Hi Damien I'm with you on this one. Take the Hunterclass events which are held over four days, if you want to shoot the Heavy gun only in the centrefire class you need to wait till the fourth day, This costs an extra nights accommodation and usually an extra days annual leave which would be better used attending another shoot imho. Regards, Steve

I will just put my $0.02 worth in here folks. Over thirty five years + of comp shooting I have been to a lot of events at state national and International status. I have also arranged and run a number of State Shoots and National Championships. I state this not to blow my own trumpet, but to establish that I know what I am talking about here. We set the program, in a format that has usually been used before, and that shooters are used to. They plan their travel around this. Why? Because no one ever seems to whinge about it - not to the organisers anyway. Damien, your suggestion has some merit. So, might I suggest that if you take the time to get enough people to contact the organisers of whatever event it is, and express your concerns, then just maybe something will be done. Some years ago I lobbied to have the experimental class event at the centrefire Nationals shot on the first day, instead of the traditional last day. It was done, and now that is the way we run it. These things are not set in stone, and if a good idea comes up, tell the organisers. Internet forums are fine, but that does not usually change things. For what it is worth, I agree with you. Now lobby for change. Cheers Brendan Atkinson

The other option is to shoot the Benchrest first, Light and Heavy then straight into the IRB seeing IRB does not have a light class. All up to the organizers at the event speak to them early and maybe it can be changed. Where is the next one to be held.