When I was younger I had the same beliefs as some of the above threads and would often beat myself up over my scores. I then became involved with running what could be described as a 'straw baler' but without the bales. After 17 years of every weekend spent listening to peoples moans and groans as to why they had shot badly, the sky was the wrong colour for their glasses, can't see the orange clays against the sky, can't see the black clays aginst the trees, the teal is too far out, the rabbit is too close, the traps should be lettered and not numbered, someone in the next County farted just as I was about to shoot. and so on, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. I now go with a small group of like minded old Bar Stewards, we do not shoot registered anything, we visit several grounds, usually midweek and preferably with good scoff, we still keep score, but solely so that we can try to better that next time out. We try, if possible to shoot several disciplines, but the main thing is we shoot because we ENJOY it. I get more satisfaction seeing the registered scores for the 'Sunday' shoot, knowing that I had shot the same course the following Wednesday and often equaling the B class or sometimes higher. So if your shooting has become a class war you may be overlooking the one thing that you are there to achieve,...............................SELF SATISFACTION.
