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Thanks Matt, will hook up with you folks at Jenny's.

What time do you mean 'By first thing'?

Barrakan wrote:Thanks Matt, will hook up with you folks at Jenny's.

What time do you mean 'By first thing'?

For guidance, the first shots will go down the range at 08:30. Anyone shooting in detail 1 will normally be at least heading towards the 'point about 30 mins before. Of course, you could all have breakfast in the clubhouse, which is *much* nicer (07:00 to 09:00).

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Thanks Rox,

Mind you I don't suppose it makes a difference to me where breakfast is being held seeing as I'm supposed to be going on a diet soon.

Caught a reversed reflection of myself from behind and thought some fat bugger was creeping up on me trying to dip my pockets

rox wrote:

Barrakan wrote:Thanks Matt, will hook up with you folks at Jenny's.

What time do you mean 'By first thing'?

For guidance, the first shots will go down the range at 08:30. Anyone shooting in detail 1 will normally be at least heading towards the 'point about 30 mins before. Of course, you could all have breakfast in the clubhouse, which is *much* nicer (07:00 to 09:00).

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yea, heard that before...that's if (and only if) the markers turn up on time, they can find the appropriate target, and are actually breathing when the hooter goes off.

At the Phoenix the first rounds were supposed to go down the range at 08:30....the markers were at Stickledown gate at 08:30 just ambling up to the butts...on foot clapclap

Maggot wrote:yea, heard that before...that's if (and only if) the markers turn up on time, they can find the appropriate target, and are actually breathing when the hooter goes off.

At the Phoenix the first rounds were supposed to go down the range at 08:30....the markers were at Stickledown gate at 08:30 just ambling up to the butts...on foot clapclap

This isn't an NRA event. The three or four times I've organized and run this event we've started bang on time and usually gained a few minutes against the schedule at each distance. The Queen's II in particular doesn't afford any scope for delays as the timings are tight. I put extra bodies and additional supervisors in the butts at the start to ensure marker delays don't interfere with the start, and pressure on the range office to ensure that targets are in frames, manned and ready to go up dead on the hooter and we run a backup radio net. I don't suppose it will be much different this year.

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Rox

Sounds excellent, really looking forward to it :goodjob:

Barry

I'll drop you a pm a little closer to the time but we should be easy to find

Rox makes a very valid observation

NLRC does not stuff around

They know what works.. they know what they want ... they organise it .... and then they make it happen!

Its friendly, organised and well run.

Simply the Easter Shoot and the Champs last year are the best 2 organised and executed events I have shot in!

EagerNoSkill wrote:Rox makes a very valid observation

NLRC does not stuff around

They know what works.. they know what they want ... they organise it .... and then they make it happen!

Its friendly, organised and well run. (naturally...ENS is in the states!!! :55: )

Simply the Easter Shoot and the Champs last year are the best 2 organised and executed events I have shot in!

excellent...well worth buying new shorts for then mun.

Our beaters are pretty good as well, you have to hire mercenaries though tongueout

Joking aside, I owe you, it stopped me shooting the Police open

Thanks Matt.

rox wrote:

Maggot wrote:yea, heard that before...that's if (and only if) the markers turn up on time, they can find the appropriate target, and are actually breathing when the hooter goes off.

At the Phoenix the first rounds were supposed to go down the range at 08:30....the markers were at Stickledown gate at 08:30 just ambling up to the butts...on foot clapclap

This isn't an NRA event. The three or four times I've organized and run this event we've started bang on time and usually gained a few minutes against the schedule at each distance. The Queen's II in particular doesn't afford any scope for delays as the timings are tight. I put extra bodies and additional supervisors in the butts at the start to ensure marker delays don't interfere with the start, and pressure on the range office to ensure that targets are in frames, manned and ready to go up dead on the hooter and we run a backup radio net. I don't suppose it will be much different this year.

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yea, sorry Rox, point well made.

I know our lot are sh*t hot as well (sometimes too quick, you blink and forget where you are ).

Its easy to take a pop at the IRA...sorry I meant NRA but organising these things aint easy.

Got me acknowledgement (and new shorts) this morning so looking forward to meeting you et al.

take care

C