RobertBeard
Moderator
There is the makings of a heated discussion on this about the price of the recent Southdown selection shoot so I thought it might be an idea to have a thread devoted to pricing issues and discussions.
In the South West most people realise that we suffer from a lack of grounds and if we want to shoot then we have to travel and pay what is necessary if we want to shoot.
The Southdown entry was £41 for a registered shoot with a high gun and class prizes.
I shot at Cart Ridge today, which is not affiliated to the CPSA, and paid £32 for a 10 stand Open shoot. I was there for the shoot and wouldn't get anywhere in an open competition at my level but thought it was reasonably priced even though there were no referees and we shared the button pushing and scoring around each squad. I'd have to travel an lot further away to go to another shoot which gives variety and changes the stands every shoot. I have no idea what the value of the prizes that they put up. There is a clubhouse doing pig rolls, pasties, teas and coffees, gun shop and they had 94 entries about a fortnight ago. I don't know how many entries they had today.
Some will no doubt say that this is expensive but I'm happy with it in the absence of anything else closer to home. I think that this equates to a Birds Only price elsewhere.
14 stands with referees is going to cost some as will the class prizes. Grounds can charge what they like whilst they have shooters attending. If the targets are no good or the price becomes excessive then numbers will decline.
We have no idea what the grounds other costs are such as rent etc. If its too dear for you then shoot elsewhere. Sometimes there is a CPSA levy which adds to the grounds cost.
We've done this before but its been a while and there are some new members who will have missed it therefore.
In the South West most people realise that we suffer from a lack of grounds and if we want to shoot then we have to travel and pay what is necessary if we want to shoot.
The Southdown entry was £41 for a registered shoot with a high gun and class prizes.
I shot at Cart Ridge today, which is not affiliated to the CPSA, and paid £32 for a 10 stand Open shoot. I was there for the shoot and wouldn't get anywhere in an open competition at my level but thought it was reasonably priced even though there were no referees and we shared the button pushing and scoring around each squad. I'd have to travel an lot further away to go to another shoot which gives variety and changes the stands every shoot. I have no idea what the value of the prizes that they put up. There is a clubhouse doing pig rolls, pasties, teas and coffees, gun shop and they had 94 entries about a fortnight ago. I don't know how many entries they had today.
Some will no doubt say that this is expensive but I'm happy with it in the absence of anything else closer to home. I think that this equates to a Birds Only price elsewhere.
14 stands with referees is going to cost some as will the class prizes. Grounds can charge what they like whilst they have shooters attending. If the targets are no good or the price becomes excessive then numbers will decline.
We have no idea what the grounds other costs are such as rent etc. If its too dear for you then shoot elsewhere. Sometimes there is a CPSA levy which adds to the grounds cost.
We've done this before but its been a while and there are some new members who will have missed it therefore.