how our club SOTY works. Firstly a minimum of 5 entries to call it a match. Then one point for last up thru the rankings to first place - so 10 shooters the winner gets 10 points. Plus a bonus of 3 for first 2 for second and 1 for third. Hence in this example the winner would get 13 pts. All matches count so as to encourage attendances - yearly winner being a regular shooter who also places well in many events - especially the well attended ones. This is not dissimilar to the way SOTY is scored for traditional Benchrest where entry numbers are included in the system and bonus points are awarded for yardage and aggregate wins. Once again the shooter prepared to attend a lot of matches (especially the big ones) and do well also will take the reward.
How to carry such a system over to the Fly is a bit of a worry - I will give it some thought. Certainly the original system of your three best scores from major comps (regardless of where shot) is no longer acceptable. The current system (used for 2010 and 2011) I believe is also flawed (sorry Jugs!).  It is my belief that some sort of minimum entry level is needed in order to give the  whole thing credibility (I will stay with 5x HG and 10x LG for now).
Just think on this - is it reasonable to recieve fewer points for second of 50 than first of 15 ??
Another thought is that the attraction to travel to score SOTY points will be (as it always has been) limited to a relatively few shooters that are perennially near the top of of the list - the mainstay of the sport is the increasing number of entrants at localised events - we need to recognise this and work at keeping the growth happening. SOTY is meaningless to the majority of Fly shooters and will remain so - sorry to say.

Pete