2MoreChains Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 The main bays at Cameo face North into a Mesa. The new bays to the left as you come in off the interstate face NW-ish into another Mesa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_J Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 59 minutes ago, ima45dv8 said: Jason, I can only tell you that the average of staff at the Nationals (of any flavor) has been a point of criticism by shooters for at least 22 years that I know of... Please consider that there's a lot of folks who may have aged beyond their physical abilities to contribute as a contending competitor, but who still actively support the sport they love in a meaningful way -- as a match official. Their feet may have slowed a bit but that doesn't mean their minds aren't still quick (yeah, some have dropped off, but that's a different topic). Your experience level as an RO/CRO isn't dependant on footspeed. =================== As for time differences between Summer and Fall/Winter, those 3 hours would have been a blessing when I was RM at the first GA State 3Gun match at So. River. It was a pretty big event with a lot of heavy hitters. I had 2 pickups pull up into the mouth of the last active bay and turn on their hi-beams, while I stood behind the last 4 competitors on the starting gallows platform and shined 2 hi-zoot "Fighting" lights on their targets. (Would that be RO Interference today? ) We got through it and laughed about it, but from a match management standpoint that extra daylight is irreplaceable. My 1st Ga State USPSA match hosted there they got a bit ambitious with a 1/2 day format and blew their schedule big time. The PM fellas also shot into the dusk/darkness. Unsure about anyone getting some headlight assistance... I was stuck to finish out on their "shoothouse", so it was especially dark in there surrounded by berm/trees on 3 1/2 sides! Your points are fair and valid... I don't know what the answer is... but the long term goal should be to get the younger folks involved as much (and as early) in their shooting career as possible. Being a good shooter "can" make you a better RO.. and being a good RO can make you a much better competitor (as far as non-shooting activities are concerned). Laughs like that at Level 1's and even state matches I think are reasonable... but for Area matches and National Championships... it should always be the best of the best... from the RM & MD... all the way down to the guy driving stakes into the fault lines. Details matter and good folks notice details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_J Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 29 minutes ago, NMBOpen said: Bays face north That's certainly a huge plus for that facility... but as poopie as the sun can be at FP... I found it added a nice extra challenge to the match and it was shared all around with virtually all squads... and AM/PM... so the competitive equity was decent (usually). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balakay Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 8:21 AM, Racinready300ex said: 4 months isn't much time. Just to find another range that has a open couple weeks for something like this. Then agree to the price. I'd assume you still need to pay Cameo for use of there facility too. The match is going to be what a week long, plus a week of setup. That's two weeks they could of scheduled something else but didn't. Luckily USPSA has a surplus of funds. The new facility might even mean a date change. Have competitors already put in for time off work, or booked flights, air BNB's yet? Say they move it to Florida how many people already paid and registered that now wont want to travel that far? All this when we just had a match there last weekend that sounds like was fine. comments didn’t age particularly well lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_J Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 8:09 PM, Dirty_J said: Well. When you choose to have a 20+ stage event.. you’ve kinda limited your options. I’m all for high round count matches.. but I thought 3 days and 18 stages was about perfect at CMP last year. They just need a few more bays, so stages don’t need to be doubled up. But even with that.. I thought last years events were a perfect duration. This one aged just fine. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balakay Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 44 minutes ago, Dirty_J said: This one aged just fine. Lol On a positive note, if you shot at CMP year, your range safety card is still valid so no fun video to watch before check in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosapiens Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Balakay said: On a positive note, if you shot at CMP year, your range safety card is still valid so no fun video to watch before check in if i can make the rescheduled event, I'm going to get 4 matches in for 1 video. winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_J Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 10 minutes ago, Balakay said: On a positive note, if you shot at CMP year, your range safety card is still valid so no fun video to watch before check in Atlanta is only 2 hours away… so I catch their club match 1-2 times a year anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagellord Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 3 hours ago, motosapiens said: if i can make the rescheduled event, I'm going to get 4 matches in for 1 video. winner! And of course now that I could actually go to the match, I've already plotted out my fall plans and will be running our big level 1 during nationals.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 I guess we are not traveling to Cameo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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