Posted by Dave Groves on
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/FOR-THE-ATTENTION-OF-ALL-FLY-SHOOTERS-tp5708867p5708871.html

Dear All,
                 Putting aside the politics, personalities and motivations, I have a fundamental problem with the premise that you must shoot two guns to win a match.

The Fly has always been an event where people could bring a rifle from another discipline to have a crack and potentially be competitive, yes over the years we who concentrate more on Fly have come to adapt the equipment we use to the specific match but the fundamental premise has always been the same.

If the result is being re-focussed onto the two gun we are abandoning our roots and bastardising the long held traditions of Fly and becoming elitist.

I am extremely disappointed with what this is doing to an event that is the legacy of my good friends.

National medals for 2 gun are fine as this offers the opportunity for those that want to shoot two classes to be recognised but this is not the overall focus of the event.

Perhaps the problem has been hidden by Canberra holding the first 5 Nationals and since we award the dirty dozen First Place at the Nationals has been recognised by the Jim McKinley Cup. Now there is no recognition of 1st, 2nd and 3rd regardless of class in the rule book  as has been the case whilst we hosted the Nationals. That is my answer to the problem, National medals for the first, second and third placed shooters regardless of class, or the hosting club be responsible for providing them.


Let's just agree to the solution and get on with enjoying the sport. I'm not interested in the petty politics, nobody pays me to do the job I do here in Canberra organising shoots, so why should I have to put up with all this crap as a volunteer???