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    2015 Louisiana Gator Classic

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted · Edited by SW4me

    Let me provide you with this example. I live in Wheeling, WV. The nearest club match for me is in the Western PA Section around Pittsburgh. Even with the introduction of a new club in Zanesville, that is still the Ohio Section. I frequently shoot the club matches around PGH and try to get up there to help on Saturday setup when I can. Usually, it is at 2 of the clubs. I have no problem helping set up.

    How fair would it be to me to get told I have to wait until someone else, who never helps set-up and never helps reset during the match, gets first dibs because they live in the section?

    Let me answer your question with a question. I live in Louisiana. I am a paid member of 3 clubs that are a part of the Louisiana section. I volunteer as a member of the Board of Directors on one of those clubs. I pay section dues, I come early to set up and tear down matches held in the section, I RO local matches. I participate in range work days, building walls and general maintenance. How fair is it to me that I get left out of my section match in order for someone from Wheeling, WVA to come down and shoot it just because that person was a little faster with the online registration?

    To kinda expand a little on what Keith said earlier, registration was opened a week early for Louisiana residents. Louisiana residents are given a week head start or until 100 slots are taken. Then registration opens up for everyone. Take into consideration that many Louisiana shooters will also work the match as ROs and these people will not count towards the 200 plus competitor slots, there are not enough members of the Louisiana section to fill this match up. It's not mathematically possibly. Non section members will have an opportunity to get in.

    And before anyone says anything about whether or not I would feel the same way if I wasn't a member of the Louisiana section I found myself on the outside looking in this year for the Mississippi Classic. I mailed my entry Monday morning from Baton Rouge and did not get in. I was disappointed I missed a great match but understood that locals should come first.

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