Popper adjustments during a match

[JThompson]

CRO= Calibration Range Officer.

[Nik Habicht]

In that case --- soft or wet ground --- perhaps this should have been addressed during the build? There are ways to mitigate those factors --- the match staff is going to do the work one way or the other, in any event.....

I had to chuckle when I read this, remembering the 2007 L/P/R Nationals in Tulsa, where some of the steel poppers would literally disappear completely under standing water after they dropped with a splash!

That's why I used mitigate ---- if a flood washes away the match, or thieves come by and steal the steel, those are pretty hard to account for during set-up. OTOH, if the locals know that the normal range conditions will cause poppers to shift during days of use, then there's stuff you can do during the building and running phase to minimize the impact on the competitors.....

It all comes down to the prep work --- but then that's usually how it works out, barring crazy weather and drainage problems....