Posted by Pete van Meurs on
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/Hall-of-Fame-for-fly-tp5642642p5648826.html

Hi Les and all readers,

The subject of a 'Fly' Hall of Fame' has been in my mind for some time. The biggest problem I had with it was that it would have been nice to have taken into account all achievements since the inception of the event but that would hardly be acceptable to the benchrest committee. As with other aspects of SSAA benchrest shooting it will have to begin from the time of the event becoming a recognised SSAA sanctioned event and points may only be awarded for results at the annnual National Championships, the very first ever of same having been conducted in Canberra back in March this year.

Benchrest HOF started with the 'group' events and rewarded yardage wins (1 point) and aggregate wins (2points) as well as the 'Four Gun' (3,2,1 points for 1st, 2nd & 3rd). The 'entry' level is 10 points. Obviously, if a shooter had a really good Nationals (4 classes) he/she could amass enough points to get 'in' from one year's Nationals. It has not happened to my knowledge but there have been instances of a shooter picking up 4 or more points in one year.

Where is all this leading? Simple - the points allocation for 'Fly' needs to allow a shooter to get into the 'HOF' in a reasonable time-frame while staying with the established 10 point requirement. Imagine 1 point for a win for a 'single class' shooter - it would need ten years of straight wins. Or a dual-class shooter 5 years of un-beaten dominance in both classes.  

My suggestion, for what it's worth, is to allocate points as below -

Class win   2pts,   Class 2nd   1pt.   Two-Gun - 1st 3pts, 2nd 2pts, 3rd 1pt.

Yep, it's possible to get 7 points in a single year but that is still three short!

Interested to hear other's views (and I am neutral as I am a 'Has-Been")

Pete