Mik’s bit - organising Where do I start - AGAIN! Well we have already booked the ranges and the Markers for 2012, spoken to the Range Officers and other staff involved to ensure that they are happy to help next year and that they have the dates.
Next, I go through the hundreds of e-mails I am currently receiving from the GB F Class Committee to see what, if anything, we can improve on for the following year. The event gets bigger every year and we must keep planning for the expected growth, to ensure that we have enough target space and butt markers. Then, about three days after the last event we start organising the other bits that go with it!
This time, we are planning an extended Europeans for 2012, as we seem to be getting more and more overseas F Class shooters attending. They all seem to want to practice on Stickledown prior to the competition. So, we are looking at starting organised practice sessions from the Tuesday prior to the Europeans, for anyone who wishes to attend. All this will be explained on the entry forms for 2012, which will be on the GBFCA website in Aug 2012, it will also be e-mailed out to all those on my F Class e-mail list.
This promises to be the biggest F Class gathering in the world and we expect 200 plus competitors. But don’t worry, the main competitions will still be Friday to Sunday, so you won’t have to take a week off work to compete - unless you really fancy a week-long range shooting session?
THE 2011 EUROPEAN F CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS BISLEY - ENGLAND
It will all start in earnest in January 2012, when we send out the application forms for overseas visitors permits etc. The range layout has already been done and medal lists etc. drawn-up for ordering in early 2012.
I am fortunate that I am a Bisley-based shooter and fairly well known on Camp, so normally a trip round the clubs manages to sort out most things - mainly making them aware that they will be busy on the weekend of the F Class Europeans. I did make one boo-boo this year and forgot to inform the cafe in the clay shooting pavilion - hence they ran out of everything, so for those who went hungry, I apologise! I also forgot to do that last year as well!
In the run up to the event, things get chaotic - from e-mails and phone calls asking questions like “How many rounds do I need?” (Please read the paperwork on the entry form) to “Any idea what the weather is going to be like?”.
Then, all the paperwork has to be printed, collated and transported to Bisley. The whole thing takes months of organising and a week at Bisley in the run-up to ensure everything is happening as it should do.
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