Hello all,
We're likely going to start running some postal air gun matches in our area - SE Virginia. Hopefully, they will serve as a starting point and feeder program to a normal shooting club here.
We can come up with our structure from scratch. But, has anyone on TT set up such a postal match program in their area previously, and if so could we get some guidance about how it was structured? Also, what worked well and what worked not so well.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Stan
Suggestions for a postal match structure?
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Re: Suggestions for a postal match structure?
This is the Civilian Marksmanship Program quarterly postal match information:
http://thecmp.org/air/cmp-aces-postal/
I've only experienced it as a competitor, but seems like a pretty good modern model.
S.
http://thecmp.org/air/cmp-aces-postal/
I've only experienced it as a competitor, but seems like a pretty good modern model.
S.
Re: Suggestions for a postal match structure?
Hopefully not too late to reply to this but ...
There was an NRA air pistol postal league that sent 36 numbered targets (for a 180 shot series) that were physically returned to the league, scored and submitted to the NRA. It ran on a semi-annual basis (two leagues per year) for six years. Another NRA-approved standard pistol league ran for about a year under similar rules.
You do need to have an organizational NRA number (every club that is affiliated with the NRA should have one). The NRA is pretty cooperative (or maybe they just overlook the details) as long as you send in the competitor fee. The one thing that they don't like is when you send out Edelman or Kruger targets (since they aren't NRA approved, even though the only NRA approved targets are crappy and difficult to score, especially for competitors who shoot 550 or better).
The 360 shot format is enough to get an NRA classification. This could just as easily be monthly or whatever, but the shorter the time period the more packages that have to be sent back-and-forth.
There was an NRA air pistol postal league that sent 36 numbered targets (for a 180 shot series) that were physically returned to the league, scored and submitted to the NRA. It ran on a semi-annual basis (two leagues per year) for six years. Another NRA-approved standard pistol league ran for about a year under similar rules.
You do need to have an organizational NRA number (every club that is affiliated with the NRA should have one). The NRA is pretty cooperative (or maybe they just overlook the details) as long as you send in the competitor fee. The one thing that they don't like is when you send out Edelman or Kruger targets (since they aren't NRA approved, even though the only NRA approved targets are crappy and difficult to score, especially for competitors who shoot 550 or better).
The 360 shot format is enough to get an NRA classification. This could just as easily be monthly or whatever, but the shorter the time period the more packages that have to be sent back-and-forth.
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Re: Suggestions for a postal match structure?
Hi
It is important to have divisions for each band of average score - competitors declare their average at the start. This gives everyone something to shoot for and to progress upwards to a higher division as they improve, you could just get the first five rounds shot and then put them in divisions, this is how one competition I shoot treats newcomers to the competition, they are put in a separate division for the first five rounds and then moved to a solid division and the scores for that div. re assessed. I shoot in several postal leagues and none score overall by the most points scored on the card instead each round your position in each particular division is given a point score and that is then totalled to give your overall position in the league division. Thus : 8 competitors in a division so the top score for the round gets 8 points and the lowest gets 1 point this goes towards the overall total and not the score on the cards. For a draw both get the same point score but the next competitor scores lower (-1) to account for the point being used for the tie above him. It often works out that the winner in a division can have less card score then the person below him - consistency over the competition wins not fantastic scores and then crashes.
All of the comps specify the target to use and send out stickers to be stuck on the cards before the round is shot - it is a trust thing. Cards are signed dated, scored witnessed and the scores are emailed off but one comp I do still requires the cards returned with a witness declaration sheet. Results of each and standings for each round are emailed out sometimes to club captains and sometimes to individuals depending on the structure of the event. Two rounds are generally shot a month most are 30 shot rounds but one I do is just 10 shots per round.
Hope this makes sense
Hope everyone is having a nice xmas
It is important to have divisions for each band of average score - competitors declare their average at the start. This gives everyone something to shoot for and to progress upwards to a higher division as they improve, you could just get the first five rounds shot and then put them in divisions, this is how one competition I shoot treats newcomers to the competition, they are put in a separate division for the first five rounds and then moved to a solid division and the scores for that div. re assessed. I shoot in several postal leagues and none score overall by the most points scored on the card instead each round your position in each particular division is given a point score and that is then totalled to give your overall position in the league division. Thus : 8 competitors in a division so the top score for the round gets 8 points and the lowest gets 1 point this goes towards the overall total and not the score on the cards. For a draw both get the same point score but the next competitor scores lower (-1) to account for the point being used for the tie above him. It often works out that the winner in a division can have less card score then the person below him - consistency over the competition wins not fantastic scores and then crashes.
All of the comps specify the target to use and send out stickers to be stuck on the cards before the round is shot - it is a trust thing. Cards are signed dated, scored witnessed and the scores are emailed off but one comp I do still requires the cards returned with a witness declaration sheet. Results of each and standings for each round are emailed out sometimes to club captains and sometimes to individuals depending on the structure of the event. Two rounds are generally shot a month most are 30 shot rounds but one I do is just 10 shots per round.
Hope this makes sense
Hope everyone is having a nice xmas