NRAA QUEENS / Australian Championships

[Tim L]

[AlanF]

[Tim L]

[Steve N]

I like Rods suggestions for a different format Nationals different to other Queens and agree it should be the standout premiere event.. Just to make it even more relevant the winners could be actually awarded the "National Champion" title for that year.

[AlanF]

I also would like to see a "proper" national championship. Queens Prize meetings, whether they be national or S & Ts, may be called championships, and are prestigious events, but technically they are just large prize meetings. Anyone can rock up and compete, even complete novices. I'd like to see club champions competing in state championships (as happens in Vic and probably some other S & Ts?), then state champions competing in national championships. Numbers at each level of the competition would be such that all competitors could be squadded together. This would produce very worthy national champions in each discipline, with the added bonus of breathing new life into club championships.

[Barry Davies]

[RDavies]

[mike H]

Whilst I too would like the National and State Queen’s meetings to be prestigious events,I have always thought they were.For those that are pushing for a change where lesser qualified shooters are excluded,I would be careful what you wish for.The most likely result will be a divide in our ranks,with one group very unhappy as being considered inferior and instead of looking up and respecting the top shooters,they will be identified as a group of elitist pricks.

[Barry Davies]

Does'nt really matter how it's conducted, there will always be some highend shooters who will not be available for some reason or another.
That equally applies to any competition and should not lessen the importance of the comp.
Set the rules and those interested will work out a way to give themselves the best opportunity, might even be that some have to attend their club a few more times in order to qualify--and that cannot be a bad thing??
Barry

[AlanF]

[RDavies]

[Barry Davies]

Alan,
I read your post same as Mike. You differentiated between National C/ships and Queens. The inference being that "anyone " and " novices" would be excluded from National Championships.
You need to clarify what you mean by " proper "
Barry

[AlanF]

[Steve N]

[AlanF]