CNY RGS AMERICAN CLASSIC SXS EVENT

[Cold Spring]

I understand this is a fundraiser for a very worthwhile organization of which I am a member, but it's also billed as a competition event for plaudits and prizes and I hope it's executed more fairly than the RGS event last spring at another upper NY club. At that event the gent who was running it for the RGS allowed "reshoots" for the competition, and scores from the second time through the same course and targets were used for the cut of winners and awarding of prizes. That's never allowed in regular sporting competition (because it's easier to shoot the same targets the second time) nor was that shown on the shoot flyer; and furthermore the RGS gent chose not to answer emails after the winners and prizes were posted on the internet, asking why that was done. Personally I thought that reflected poorly on the RGS. Let me add here that the club's management did respond promptly to the same question and said it only provided the venue and the RGS gent made the scoring decisions.

Certainly reshooting is fine for fundraising and by those who want to pony up more money and shoot for practice or to shake off the winter doldrums, but a pricey competition is a competition, and to be fair to all shooters the first time through scores should stand.

..... just something to think about by those who might travel several hours to this year's shoot and expect it to be scored as always done at sporting clays competitions.