Franklin D Wolverton Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 The Milan Rifle Club will be hosting the 2009 Illinois Sectional Championship. Dates: August 28-30, 2009. Match is a one day format. Shoot Saturday or Sunday. Staff and Sponsors will shoot Friday. Set-up: Will be Tuesday thru Thursday just prior. Cost: $75 ($50 for juniors) if registered by August 1, 2009. Add $25 for late entry (after August 1). Prize table: God, I hope so... we will be sending out letters in the next couple weeks. Online Squadding system will be used. More info will be posted at: http://milanpracticalshooting.com Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racegun9 Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Frank, From what I understand, there are two sections in Illinios. A Northern Illinois Section, that use to have some match's in Polo and maybe other locations. And an Illinois Section consisting more of Central and Southern Illinois Clubs. I don't think they have been having a Northern IL Section Match lately and I guess it has been combined into the IL Section. Anyway, is your match replacing the IL Section Match that Jim Davidson and crew had in Havana, IL this year, or are you bringing back the Northern IL Section Match? Thanks Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 This will be the replacement for the Havana match. It moves from club to club every year or two... Chillicothe did it last year, Havana this year, and we are next year. Northern Illinois had a sectional last year... but I never saw one for this year. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMITH Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Frank and crew put on a really nice match for the Milan Fall Classic, good enough that if there is any way I can make the dates work I will be there for the Sectional next year. Beautiful club and it will be a great match I am sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarter Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Same weekend as the Area 8. I guess I'll have to miss this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Fischer Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Same weekend as the Area 8. I guess I'll have to miss this one. Sorry about that, dcarter. Frank and I sat in on the meeting to set the club calendar for 2009 and had to work around a very busy schedule. As an active High Power rifle club, Milan gets booked for 200, 300, and 600 yard rifle matches through out the Summer. Many of the dates are set by other organizations. We try to do our best but realize no weekend works for everyone. I hope you can make one of our shoots in the future. BTW, I have been somewhat enthused by the fact that a new casino/hotel complex will open in December within about 2 miles of the range. We hope to get with the operators and see what can be done about special room rates for those that would like to stay there or give the spouse something to do while you are at the range for the match. More on that later. Terry Fischer Milan IPSC Chairman (retired) & Frank's assistant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarter Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 It's all good. I hope you like your new casino. It may never happen in Cincinnati and for the life of me I can't understand why. Cincinnati is missing out on a great opportunity to bring in much needed money to the area. I swear the local government is going to turn Cinci into a ghost town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 QUOTE(dcarter @ Oct 24 2008, 02:07 AM) * Same weekend as the Area 8. I guess I'll have to miss this one. Nahh... miss THAT one Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted November 6, 2008 Author Share Posted November 6, 2008 I am looking for stage ideas from anyone that wishes to submit one. We have two big matches next year... the sectional and the fall classic. (something like 22 stages between the two 12 for the sectional, and 10 for the fall classic). About all I can offer at this point is my heartfelt thanks. I may be able to offer something later. I know there are many places online to find stages. I want some originals The match committee will be selecting the stages next month (around December 15th). They don't need to be pretty. Just send me a rough drawing if that's all you have. We can draw it up nice and pretty later. Frank milanuspsa@gmail.com http://milanpracticalshooting.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted November 8, 2008 Author Share Posted November 8, 2008 Tentatively 10 stages + chrono = 237 rounds... Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colbyjack Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 i hope we have the chronno, every time a match says there going to have one they bail on the last min... lol keeps a honest man well.. honest -chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSEMARTIN Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Frank and crew put on a really nice match for the Milan Fall Classic, good enough that if there is any way I can make the dates work I will be there for the Sectional next year. Beautiful club and it will be a great match I am sure. +1. The Fall Classic was a Success!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Yes... we will have the chrono. All I gotta do is find some plans for a box, and get a couple of chrono's (or talk a couple people into letting us use theirs for the weekend). Yep... thats all Box shouldn't be that hard. I don't really want to BUY two chrono's since we'll not use them very often... but... I may anyway... and then set them up every couple of months at our monthly match for our shooters to do load development or something... or make them shoot a chrono at a level 1 (hehehe)... I gotta learn how to take a complement better. Every time someone says that the fall classic was great... I think it was due more to the staff than me I guess thats a good thing. FYI... the fall classic next year will be IN THE FALL... end of October... hehehe Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Yes... we will have the chrono. All I gotta do is find some plans for a box, and get a couple of chrono's (or talk a couple people into letting us use theirs for the weekend).Yep... thats all Box shouldn't be that hard. I don't really want to BUY two chrono's since we'll not use them very often... but... I may anyway... and then set them up every couple of months at our monthly match for our shooters to do load development or something... or make them shoot a chrono at a level 1 (hehehe)... I gotta learn how to take a complement better. Every time someone says that the fall classic was great... I think it was due more to the staff than me I guess thats a good thing. FYI... the fall classic next year will be IN THE FALL... end of October... hehehe Frank I'm pretty sure I can talk to Rob and Jim at Comp Electronics and have them do a partial sponsorship by letting us use a couple. Let me know and I'll make the call. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Go for it. If they do, let me know. I got another guy working on sponsorship and prize table. Frank Yes... we will have the chrono. All I gotta do is find some plans for a box, and get a couple of chrono's (or talk a couple people into letting us use theirs for the weekend).Yep... thats all Box shouldn't be that hard. I don't really want to BUY two chrono's since we'll not use them very often... but... I may anyway... and then set them up every couple of months at our monthly match for our shooters to do load development or something... or make them shoot a chrono at a level 1 (hehehe)... I gotta learn how to take a complement better. Every time someone says that the fall classic was great... I think it was due more to the staff than me I guess thats a good thing. FYI... the fall classic next year will be IN THE FALL... end of October... hehehe Frank I'm pretty sure I can talk to Rob and Jim at Comp Electronics and have them do a partial sponsorship by letting us use a couple. Let me know and I'll make the call. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 (edited) I spoke with Jim this morning and he said he would provide the chronos and a box setup that is not dependent on the sun for light. They also have a slick USB driven program that collects all the stats and displayed them on a laptop, which should be great for our purpose. http://competitionelectronics.com/pages/digitalusb.html Think about where you are going to put them and something to cover the works in case of rain. I have a generator if needed as well. JT BTW Anyone looking for timers and chronographs should consider these guys... they have never refused a call for help from the sport!! They also have a great line of RC stuff. http://www.competitionelectronics.com/ If you decide to purchase something from him, make sure you tell them you were referred from BE and JT. Edited November 12, 2008 by JThompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Already have the place planned. Shore power is available there. As for the cover... not a problem there either. We have a ton of those tents that we used for lunch at the classic. I gave this to Jim Carr. He is the sponsor guru for the match. He should be contacting them soon. Frank I spoke with Jim this morning and he said he would provide the chronos and a box setup that is not dependent on the sun for light. They also have a slick USB driven program that collects all the stats and displayed them on a laptop, which should be great for our purpose. http://competitionelectronics.com/pages/digitalusb.html Think about where you are going to put them and something to cover the works in case of rain. I have a generator if needed as well. JT BTW Anyone looking for timers and chronographs should consider these guys... they have never refused a call for help from the sport!! The also have a great line of RC stuff. http://www.competitionelectronics.com/ If you decide to purchase something from him, make sure you tell them you were referred from BE and JT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 We are going to have 3 hotels in line for this match... The Lodge - Bettendorf, IA (this one will probably be the main match hotel). La Quinta - Moline, IL Jumers Hotel and Casino - Rock Island, IL This far the only price I have locked in is at the casino ($109 - ouch). We will have 20 rooms booked. This one is the most expensive, but it is also the closest (within a 5 minute drive to the range.) The lodge will probably be about $70. This is an excellent hotel. La Quinta I would guess will probably be about $55. Decent hotel, but it is right next to the airport. As soon as I have all three locked in, I will post links and prices here and on the website. I will also be looking for RO volunteers soon. If you are interested, let me know. I will be locking down most of the pertinent information for the match in the next couple of weeks, and will post registration forms at that time. *********** I haven't completely decided what format I am going to use, although I am currently planning on #1 below, but leaning towards on of the other two: (my thoughts are in red): 1. Staff shoots on Friday. Competitors shoot Saturday or Sunday - their choice. 1 day format. All 10-12 stages in one day. (Saturday shooters get screwed on the prize table.) 2. Staff shoots on Saturday. Competitors shoot on Sunday. All 10-12 stages in one day. (Only can run 100-120 competitors this way) 3. Staff shoots on Friday. Competitors shoot Sat am/Sun pm or Sat pm/Sun AM. 5-6 stages per day. (forces people to stay overnight. Might me more than they want to commit for a sectional. But, everyone will have the opportunity to hit the prize table.) I am also planning on setting up a vendor area if any of the sponsors want to use it. Don't know what the turnout would be though, with the economy and all) MD's out there... Ideas? Comments? Stupid remarks? I'm willing to take them. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 1. Staff shoots on Friday. Competitors shoot Saturday or Sunday - their choice. 1 day format. All 10-12 stages in one day. (Saturday shooters get screwed on the prize table.) If they want dibs on the prize table, have them give their extra stickers to someone to go to the table for them. I don't want to stay an extra day for a sectional match. Don't think I ever have yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Mainus Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Have the staff shoot on one day of your choice. This depends on how many shooters you are trying to get into the match. Staff Friday, shooters Saturday and Sunday gives everyone plenty of chances to get the match in. We let a small number of shooters shoot with staff(less than 10) for those that can't make it any other day for the WI sectional this year. One suggestion, do away with the prize table drawing. For our prize table at the WI section this year(I got the idea from area 6 years ago) do a double blind drawing for the prizes. At registration, the shooters are given their prize if they have won one. We had a dry erase board that listed all of the prizes that we had donated and purchased, along with all of the firearms that were being given away. We had shooters bags all put together with the prizes in them already. Shooter got a ticket with a number at registration, and they got the shooters bag that went with that ticket. We heard of no complaints with this system, and it cuts about 1 to 2 hours off of the length of the match. I HATE sitting around after a match, waiting for them to call every last raffle ticket in the bucket so they can give away every last hat and t-shirt they got from the local hardware store. If you are going to do the traditional prize table, shooter must be present to win. NO EXCEPTIONS. If you let them give their ticket to someone else, they should get the aforementioned hardware store hat and t-shirt. Did I mention that I hate the prize tables. If I am MD for a match and we have to have a prize table, that is the first job I try to get someone else to do. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Believe me... I passed it along to someone else to do the grunt work. I've actually done that with better than half of the responsibilities. One of the thing's I learned in the Marines is to let your guys do their job, but keep an eye on them. You can't do it yourself, and don't micromanage. I'm kind of treating it like that. Thus far I split off the following...: 1. A guy in charge of the getting sponsors and doing the prize table (he will be getting help from me and others). 2. Two guys who will make sure that we have all that we need in the way of targets, props, ect. A quartermaster (who graciously volunteered) will do the initial set-up throughout the week prior to the match, leaving me free to take care of all the last minute details that always pop up. He will also be our Mr. Fixit during the match. 3. A range master (I'm not doing both again... that is a pain) I'm glad to see that I wasn't the only one who liked the Friday-Sunday one day approach. Tom, I like your idea about the prizes... I'll have to get with you later on that. BTW... I have you in my e-mail list... but it keeps getting bounced back. Did you change e-mails since the last time you shot here? One thing I forgot to mention is that I intend to have a staff appreciation dinner Saturday night at the match, and staff prizes will be given out then except for our "best RO" award (which will be voted on by the competitors). That RO will get a nice plaque, as well as a great prize (I am hoping some kind of firearm). Thanks for your suggestion guys. I will have the main info up by the end of the month. I plan on having the stages done by the end of December, so we have plenty of time to get all the stuff together. I should be able to start taking registrations in January. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 RO apps are ready if anyone is interested. Pop me a PM and I'll send it to you. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin D Wolverton Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Mods... please close. I have started a new posting for the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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