Thread: New NZ 3 gun divisions

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Originally Posted by Towely

I agree that getting more people shooting is a good move. But watering down the competition by adding more divisions to an already low shooter pool to make medals and awards even more meaningless is not the way to go.
Cost is probably the number 1 cause of low shooter turnout. Accomodation, travel, entry fee and ammunition to compete in an event is a constant. The exact costs involved per person will vary but they are always there and they arnt cheap when feeding 3 guns and traveling away from home.
Getting more people involved starts at club level and by running 3-gun shoots and getting the individual shooters to a point that they want to spend the money to go and compete in a national type event.

So why are we supposedly changing the divisions again?

Agree fully. (but don't care about medals etc)
Make the rules simple to understand, by this hopefully fast to shoot. Range requirements easy to meet with simple setup (ie low cost to local clubs - but leaving creativity available), so more ranges available., etc.,

I think something that splits the players in half - the gamers, rule readers etc.... in one half. The second half shooting what ever they like to shoot, and the only real measure is accuracy and maybe time. ie a F1 class and a club/fun grade.

Plus extra grades for old age and west coasters....