2019 1000 Yard World Open scoring changes

[Attrum]

The Original PA 1000 Yard Benchrest Club World Open is moving to a point scoring system in order to level the playing field and try to make relay assignments a non-issue.

That said, a win on relay 1 with a small group/high score is no better than a win on relay 12 with a larger group/lower score.

There’s always anxiety about relay assignments as everyone knows it’s better to luck into an early relay. With this scoring system in place the assignments are now going to become irrelevant.

Don’t get me wrong, small groups and high scores are to be rewarded and will be. However, a shooter who wins their relay with a target that’s not so great should, and will also be rewarded for the win. We are attempting to do our best to take Mother Nature and the 4 winds out of the equation. The new system is designed to let the shooters hard work and rifleman skills be evaluated by the condition that they shoot in, not the luck of getting to shoot in the finest of conditions.

This topic was poled at the 2018 WO and there was resounding support for this change.

I’m not going to get into the weeds of the formulas, equations, mathematics, statistics, etc. on this forum. The scoring system has taken 6 months to develop and I cannot speak intelligently to the manner in which it works.

This is simply a notice of the change and being 100% transparent about it.

See you next month at the 2019 World Open. It’s going to be a great time.

Andy Murtagh
Vice President and Public Relations Officer
Original PA 1000 Yard Benchrest Club, Inc

 

[Joe Salt]

I'd say anything is worth a try! Damned if you do and Damned if you don't! People are always complaining about bad relays so here is your chance to try something else.

Joe Salt

 

[R.Morehouse]

Each relay is, in fact, its own match only against the conditions & shooters in that relay......

 

[Stan Taylor]

I thought the world open was a aggregate for 2 target light an heavy gun aggregate I hope I'm not asking a dumb question.

 

[Attrum]

Fellas, I said before and I’ll say it again, I’m not getting into the weeds.

It’s still an aggregate 4 target match; 2 light, 2 heavy.

Here’s the kicker if you shoot a bad target in Saturday’s match and win the relay you’re still in the hunt whereas in the past you’d pack your gear and go home balling the blues because you didn’t pull relay 1 to shoot the 2”/100. Or because those darn Williamsport wind gods had it out for you.

What we are simply doing is affording the shooting to be measured by each defining relay regardless of good/bad conditions. Believe me relays here are sometimes won with 20+” groups and <50 scores.

Don’t get wrapped around the axel with fuzzy math. Good shooters who print good targets are still going to win. That’s competition. However, good shooters who print God awful targets due conditions aren’t going to be rendered losers, only to give up because the conditions gave them a bad shake or luck had them assigned to the worst of relays.

Thanks for your input and concerns, but really you shouldn’t have any. Reason being, the chances of you pulling a bad relay is more in your favor than pulling an excellent one.

One more note and final reminder; this proposal, and now scoring procedure, was poled and decided by ALL SHOOTERS AT THE 2018 WO. Please keep that in mind.

That said, I won’t be posting anything further on this issue.

Good shooting,

Andy

 

[dmoran]

This is EXCELLENT NEWS !.!.!
Montana NW-1000 has been shooting there Championship Match every year since there beginning by "Relay Rank".
It is the fairest system there is to holding 1000-yard events... in my opinion.

Wish this news would of come out sooner, would have made plans to attend this years.
But oh-well, will now plan to attend each year going forth in the future.
Thanks for the news.... and to all who made the decision !.!.!

 

[Joe Salt]

Stan just like I tell everyone that say I know who is going to win this shoot off! I say pick one and I'll bet your wrong. I'm going to bring some baby bottles. Shoot and have a good time.



Joe Salt

 

[Bkluke]

Awesome news, thanks Andy

 

[Mike 243]

Andy,
I like trying the new system. Typically I have bad luck on drawing good relays.

 

[JFrank]

Excellent”

 

[tom]

I think you guys will see your top agging guns finish at and near the top more often then not now. That's what we've seen as a whole in our version of a relay based system. I think you guys will wind up liking it better.

Tom

 

[Whitehunter]

I am loaded and ready to try THIS !!