practice before shoot days

[Steve Lovatt]

i have for the past 10 years never let anyone practice a reg course of mine before the event , but have recently had a hell of a lot of interest in people asking if i will open up for practice and as the trend is now going this way..... is it accepted more?  or is it still a complete no no?

how many on here would be interested in getting to grips with my style of target ??

steve

 

[Will Hewland]

Are you just taking the pee Mr L? Just not allowed. Unless you are setting up a whole new course for practice?

It's a wind -up..

Rules state:

1.6 PRACTICE SHOOTING

With the exception of the Sporting disciplines, practice shooting on the layouts and targets used for

a Registered event is permitted on the day(s) prior to the individual shooter’s first day of competition. Competitors are not permitted to practice on competition layouts prior to tie-breaks taking place. Any competitor found doing so will be automatically disqualified from the competition. No practice is permitted on competition layouts until the prize-giving has been completed. (See also paragraph 1.19).

 

[K80 TCG]

After the shoot leaving it on for practice. Setting the course and allowing people to practice before to shoot is that allowed!

 

[Steve Lovatt]

No it's not a wind up Will.  I have seriously been asked the question a hell of lot why I won't open up the Friday or a Saturday for practice as many other grounds are starting to do.  The shooters tell me they practice leading up to a registered shoot and the targets aren't vastly different.

From a course setters point of view I can understand that as it would be pretty impossible to change on a Saturday night before the Sunday (especially with early evenings). 

I personally as a competitor don't agree with it but on a commercial basis I can see why it happens.  My way of thinking goes more to opening up the week after the competition on one day to let people come and practice the whole course or parts of it, or maybe bring a coach and get they to go over where the wheels fell off.

 

[maddmatt]

Steve you that hard up? leave the course on for people to practice on AFTER the registered shoot, or run all four grounds on the same Sunday, that way people can get to grip with your targets four times as fast...

 

[Will Hewland]

No it's not a wind up Will. I have seriously been asked the question a hell of lot why I won't open up the Friday or a Saturday for practice as many other grounds are starting to do. The shooters tell me they practice leading up to a registered shoot and the targets aren't vastly different.

From a course setters point of view I can understand that as it would be pretty impossible to change on a Saturday night before the Sunday (especially with early evenings).

I personally as a competitor don't agree with it but on a commercial basis I can see why it happens. My way of thinking goes more to opening up the week after the competition on one day to let people come and practice the whole course or parts of it, or maybe bring a coach and get they to go over where the wheels fell off.

Love the idea of practicing it afterwards, as I mentioned in another post today. But the WHOLE point of sporting is to walk up to a stand and see something for the first time surely. Without that we are bloody trap shooters, learning to hit stuff by trial and error, not evaluation and experience.

 

[Shaun Hopkins]

Be interesting to see just how advantageous it would be! not sure it would guarantee class wins...

 

[Will Hewland]

The RBSS handicap challenge shows that some really benefit from repeat shooting, others less so..

 

[K80 TCG]

That's what they do at Gunsite Steve leave the targets on from the Sunday before, for a Saturday practice is actually quite good to go back and see where you went wrong

 

[Shaun Hopkins]

I know some AA shots that do re entry at Greenfields sunday comps but it doesn't guarantee a better score second time round. 

 

[Jim Wheeler]

its bad enough that there is re-entry,  go round as many times as it takes to win ? no thanks,,,i suppose it makes money ,, same as practicing a course before the shoot. definite no-no in my book.  how many other games/sports do you know where you can practice first, on the same ground? or scratch a score and start again? golf? darts? fishing comps? bridge? poker, roulette?  you cannot have several bites of the cherry,,,      makes a mockery of the so-called  ~  `level playing field`.

 

[Will Hewland]

its bad enough that there is re-entry,  go round as many times as it takes to win ? no thanks,,,i suppose it makes money ,, same as practicing a course before the shoot. definite no-no in my book.  how many other games/sports do you know where you can practice first, on the same ground? or scratch a score and start again? golf? darts? fishing comps? bridge? poker, roulette?  you cannot have several bites of the cherry,,,      makes a mockery of the so-called  ~  `level playing field`.

You cannot re-enter in a registered shoot.

 

[maddmatt]

Actually you can, but your second score counts for nothing, most grounds let you do it as long as the first card has been submitted

 

[Jim Wheeler]

I am aware of that ,Will,, on the other hand a non registered shoot is different,,, most charity and fund raiser shoots, ( for many good causes ,I might add,) allow re-entry,, but I still don`t agree with a new score replacing an earlier one.  by all means re-shoot the course, but first go is the only one that should count.  with no `practice the week before! as said,,,, `level playing fields`.

 

[Will Hewland]

I am aware of that ,Will,, on the other hand a non registered shoot is different,,, most charity and fund raiser shoots, ( for many good causes ,I might add,) allow re-entry,, but I still don`t agree with a new score replacing an earlier one.  by all means re-shoot the course, but first go is the only one that should count.  with no `practice the week before! as said,,,, `level playing fields`.

Yes, but the OP mentioned reg. Another reason why I rarely shoot anything but..

 

[Steve Lovatt]

So ok that's it then if e open up it will be afterwards or I just might keep it as an exclusive competition ground

Was gunsite open today ? Might pop down there one of these Saturdays

Thanks for your views folks

 

[Rob C]

This has to be definite NO it would be like allowing some people to see the exam results the day before. Some would not remember what they saw but a few  most certainly would .

 This would certainly give huge benefits  to the locals to ground, and would deter a lot of shooters from further afield .

 Anyway its obscene that people have the time and the money to practice mid week. :crazy:

 

[** Pending Removal **]

You cannot re-enter in a registered shoot.

You can ....and i do.....i need the practice

I went twice at Churchills but only the first round counts.

 

[Hamster]

It may well help someone to find the odd problem target but whether they can make it count when it matters is another thing. Either way the answer is no.