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USPSA Special Classifier Match, May 4th at ENGC
SemperFiGuy:
Well, I sure regret missing this upcoming USPSA Match, but am long obligated on the very same date for a trapshooting event [WASP-B] in Ashland, NE.
This date conflict is all the more kind of a downer because my USPSA Range Officer credentials just came in the mail yesterday.
I had hoped to get the USPSA Match Official's permission on the next scheduled USPSA event to begin a working apprenticeship on the entry steps beyond the certification class. Maybe shadow an experienced RO. Run the timer. Keep the score sheets. Mind the Safe Area. Patch targets. Pick up brass. Basic background scut-work where a newbie can learn how a USPSA match works.
The certification class is a good, solid beginning. But only a beginning. There's a considerable amount of procedural and rules material to absorb before ever actually working up front as an RO in a live USPSA match.
So--- maybe the next time around.
sfg
JTH:
--- Quote from: SemperFiGuy on April 29, 2014, 01:22:41 PM ---I had hoped to get the USPSA Match Official's permission on the next scheduled USPSA event to begin a working apprenticeship on the entry steps beyond the certification class. Maybe shadow an experienced RO. Run the timer. Keep the score sheets. Mind the Safe Area. Patch targets. Pick up brass. Basic background scut-work where a newbie can learn how a USPSA match works.
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Actually, all you need to do it show up and shoot the match. Everyone pastes targets, paints steel, and helps picks up brass. We don't have anyone standing on the Safety Area, so that isn't an issue.
We WILL, however, have you run some shooters, and score targets. You'll always be paired with at least one experienced RO (maybe more), so you'll have backup to help out, and you'll trade off running shooters on various stages.
You don't need special permission from the MD or anything---just show up to the match and let the registration person know you just got your RO ticket.
We'll appreciate the help!
(That's a hint to all the other new ROs, by the way... :) )
SemperFiGuy:
--- Quote ---(That's a hint to all the other new ROs, by the way...
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I recall about 18 attendees in the March RO class on Creighton University grounds. Including the high school daughter of an NFOA Forum member, who was perfectly poised during the entire class/range process.
So--There's a pool of Newbie ROs for you to lasso and put to work.
Go Get 'Em.
sfg
JTH:
--- Quote from: SemperFiGuy on April 29, 2014, 03:56:21 PM ---I recall about 18 attendees in the March RO class on Creighton University grounds. Including the high school daughter of an NFOA Forum member, who was perfectly poised during the entire class/range process.
So--There's a pool of Newbie ROs for you to lasso and put to work.
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She's actually one of my high school students. :)
She was disappointed to not be able to shoot the Multigun match this past Sunday (too much lightning, darn it) and she just asked me yesterday when she gets to start running shooters in the match. I told her "show up this Sunday."
That goes for all of the OTHER new ROs, too. (Matter of fact, I know that at least four of the other new ROs from that class will be at the match, so we should have lots of new folks running shooters. Which means I get to sit down for a little bit! Yay!)
Classifiers are good stages for new ROs---they are normally very straightforward, and the shooters rarely do something wildly off-the-wall. Good way to get more comfortable with being an RO.
SemperFiGuy:
--- Quote ---Classifiers are good stages for new ROs---they are normally very straightforward, and the shooters rarely do something wildly off-the-wall. Good way to get more comfortable with being an RO.
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Yes. Right On. Classifiers are known events. A comfort to New ROs.
sfg
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