Just to clarify that this does not affect me in any way but;
The CPSA have decided to move the last Commonwealth OT selection shoot of the year from Beverley on the 7th/8th Sept to Southern Counties on the 28th/29th Sept. https://www.cpsa.co.uk/commonwealth-2014-otr Bit of a bugger if you have already booked for the 200 bird British Grandprix at Beverley then !! And how do they have a 125 bird selection during a 200 bird Grandprix anyway?? Usual format for a selection shoot is 75 targets on day 1 and 50 targets on day 2. Last time I looked a 200 bird shoot has 100 targets each day?
So that's another shoot you have to attend (if you are trying for a team place) with all the associated costs, especially if you live 'up norf'. Looks like OT selection is limited to the south of the country with all selection shoots being held in the South (Nuthampstead, NCSC and SC). Unlucky you northern boys.
What I also find somewhat incredible is that on the selection form (see the link above) it states that the selection will be made on the the best agregate score from two of the three shoots but one of these scores must be from the Southern Counties selection shoot????? So if you have shoot two 100 straights at Nutty and NCSC that is not enough and you still need to shoot at SC and if you shoot a 90 x100 at SC you could be out of luck!!
It then goes on to say that the best 4 men and 4 women will be invited to join a commonwealth training group and these will be selected on a points system taken from the highest score. In the event of a tie for the last place in the training group (and here's the best bit) the points from the Beverley shoot will be used to determine the place. Err....what Beverley shoot? There is no longer a Beverley selection shoot cos you've moved it to Southern Counties!!
Now it may just be me but does this not all look a bit like moving the goal posts mid way through the game?
DT
The CPSA have decided to move the last Commonwealth OT selection shoot of the year from Beverley on the 7th/8th Sept to Southern Counties on the 28th/29th Sept. https://www.cpsa.co.uk/commonwealth-2014-otr Bit of a bugger if you have already booked for the 200 bird British Grandprix at Beverley then !! And how do they have a 125 bird selection during a 200 bird Grandprix anyway?? Usual format for a selection shoot is 75 targets on day 1 and 50 targets on day 2. Last time I looked a 200 bird shoot has 100 targets each day?
So that's another shoot you have to attend (if you are trying for a team place) with all the associated costs, especially if you live 'up norf'. Looks like OT selection is limited to the south of the country with all selection shoots being held in the South (Nuthampstead, NCSC and SC). Unlucky you northern boys.
What I also find somewhat incredible is that on the selection form (see the link above) it states that the selection will be made on the the best agregate score from two of the three shoots but one of these scores must be from the Southern Counties selection shoot????? So if you have shoot two 100 straights at Nutty and NCSC that is not enough and you still need to shoot at SC and if you shoot a 90 x100 at SC you could be out of luck!!
It then goes on to say that the best 4 men and 4 women will be invited to join a commonwealth training group and these will be selected on a points system taken from the highest score. In the event of a tie for the last place in the training group (and here's the best bit) the points from the Beverley shoot will be used to determine the place. Err....what Beverley shoot? There is no longer a Beverley selection shoot cos you've moved it to Southern Counties!!
Now it may just be me but does this not all look a bit like moving the goal posts mid way through the game?
DT
