Posted by Dave Purcell on
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/FOR-THE-ATTENTION-OF-ALL-FLY-SHOOTERS-tp5708867p5708940.html

Geoff Hansen wrote

Who wants to bend the outcome so that the individual class is no longer relevant?

If you related this principal to the athletics it would be a triathlon or similar and the individual classes become irrelevant.  

It would seem sensible to me that the outright Championship Winner would be the 2 gun trophy, and there would also be a Light Gun winner and a Heavy Gun winner.

The classes are so different that they are totally incomparable to each other, and I can see that if the rules change some competitors may be put off attending 'cause they don't run with 2 guns.

Geoff

Geoff,
It is understood that the proposal comes from Peter Van Muers (although I am happy to be corrected if I am incorrect)

I would argue that the two gun trophy would not be the outright winner and point out that this is NOT what the Fly is about.
I would support my statement by pointing out that the Fly shoot started as a ten target event and nobody shot two classes. The ten target match took all day. When the Fly reverted to a five target match some shooters started shooting two classes to make travel worthwhile ie still shooting ten targets.
The outright winner has always been the shooter with the highest score at the match regardless of class shot.  This should remain the case.
If the desire is to become like Short Range BR then lets add the 300 Fly Factory and custom class  then you can have a 4 gun trophy but its not SRBR its Fly - Bring a rifle LG or HG shoot the match achieve the highest total score you are the outright winner ... that's how it was designed, that's how its always been ... that's how it should stay.