Dave and Dean I certainly understand the logistics of traveling any distance is made more difficult with work on either side of the holiday.
The idea of NYD shoot started in 2009 when the holiday fell on Thurs, the following year on Friday. On those days the club facilities were dormant so scheduling such an event was simple to do. Last year the holiday fell on a Sunday and the club agreed to cancel it's scheduled Sunday Skeet shooting to accomodate us. Major Waldron's has an active group of trap shooters on Sat mornings and an active group of Skeet shooters on Sun Mornings. When we interrupt the scheduled shooting we could cost the club lost revenue unless our atendance is great enough to equal or exceed normal operations.
It would be my preference to not interfere with the club's normal shooting schedule unless turn out is going to be strong and I am not sure how to predict that.
Finally, there is/was something special (to me anyways) of having held it on NYD as a way to ring in/celebrate the start of new year.
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