Match Tips

[AikiDale]

Good topic Flex. Off the top of my head I can think of a few items to get started.

Once a match is planned get the dates out as soon as possible. We have grown to the point there are choices to be made for nearly each weekend.

If you are expecting a larger turnout than just a regular club match have decent potty facilities. The large handicapped accessable units are preferred. As are the hand washing portable units adjacent.

Recruit the setup crew well in advance and do not expect one Mr. Fixit to build every stage. Get the CRO, RO and assistants involved early with setup assignments.

Get up to speed with the 21st Century, or locate someone who is, and put up a webpage with match info well ahead of time, keep it updated, and match results should be posted nearly as soon as they are completed.

Have a match book in hardcopy as well as online.

Use self duplicating scoresheets.

There are more nuts and bolts basics but that is enough for 2 AM!

[John Heiter]

Since I'm in the middle of helping to set up for a big match, I have these sort of things floating through my head right now. Here are a few I've come across recently.

1. I just mentioned this in a thread on cleats but... use rolled roofing materials wherever your shooters will be moving across wooden props in stages. Walk planks, ramps, etc. It's like big grip tape and will prevent people in cleats from busting their butts on slick wood.

2. Paint barrels a contrasting color and repaint like you do steel. A blue barrel painted white will flash like a shoot-n-c target when hit with a bullet. This makes it much easier to track barrel hits than trying to put pasters over everything.

3. Lacquer targets. We have started spraying a complete set of targets for our big matches with clear automotive laquer. If it starts to rain the lacquered targets get stapled up. They are a shade darker than a regular target but they sure are better than a bagged target and pasters stick better to a wet laquered target than they do to a dry regular target.

[dajarrel]

Since I'm in the middle of helping to set up for a big match, I have these sort of things floating through my head right now.  Here are a few I've come across recently......

3.  Lacquer targets.  We have started spraying a complete set of targets for our big matches with clear automotive laquer.  If it starts to rain the lacquered targets get stapled up.  They are a shade darker than a regular target but they sure are better than a bagged target and pasters stick better to a wet laquered target than they do to a dry regular target.

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John,

I was very impressed last year with the lacquered targets. I wish we hadn't needed them but they were a tremendous improvement over shooting bagged targets. Thanks again,

dj