Poppers. Some folks love them. Some folks hate them. But if they are not properly maintained and managed, then folks really hate them! Let’s cover some common popper issues that can be easily managed to make poppers more enjoyable for everyone.
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Why follow the rules?
We have talked before on the blog about the phrase “It’s only a local match” and how it annoys those of us who spend our weekends educating members on the rules. It’s not because rules accidentally get overlooked, not applied, or misapplied, we understand that happens once in a while. It bugs us when clubs have attitudes that either they aren’t capable of following the rules (everyone is capable) or blatantly ignore the rules.
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Yep, time for the annual reflection on our wonderful and dedicated volunteer range officials. We always say that we can’t have our sport without them. And that is very true. All match levels rely on our members who step up to serve as match officials and here are the reasons they are critical to our sport.
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Occasionally stages require competitors to start completely outside the shooting area and require a step or two of movement to enter the shooting area. But sometimes The Neuralyzer (a.k.a. the timer beep) wipes any and all stage plans and competitors engage targets before entering the shooting area. For this Question of the Month we look at how to handle this situation as a RO.
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