Andy S
Well-known member
OK here's a question for you lot:Should the way in which the CPSA classify shooters now be changed, as with the age of technology we have scores being shown on the CPSA website only a few days after the shoot but it takes 6 months for the classifications to change. Should the classification now be done on a 3 monthly or even a monthly basis as after all the system is and to quote the CPSA " undertaken by the Shoot 08 program".Additionally should the way in which you are classified be changed and your score used as an average of the high gun on the day, this is probably more relevant to sporting than trap disciplines, i.e. if I shot say a, I will use the recent shoot at Four Counties as an example, a glorious 48 ex 100 so in theory this is 48% but the high gun on the day was only 91 which can indicate that the shot was difficult, for what ever reason. So using the percentage of high gun score I would have been on 52% which probably reflects the type of shoot this was and no I'm not after an extra % but to be able to correctly represent the scores from the shoot. Andy
I'm not sure about the handicap system as it doesn't favour the top A, AA, AAA shooters who have no doubt invested a damn site more time, money and practiced hard to get where they are. If the CPSA re did the classifications every 3 months subject to a minimum number of registered shoots to be reclassified then that would make sense. I shot a skeet handicap shoot last year and was up against several A and AA shots including an England shooter. We took the basis of CPSA averages and set the par at 97. At the end of the shoot I had shot 129ex150 but with the handicap 161.5ex150 and took high gun. I had been working hard since my last classification and was shooting a lot better but a few month old average enabled me to win overall. I was the only C class shooter in the squad but the NSSA skeet which i'd never shot before we all shot 46ex50. Overall I agree with more regular reclassification but looking at it from the A, AA, AAA guys I think they would suffer because of it. We will be doing the shoot again this year but with a High Gun trophy for raw hits and a separate Handicap trophy. I really haven't been shooting long enough to know but think Ed's suggestion sounds workable with difficulty levels factored in. Cheers, Jon.
