Will Hewland
Well-known member
Aside from mental condition, it really isnt about whether you `lose` £50 on the day, its about the annual average. If you shoot 50 times a year, you will put around £250 `stake money` in to the competitions. If you can win back more than that then it adds up.
Having said that, to make a small criticism of Weston Wood (of which I am a big fan otherwise), they pay out good money, but it is spread over few winners. I have been there with 60 A class entries, so paying to only third place seems a bit rough / bad odds. This is compounded by the fact that with 60 class entries, there will be a lot of talented folk there. Most grounds pay to third place with 10 entries, while Weston pay well, but like to splash it all on the winner. I have beaten 50 A class shooters and not placed in the money. It just means that the odds are long, so I tend to go B/O there.
I more than recover my competion entry on balance elsewhere. That is the system and we have a choice of how we play it.
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Having said that, to make a small criticism of Weston Wood (of which I am a big fan otherwise), they pay out good money, but it is spread over few winners. I have been there with 60 A class entries, so paying to only third place seems a bit rough / bad odds. This is compounded by the fact that with 60 class entries, there will be a lot of talented folk there. Most grounds pay to third place with 10 entries, while Weston pay well, but like to splash it all on the winner. I have beaten 50 A class shooters and not placed in the money. It just means that the odds are long, so I tend to go B/O there.
I more than recover my competion entry on balance elsewhere. That is the system and we have a choice of how we play it.
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