Why is the attendance at SxS events down?

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Maybe they should accept the top 5 and bottom 5 to make up the 10 person team. ???

Can we say "Sandbaggers?"

[Bruce Day]

If you guys are concerned about team line up being too restrictive, why not do a drawing of participants to create the make shooting team?

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

If you guys are concerned about team line up being too restrictive, why not do a drawing of participants to create the make shooting team?

Bruce, that has been brought up before, along with doing a Lewis class with a couple of shooters from each group plus a teenager shooter and that was turned down too. So the shooters that want to shoot for fun (as we know we won't make the squad) shoot at Drakes Landing and then we come back on Sat to watch the competition. We have a great time like we use to at the very earlier challenges when it was just for fun,( now it's not in my opinion, but that's me) so it is what it is.

[C grade]

When we set up the Fall Southern we wanted it to be fun, not a repeat of the spring"top gun" guys. Initially The Elsie shooters were very upset at the squading but after the first year really liked it.(even though Parker won!) We made it fun! I suggested we start modifying the spring event and that went nowhere. I made the Parker Team in 2015 but did not even try in 2016-not fun. Life is not all about winning JMHO
David
David

[C grade]

This is a timely and informative post for me. I will move to Johnson City TN sometime soon. There is not a sporting clays venue near there so my wife suggested I start one. Not sure that is a great idea after reading all these posts.
David

[Dean Romig]

Go for it David. You can always file Chapter 11 if it doesn't work out. Look at the Donald - he did it and he doesn't seem to be hurting......






.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by David Dwyer

This is a timely and informative post for me. I will move to Johnson City TN sometime soon. There is not a sporting clays venue near there so my wife suggested I start one. Not sure that is a great idea after reading all these posts.
David

there is a difference between a venue - shooting facility/club

and a specialty shoot at a club which is what i see as the topic here

[Opening Day]

David,
Go for it, you do it right and the people will come, hell look what we did for Drakes Landing and that was a few malcontents upset with Deep River, no advertising just word of mouth and now what do we have 75 or 80 shooters and we are not putting on any "event" just fun shooting which is something I think some of these promoters have forgotten about. Both Rich and I have said if we could only go to one shoot it would be the one in Medford WI, the Great Northern, not because of the vendors as they don't have the pull of the larger shoots but because everyone has fun, the shooters, the organizers the volunteers we all have fun just like at Drakes. Run it that way and the people will come.

[Mills]

We'll come shoot your course. I bet you could make a great one in the mountains up there

[William Davis]

Lot of reasons to attend events. Gauge specific preliminarys, main event , side events like pump guns or trap guns, Parker Smith Challenge. Collectors displays, vendors, meeting up with old friends. Shooting nearby clubs for fun. May be even more. I can't do it all but don't have any problem with somebody focusing on their favorite. All the choices are a good thing, something for everybody .

William