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That was my first thought when reading the original post.
All Team GB but some are funded by their home nations while others (notably Engish) are not!!
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That was my first thought when reading the original post.
All Team GB but some are funded by their home nations while others (notably Engish) are not!!
DT
PhilR
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Ian,
We spoke after you'd finished shooting and it's a pity you didn't tell me this at the time as I'd have found your two r effing compatriots and had a quiet word with them. It annoys me no end when certain shooters scuttle off to do the abacus or scorecard.
For GB team selection shoots there's a BICTSF rule which requires the most experienced to do the refereeing. Top down it's a qualified referee, international team member, national team member, then lettered classes A to D, and then U/C. Having said that there's plenty of GB team members who are better left to do the other jobs than be let loose with the buzzer.
UT is a fairly close knit circle of shooters and a newcomer is usually easily spotted and the last thing anyone wants is a line disrupted because of refereeing issues, and the simple way is to put someone on the buzzer who is familiar with the discipline.
Please don't knock it on the head because of one incident.
Phil
HDAV
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Well for the record I had a great first trip to BDGC on Sunday there were 2 complete trap novices shooting who were welcomed, and no one shouted, to say they were ill prepared is an understatement! Perhaps it would have better to give them a line on their own first, but after that would they have stayed? Don't know, don't know they will be back, I've been shooting DTL for a while and while I could score it I would be nervous of reffing intact at brookbank I was told don't worry we'll ask another member to take your stint. It helps that I have been practising at a local ground that operates in a very reg shoot type method unlike others where practise is a total free for all and comps are fierce
Well Pete, all I can say is that at times I get the same feeling! When I cam into trap shooting back in the 1980's we would sometimes have to wait a couple of hours to get onto the ABT or DTL layouts. It does seem that sporting has become the in thing these days. I would guess that about 70% of the shooters at my first club were trap shooters, sporting shooters were in a minority, but that all changed within a few years. When it comes to things like OT, well it's such a minority game that I'm not surprised that so few grounds offer it. As for DTL, well most areas had a DTL layout or two, however even those seem to be in decline these days. We do at least have a few young trap shooters down this way, but you could almost count them on one hand mate, maybe shooting is not viewed as being trendy?
Wonko the Sane
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trying again - my post vanished into the ether
check this for some numbers. None of the $ came from taxpayers - only private organizations
http://www.trapshooters.com/threads/minnesota-high-school-trapshooting.180563/
there is also this, no taxpayers as well. NorCal has +/-3000 shooters in the program
http://www.casctp.org/
It can be done if shooting organizations care to take the trouble to do it
check this for some numbers. None of the $ came from taxpayers - only private organizations
http://www.trapshooters.com/threads/minnesota-high-school-trapshooting.180563/
there is also this, no taxpayers as well. NorCal has +/-3000 shooters in the program
http://www.casctp.org/
It can be done if shooting organizations care to take the trouble to do it
P
