Karen's Cup Down Cardinal Center.

Discussion in 'Trapshooting Forum - Americantrapshooter.com' started by 733, May 29, 2017.

  1. 733

    733 Member

    I saw on the RJ Stuart link on this site that the Karen Cup actually finished down significantly. At first glance it looks like it was up but a new event was held. The new handicap had 140 shooters. Without that they actually had 51 fewer entries.
     
    733, May 29, 2017
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  2. wpt

    wpt Forum Leader Founding Member Forum Leader

    That would not be a good sign, think of how many less will probably shoot the biggest little shoot in the world in Aug ... WPT ... (YAC) ...
     
    wpt, May 29, 2017
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  3. rick s

    rick s Member Founding Member

    shooting the same time as the greatlakes grand might be the reason its down, they might be up on entries up north.
     
    rick s, May 29, 2017
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  4. blf3

    blf3 Active Member Founding Member

    Great Lakes Grand,Memorial weekend,dark and dreary Friday morning,heavy downpoors Friday night.A lot of shooters chose to shoot Saturday's added handicap and bypass Sunday's caps so they could hit the road early.Besides,the Buckeye Classic starts Wednesday.These things all add up attendance wise.
     
    blf3, May 29, 2017
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  5. dr.longshot

    dr.longshot Grudge Match Champion Founding Member Forum Leader Grudge Match Champion

    The Great Lakes Shoot was going on at the same time as Karens Cup, which was not good, I Suggest That Karens Cup be held on another Date

    GB...............................................DLS
     
    dr.longshot, May 29, 2017
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  6. Columbus

    Columbus Forum Leader Founding Member Forum Leader

    Pretty full schedule there Doc, and just two days between Karen's Cup and the start of the Buckeye - Karen's Cup is just a warm-up for shooters and probably for the CC staff.
     
    Columbus, May 29, 2017
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  7. Don Cogan

    Don Cogan Bird Hunter Past OSTA President Founding Member

    The Karen's Cup shoot is simply taking the place of the old Jaqua's Memorial weekend shoot. The Jaquas shoot and the Great Lakes Grand were traditionally held the same weekend.
     
    Don Cogan, May 29, 2017
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  8. rookieshooter

    rookieshooter Mega Poster Forum Leader

    Throw in the fact that the weather report for Sunday had a sever thunder storm with possible tornado in the middle of the day might also played a factor in the lower numbers. For that reason alone I almost did not go.
    Also, good shooting Rick Springer who broke a 99 in the pre-caps missing his 98th target from the 27.
     
    rookieshooter, May 30, 2017
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  9. BRAD DYSINGER

    BRAD DYSINGER The Philosophist Founding Member Member Trapshooting Hall of Fame Member State Hall of Fame

    Maybe shooters aren't shooting ATA as much. The great lakes shoot and Jaqua's shoots used to have over 1000 shooters between them on the weekend, also the Great Eastern had a shoot. So what I say is today you have fewer and fewer, older and older shooters shooting. Why do you think the ATA was so desperate to get the SCTP to register their singles events? According to some info I've seen the Jr and Sub Jr shooters make up over a third of the ATA membership. They don't travel to shoots they shoot SCTP. If anyone on here wants to see a big trap shoot go to the SCTP shoot in July at the Cardinal. I'll make a bet it's not DOWN from last year's. Brad
     
    BRAD DYSINGER, May 30, 2017
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