I received an email today asking if we were really giving up USPSA shooting at York Izaak Walton. This is the reply I sent:
"Yes, it does mean the end of USPSA at York Izaak
Walton.
We have decided that USPSA is no longer representative of
our needs. We have decided to continue action shooting, with pistols, as well
as multi-gun, in a manner very similar to USPSA but without their rules or
scoring system. The rules of USPSA are very restrictive and change so often
that we can't keep them straight. Their scoring system is unnecessarily
complicated and time consuming. By dropping USPSA we will also be saving the
club a great deal of money on the activity fees we paid to USPSA. In 2011 it
was about $2000.00. Set up for non-USPSA matches is infinitely easier and
faster.
Action shooting is stronger than ever at York and it will
easier to set up and more fun to shoot without USPSA. We will be using a form
of IMGA rules and Time plus scoring. We ran a beta test last at month's
match and it was universally approved. Without USPSA we will have more variety
of targets to choose from and more leeway in designing courses of fire. Safety
will remain our foremost concern, and keeping action shooting enjoyable for both
shooters and our staff will be second.
All of your current equipment will remain competitive and
the divisions are so similar to those of USPSA that you won't have to change
anything.
November 11th will be our last USPSA match and it will be
a 7 stage match with 6 classifiers, so if your classification matters to you we
will provide one last opportunity."
This is not an invitation to sign up. Expect that around November 4th.
3 comments:
York IWLA has always had a well run and diverse pistol committee. I'm glad to see that continue and keep your club moving forward.
If breaking with USPSA, I suppose that also is a departure from Steel Challenge as well. My only hope is that you will still hold steel challenge-style matches occasionally. I've always seen them as we'll attended and fun matches to shoot in. (Plus its a nice use of those steel plates you invested in!!)
At this point we are considereing keeping the PA State Steel Challenge for 2013.
Howard,
This is the smart move. Congrats on your decision and good luck with the move.
Patierno
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