So you've got to ask yourselves why people from these categories aren't entering? How many people are there registered for USPSA, I remember seeing the figure 16,000 somewhere. And you can't get five juniors to shoot in the same division? Something needs to be changed if that's the case.
I'm not trying to make this a IPSC v USPSA thing. I'm just saying that if people aren't entering these categories there has to be a reason.
Here's the figures from our Darwin Nationals last year. Darwin is about as far from anywhere on the planet. There's not alot to do there really and it's hot and sticky so as a destination it ranks pretty low.
Here's the breakdown of the various divisions.
OPEN - 107 competitors
Ladies - 17
Junior - 6
Senior - 23
Super Senior - 19
Production - 70 Competitors
Ladies - 3 (still got awards)
Junior - 6
Senior - 7
Super Senior - 6
Standard - 63 competitors
Ladies - 9
Junior - 2 (still got awards)
Senior - 14
Super Senior - 8
In Vegas you guys had: (roughly counted)
Open - 281 competitors (more than our whole nationals 8) )
Ladies - 31
Junior - 10
Senior - 49
Super Senior - 5
Production - 145 competitors
Ladies - 12
Junior - 4
Senior - 10
Super Senior - 2
So why, in a country where shooting sports are so huge, are the Juniors and Super Seniors staying away?