Matt,
Ideas are always good in that they get people thinking.
Eastern state shooter are all relatively close to each other compared to us sandgropers. At least 4 of us will be shooting in the ACT Queens in November and hope to see as many F Class shooters, (Open & Standard),
Optical class and target rifle shooters as possible.
We will be shooting for seven days straight and then heading back to Perth.
The Tuesday before the Queens is an F Class & Optical Class OPM.
With 10 and 15 Shot matches I believe. Open - Standard & Optical could all compete on this day.
What the Canberra Rifle Club need is a show of hands to indicate numbers and what your preferred style of shooting is.
This may be improved on for next year.
The ACT is a good venue for attracting a large number of shooters, as it is the most central location over there. Either a stand alone F Class championship or an F Class event prior to the ACT Queens is all good as the people going to the Queens need only take an extra day or two off work to compete.
I think an F Class only shoot would be fine, but should be back to back with a Queens shoot so people can get there to compete.
This years ACT Queens would be a perfect opportunity to try it out.
You will have at least 4 WA shooters there already. They are going to run an F Class OPM on the Tuesday anyway - they are in the planning stage for the Tuesday shoot at the moment, Open - Standard - Optical could all shoot together and get along for a change with discussion about improving on the idea for next year.