In reply to Sian,
"Who exactly are the rich? I’m neither rich nor without sense. I go to lots of shoots and you don’t see too many “poor”shooters anywY looking at the cars. Yes there are some wealthy but most of us choose what to spend our spare pennies on. I really enjoyed it last year and I’m hoping for the same this year. Doesn’t some of the prize money come out of entry fees in any event? "
Sian ,
You have to realise that I will have a moan and complain at anything that I think is a rip off, but anyone who knows me also knows that I am baiting , hoping for a rise .
I think the pricing for this event is extortionate when you consider that it is a World Championship event, surely the promoters should be going all out to attract adequate sponsorship to fund the prize awards and cost of the event .
Promatic will be sponsoring the event by providing all of the claytraps and staff to service the machines , clays will cost about 8p, the referees will be providing their services for £80 -£100 if they are lucky per day , so if we consider the probable revenue from entry fees it is not a bad little earner.
Catering Vans and suchlike will be charged a fee to be present which they will reflect in their prices of food & drink
Undoubtedly we will have a large entry from America & Europe and probably the Americans will out perform us .
I realise that this can be a wonderful event if done properly , but does it really need to be so expensive to the competitor?
When I said 'the rich will enter because they have more money than sense' perhaps I should clarify that by saying , no matter how much it costs people will still enter because it is a prestigious bi-annual event that any keen competitor will love to enter and common sense and value for money can go out of the window of rational thinking .
I suppose the cost pails into insignificence if we think of the cost of 'Pop' Concerts and Football support .
But come on Churchill's does it really cost 65p a clay for Sporting and a ludicrous £1-2 p for FITASC ????
