Cumbria 70M & H2H's CANCELLED

[not dead yet]

Originally Posted by morphymick

And it won't be WRS next year either, now.

Pity, we could do with more 70m & H2H's up north.

Mick

why wont it mick

[moo-mop]

Originally Posted by not dead yet

why wont it mick

You generally need to prove you can successfully run the shoot at BRS first before you can apply for WRS.

[Little Miss Purple]

This is a problem though... people may have attended had it been WRS but have gone to a WRS shoot elsewhere instead!

ps.. a club that already hosts a WRS shoot is more likely to get a new shoot ok'd straight away.

[Deemon]

Originally Posted by morphymick

Pity, we could do with more 70m & H2H's up north.

Mick

And yet again I find myself agreeing with Morphymick

Yes, more WRS 70m H2Hs Up North - that would be good. Mick, you're all sorted though surely on the ranking front what with the Lileshall event last weekend and Savile in a few weeks time?

[Deemon]

Originally Posted by Little Miss Purple

This is a problem though... people may have attended had it been WRS but have gone to a WRS shoot elsewhere instead!

ps.. a club that already hosts a WRS shoot is more likely to get a new shoot ok'd straight away.

Yes but for that first year it sounds like they can't get WRS and yet a lot of archers won't attend your event unless it is WRS. Bit of a catch 22 really that. So is this a common problem then? Because Aire Valley seemed to manage ok on the attendance front last year even though it was a new non-WRS shoot???

Is it because it was a Western do we think? Is that the trick maybe - to get peeps along in your first year of hosting a tournament by holding a fun type of event and then switch to something a bit more serious once you have WRS the following year? If that's what you want to do as a club that is.

[Furface]

The best way to get WRS granted is to convince your region and GNAS that you can run a tournament to WRS standards. The best way to do this is to do it, but, if you are starting out, proving that you are au fait with all the requirements, showing how you provide for them, and getting the support of an appropriate level of judge would probably be enough. That and showing that you have run efficient tournaments in the recent past.
As for popularity, speaking as one who shoots mainly for enjoyment, the thought of shooting the first round all at the same distance, followed by a second round (at the same distance) that I might get no more than a handful of arrows shot in does not sound enticing. Sorry, all you FITA junkies, but it just sounds dull to me. (Personal opinion, I hasten to add)

PS - WRS only applies to FITA rounds. No WRS Westerns

[Little Miss Purple]

70M fita's bore me silly!!!

[moo-mop]

Originally Posted by Deemon

So is this a common problem then?

It was exactly the same for Southampton.

[Deemon]

Originally Posted by Furface

PS - WRS only applies to FITA rounds. No WRS Westerns

Thanks Furface, I did not know that. We live and learn.

[Little Miss Purple]

and most clubs don't apply for BRS for shorter imperial rounds... hence why the national records remain unbroken for so long in some cases!