Fall Southern Classic

[John Davis]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Something else that’s been a kinda breath of fresh air are the AirBnB’s . I’ve been fortunate enough to get in with others for these things this year at Hausemann’s, at Rock Mountain and at the past Cup in Wellsville . There’s a lot to be said about staying somewhere that you’re comfortable leaving your battery in the car at night and not constantly moving guns in and out .

Craig, I’m in complete agreement. I stayed in Air BnB’s for the Southern Zone shoot in Kentucky and the Grand in Illinois this past year. In addition to the advantages you pointed out, I was also able to locate much closer to the event than I otherwise would have.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by John Davis

Craig, I’m in complete agreement. I stayed in Air BnB’s for the Southern Zone shoot in Kentucky and the Grand in Illinois this past year. In addition to the advantages you pointed out, I was also able to locate much closer to the event than I otherwise would have.

John when I started shooting skeet/trap and to a lesser degree sporting I never thought I’d put more emphasis on the social aspect over the competitive aspect . But last year and this year sharing a place with people you genuinely like and are comfortable with makes it all the better for me atleast . Sure I still like competition and an occasional piece of “bling” as Mr. Koneski calls it is great , but the socializing is the far greater part for me now .

[Pa SxS]

I sure was hoping the VC would go smoothly since the shoot was in my back yard but regrettably it didn't go well. The club and the Vintagers had almost 1 year to get it organized but it seemed both Warrington and the Vintagers had no clue on how to run a big shoot. Kevin mentioned a few of the problems and I'll add a few. I don't know if the people in the office were from Warrington or from the Vintagers but they seemed to be not very well organized. On the main event, one of the young trappers on a station had no clue on what to do. He had never pulled and scored before and was not taught how to do it. We took some time out of our shooting to train him. On 2 of the stations, they threw incomers directly at you. If you missed the target or waited too long before shooting it, you could have been hit by the whole target or pieces. Very dangerous. We shoot a lot of ZZ birds in our area. We tried to get them included in the shoot. We gave the Vintagers the contact of the guy who runs it months before the shoot. When I asked in early summer what the status was, the guy that runs the ZZ birds said he hadn't heard anything. I contacted the Vintagers and by the time they got to the ZZ bird guy, he had already scheduled something for that weekend. You snooze, you lose!

Can the VC succeed at Warrington, I think it can however both Warrington and the Vintagers need to identify the problem areas and take corrective action and not wait till the last minute.

[John Davis]

To bring this back around to the Fall Southern, I would highly recommend to anyone going that they check in to the local AirBnB's.