Erik,
Thank you for your sympathies... you could bring chocolate if you REALLY felt bad :-) I've been working on this since July. I used to shoot the match until they asked me to help one year. Ever since then I've been "in charge" of stats - that was 1995.
As a competitor I can sympathize with you... but I checked the last 4 years... you've been participating in this event since 2000. I didn't see your name in my 1999 registration. As history shows - you are willing to travel from San Francisco to our match in Mesa, AZ - this being your 5'th year in a row. You didn't EVER wait that long at our match to shoot a stage. It runs very smoothly. Even though last year we changed to an earlier schedule - it runs on time. So where did you spend the (Really) big bucks to shoot?
Another reason for the big entry fee is the size of our prize table. This year should be as good as last year. We had 108 yellow sheet items including 60 actual guns. If you're willing to work the match, the RO's prize table had 8 guns on it last year - those are given away by raffle - depending on the number of 1/2 days you work. Makes your chances for big stuff a lot higher if you are an "average" shooter.
Looking forward to seeing your smiling face...
Area2Chic