Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Reading a letter in the Chronicle, April issue, "Making Sure your Guests are Happy". Part of the letter refers to clubs folding, attendance dropping off. How prevelant is this? Has anyone else noticed this with their clubs, or clubs they know? MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Junky Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 IMO the attendance isn't dropping off you just have the same amount of shooter's and 10 times as many clubs. Also if a club needs to be told how to treat folks right that could be a reason they don't get to many shooters to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Skinner, SASS#60697 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Our local clubs appear to be keeping the same numbers or growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom, SASS #54973 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Some are growing...some are not. Guess which one's ain't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I had the pleasure of shooting with the Mountain Valley Vigilantes in Hot Springs, Arkansas yesterday when they set a new record for attendance at a regular monthly match, just a few shy of 100. We had 6 posses on 6 stages. Interestingly, this range has smallish targets pretty well out there, and movement at each stage. I did not hear any complaints and folks seemed to be enjoying themselves. Go figure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Whiskers Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Cowboys come and Cowboys go - such is the way of the Cowboys. The issue to me is not who or how many show up to shoot, but how many show up to set steel and break down the match. This is much better reflection of the health of a club. WW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Cowboys come and Cowboys go - such is the way of the Cowboys. The issue to me is not who or how many show up to shoot, but how many show up to set steel and break down the match. This is much better reflection of the health of a club. WW Will say Willy, you are one of the hardest workers, many times you have the stages set up by yourself. MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Stevens SASS#55996 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 At the Rockford Regulators last Saturday we had three brand new shooters and another on watching thats been hanging out for a couple of months. Our numbers are steady, but the reason we don't get 60-70 shooters a match is because there are literally twice the clubs that there was a few years ago. Folks will drive a shorter distance even if they are shooting less of a match. There are a few clubs here that only average about 12-18 shooters, and that is mostly due to location and CAS population. The good news is we have about ten club members at Rockford Regulators that are really willing to get some work done and it makes proucing a match much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassin Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I'll drive 35 miles to shoot rather than shoot at the range that is only 12 miles away, due to a friendlier club and a better run match. Sad, but true. LL' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 The two clubs I shoot at are pretty much at capacity most matches when the weather is even half way decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal barnes sass #5792 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 When I started in '96 there were 3 clubs in N.C. Now there are 15. Shooters come and they go. I have a photo taken at a match in '96 with 34 shooters. Two of us are still active in the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Gregg Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Our club is limited to around 800 total members (if'n I recollect rightly). And there is a waiting list. But that includes guys who want to shoot NRA high power, silhouette, trap, skeet, clays, .22 rifle games, IPSC, SASS, etc, etc. The club has a lot of different ranges on site. Our ATTENDANCE is growing, though. So we must be doing something right. And I have a new couple who is coming to watch/try the SASS shoot this Sunday. Mustang Gregg TG, ENGC & HPR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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