Yeap. Anything for that amount of money ain't going to be a walk in the park.If step 1 is to set it hard enough to find the top shooters at the top, I can see why they may go to step 2 to make really sure. If it has reached stage 3 then maybe it's a bit gratuitous? But as Allison said; no averages are being damaged so it really is just a case of same for all.
Answer.....harder than anything you will ever have seen before...... imagine shooting Olympic Trap with an air rifle and youre about right! . Took on a low looper today on layout 7 that started 50 yards out to your right and finished up dissapearing out of sight behind a dune about 70 yards away going like an exocet on speed. In the 2 and a half seconds that it was visible I managed to get 2 shots off...the first about 12-14 feet on it (which wasnt enough!!) but the second was just wild...... Cant remember the last time I called for a bird this many times in 2 days thinking..."what the hell am i going to do with this???" .54/100 !!!!??! how hard are those clays??!!
thats what an average shot in the UK hits!
From what I hear and have seen on TV, it's good old distance and speed that's just a notch above what most are used to.. Plus that lack of backdrop can't be a help.wonder whats making it so hard for everyone. Kev Sherratt is out there and regularly appears in the top of AA all around staffordshire and beyond and after 4 layouts he has scored 52 ???? lots of top regular shooters well below par. can't wait to hear all the stories when they get back.
Anyway good luck all of the shooters from blighty who at least are getting a good tan.hahahaha
Yes but it doesn't hurt to worry a bit.Remember people as i keep saying....they have not all shot each others layouts yet. We will get a better idea after the 6th or 7th layout.....true story :wink:
this is the fun of tough Fitasc.
This is great, Matt! Thank you. :bow:For anyone interested - I have uploaded a fully sortable and searchable list of the scores after Day 2 - will update this tomorrow:
http://shootclay.co.uk/2014/03/03/nad-al-sheba-day-two-results
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