Big Money Shoots

What is it going to take to bring back the big money shoots?

 

Money

 

Nothing ... Those days are long gone and will never be forgotten by some ... Times were different, people were different, the ATA itself was different, no more days of Wine and Roses ... WPT ... (YAC) ...

 

People change, times change, the world has changed too many other things for people to do and some cost less money to participate the days of large major shoots with a volume of participants has passed especially for ATA

 

It is going to take leadership!

I understand you putting a stake in the Sparta stuff. No leadership there.

Calcuttas are starting to pop up again. The CC has 3 days before the Cardinal Classic that has $30k guaranteed added money and prizes. That is before the regular week.

The OH State shoot has big prizes and all the events at the Buckeye are sponsored. The PA State shoot is booming! The sport of trapshooting is what we make it.

Our apathy was the disease that put the wrong people at the helm of the ship in the mid to late 90's.

 

As far as the CC and those 3 days before the classic, is that a Trap shoot or is that the Sporting clays shoot?
If it is the sporting event I would assume there will be traps open to shoot on.

 

There are 52 traps including 4 practice. 100 target prelim. 50 target FITASC. 50 target sub gauge. 50 target Super Sporting.

Zoli giveaway.

 

Add three yards to the top dogs who've earned 'em. Until then it'll stay a sucker bet anyone with half a brain will avoid. Without increased difficulty the handicap event will remain a joke!

 

Ok Dawg...no one can say you haven't been a leader on that front. The money question is which delegate will bring it up? PA?

It is time to start counting heads.

 

Sadly, I must agree with WPT.


Regards....Gerald

 

Tell 'em ollie

 

Fix the handicap system.

 

Our beloved sport went to crap when the price of crude oil got out of hand. The only way we'll see the good money in the shoots will be when the price of oil stays under $40. The closer it would get to $30, the better!

 

As in, walk up to your station on the 18, then turn around and walk back three yards.

Flyersarebest

 

Or when you are at the old fence and you get earned yardage....simon says take on step back.

 

We once had money shoots, even at some of the smaller clubs too. Of course that was when no one knew who the probable winner might be. Decades of shooting all targets from the same handicap yardage has overhauled the money game. I don't look for much of a money game till we fix it by further handicapping some of those mastering the current max yardage.

One single dominate shooter got us the 27 in 1955, today we have close to a hundred shooters capable of breaking them all from the max? I feel it's time for needed changes to further handicap the best again.

HAP