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Re: Team vs individual Fly match?

Posted by Dave Groves on Feb 02, 2012; 12:22pm
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/Team-vs-individual-Fly-match-tp5152349p5450482.html

G'day all and thanks Sebastian for your kind offer of sponsorship of a team event for the BRT Federal Cup.

I'm in favour of it, and will enter if it is run, but as has already been said, as one of the organisers, I won't have time to participate in running it....

I would happily make an announcement (if this goes ahead, please remind me, I will have other things on my mind of course) at the start of the day to bring the teams match to all shooters attention, Anthony may be able to do something with his scoring system to automate the result at the end of the day?

I am reluctant to suggest that anything be done during the day in the scoring shed associated with the team event which would interrupt the scorers, so we might have to wait until the end of the day for a result, or do it handraulically (shouldn't be too hard) The scorers are going to have a VERY busy day, and that is our main risk for running this event - keeping our scoring team happy and productive, they easily have the hardest job associated with the running of the event!

I am in agreement with Seb and the others who would prefer that the team results be based upon the shooters scores from the whole match, thus meaning that you don't have to organise further shooting after the completion of the main shoot. I have seen State teams run at SSAA Nationals  (Combined Services Discipline) previously based upon the scores that were shot by competitors in the event, thus the only task in determining a winner is some arithmetic, not running a separate shoot, by the way, after the BRT Federal Cup, I would like the range closed so people can retrieve flags etc, and then the organisers of the Bat shoot can take over and start setting up their target frames, lighting system etc at 300m, so I would really prefer not to have much happening after the main event, an egg shoot might be a goer if somebody wants to organise it, but again, most of us  organisers will be busy checking the collated scores.

I think it might be worthwhile polling the audience regarding the amount that people chip in to enter the Team Shoot, $50 may put some people off who are new to the sport as they would doubt their chances, or not know anybody to team with and not want to risk it, if it was $10, $20 or so, maybe more would enter, making it a larger field of competing teams?

Another idea which may be a way to run it, would be to put all the names of the people who want to enter the team shoot in a hat and randomly pick pairs, three's, foursomes etc, that way a novice shooter might get paired up with one of the hotshots and have a win that way? If people know this is a possibility, maybe they would be more interested? Of course this cuts both ways, and sort of removes the opportunity for the hotshots to team up and sweep the field, that could be a good or a bad thing, depending upon your point of view...

Anyway, just my thoughts, thanks again Sebastian for starting the thread, it is very interesting, I have you down for two classes for the day by the way, spoke to Annie and Stuart at the Australia Day Benchrest Matches and saw your rifle, very nice mate.

Nominations have a few unfamiliar names so far, so looking foward to making some new friends on the day, although I will probably have my grumpy face on until it has all run smoothly....sorry in advance if that is so.....

Cheers

Dave Groves.