Junior Investment - Is it worthwhile?

[ips]

Ha

 

[40UP]

Well Mr Braithwaite and Mr Peel were not spring chickens (sorry Ian) when they represented good old blighty in 68 and 92 (I think those dates are correct) and as far as the international stage is concerned Mr Diamond and many others at the very top are not exactly in there yoof.

Braithwaite was 42 at gold medal

Peel was 42 in Sydney

Diamond was an Australian senior team at 15 years old.

Hancock was senior World Champion at 16.

 

[Salopian]

I would be very interested to see the budget for CPSA Young Shots, in fact is there one?

I think the schools and college thing is just a ruse to give a false sense of growth in membership, a bit like the clubman initiative which seems to have done fcuk all.

But let us not be too harsh on the CPSA after all that knight in shining armour Doug Florent  of The Oxford Gun Company was bright enough to see that by encouraging the youngsters to shoot, the little darlings would require, guns, gunslips, skeet jackets, cartridge bags, chokes, gloves, shooting glasses, cartridges and tuition.

Now let's think where can we buy all this stuff for our little darling?

Ah  yes, Ian Coley's

 

[ips]

Braithwaite was 42 at gold medal

Peel was 42 in Sydney

Diamond was an Australian senior team at 15 years old.

Hancock was senior World Champion at 16.

interesting that our two are or rather were 40+ as i refered to and the foreigners were young uns !

 

[40UP]

The oldest OT men's world champion was 44 and that was Carrega for the third time. The barrier appears to be the eyesight changes in the mid forties where reading glasses come in and peripheral vision reduces.  :wacko:

 

[blaser f3]

The oldest OT men's world champion was 44 and that was Carrega for the third time. The barrier appears to be the eyesight changes in the mid forties where reading glasses come in and peripheral vision reduces.  :wacko:

 Great, i told my son it was only his young eyes that made him shoot better than me.!!

 

[ips]

The oldest OT men's world champion was 44 and that was Carrega for the third time. The barrier appears to be the eyesight changes in the mid forties where reading glasses come in and peripheral vision reduces.  :wacko:

Oh begger thats me stuffed on both counts, too old and cant see diddly closer than 2 ft

 

[Les53]

Oh begger thats me stuffed on both counts, too old and cant see diddly closer than 2 ft

That makes two of us Ian!

 

[ips]

Spose theres allways the vets OT / ABT to look forward too but they are all ruddy good shots so prob stuffed there as well. You got the likes of that darned 40up to contend with.

 

[Les53]

Spose theres allways the vets OT / ABT to look forward too but they are all ruddy good shots so prob stuffed there as well. You got the likes of that darned 40up to contend with.

And in the vets UT you would have Mr Fletton to contend with! NOT an easy prospect at all.

 

[ips]

yeah and some other pretty handy shooters, ruddy vets....bah

 

[RichW1234]

As far as i know if you send a youngster on a young shots day it will cost you about £60 (nothing for nothing ) and they shoot perhaps 50 clays ,but would you do better paying for a one to one with an instructor , but bassically its not free (thats ok)

The initiative to assist schools and colledges... (after looking at it online ) appears to be a membership form  the same as weve all had with the words changed here and there to school /colledge   so that if your in education you use these forms to pay to become a member of the CPSA

Hi - just to respond to the above, the Young Shots Days held in Autumn Half Term cost £50 but we managed to secure some sport England funding to reduce the cost by £10 per person to £40. The youngsters had approx. 5 hours instruction with classroom based training on safety & handling before going on range. The cost included 50 clays and cartridges, qualified instructors, gun hire (if required) and lunch so not bad for £40 if you ask me!!

The schools/colleges/universities scheme offers a discounted membership for youngsters within education at colleges etc with shooting clubs as long as the club becomes an affiliated member. Junior rate of £36 reduced to colt rate of £21 and full rate (over 21's in higher education) of £63 reduced to £36 subject to a minimum of 10 students joining. Hopefully you'll agree it is better to have a shooting club with insurance and a qualified safety officer and members of that Club having insurance for when they are shooting elsewhere!

For anyone interested we are rolling out the subsidised Young Shots Days again over the Easter Holidays and participating grounds and dates will be on the CPSA website soon.

 

[RichW1234]

"a bit like the clubman initiative which seems to have done fcuk all."

I'm not sure guys who have shot in the Clubman League would agree with you but each to their own!

 

[pete121]

I might know a man at the CPSA who can help us find that out...... @pete121 help!

We'll see what we can do...

 

[Guerini Guy]

Going back to the original title  -  "Junior Investment - Is It Worthwhile?"

To me it is totally reliant on one very simple little word, and that is when an individual's brain turns its concentration from : -

"Birds in a bush"   to   "Birds with a bush"

If they can get through that stage and still have their main focus of "shooting their load" to be with the use of a shotgun, then they might be worth spending a few bob on.

Simples  :sarcastic:

 

[tiptop]

Best answer yet GG.

 

[tiptop]

Keep hearing that the CPSA don't do this don't do that.

If your aspirations or future young shots is to shoot in the Olympics is that not team GB.

Just a question how much is the Scottish,Welsh and N.I equivalent to the CPSA doing to encourage young guns for the future of the sport.

 

[ips]

Going back to the original title  -  "Junior Investment - Is It Worthwhile?"

To me it is totally reliant on one very simple little word, and that is when an individual's brain turns its concentration from : -

"Birds in a bush"   to   "Birds with a bush"

If they can get through that stage and still have their main focus of "shooting" to be with the use of a shotgun, then they might be worth spending a few bob on.

Simples  :sarcastic:

I agree however I am 48 and I still cant get my brain to stop thinking about the latter....

But I prefer "Birds with "no" bush  

 

[Salopian]

With regard to the CPSA not doing this or that!

The CPSA is the recognised body for promoting and officiating clayshooting in the UK.

You have to be a member of the CPSA or the other countries providers to get on the bottom rung of the ladder for International honours.

They need to do more to promote clayshooting, because at the moment they do practically nothing.