Posted by Stuart Elliott on
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/FOR-THE-ATTENTION-OF-ALL-FLY-SHOOTERS-tp5708867p5708896.html

I agree with most of these posts. Please see the thread by Michael Bell called "what we should all do..." where I have posted information.

On  the issue of State Delegates representing each State SSAA association, I think I should point out a little  anomaly currently.

Back in 2006 after Annie and I moved to live in QLD there were no official State Benchrest Delegates for the ACT.
The ACT being a Territory, like a State, also has 2 delegates sitting on the Benchrest National sub committee.

The ACT SSAA branch at the time , as I understand it, decided to appoint firstly Max Coady to represent the ACT temporarily. Max lives nearby in Crookwell NSW and is always attending the Majura range. Then later Alex Chryss took on this role as he was the organiser the Australia Day matches etc.
Both Max and Alex actually live in NSW and they have always been NSW SSAA members. In fact I am sure they are both NSW Life members.
Anyway this is all fine and allowable since the ACT branch proposed they represent their branch at least temporarily.  But they do live in NSW and get to vote in NSW elections for State benchrest delegates who will then represent them.

I am not critizising either of them or how this process occurred at the time.
But....I have to say things have changed.
There are actually now quite a few ACT SSAA members who are shooting official benchrest because the "Fly" is part of the whole discipline. So really, now those ACT members could organise themselves and consider approaching their ACT branch about having ACT benchrest shooters represent them again as State Benchrest Delegates.
Anyway it is their right. They just need to organise it.


This is another way of ensuring that the "Fly" shooters get more inclusion in the whole of benchrest discipline Nationally.


Just saying........


Stuart Elliott