Summer Slam VIII Registration is now open!
- Thread starter mmatt
- Start date
- Location
- Halifax - NS
As always, had a great time in Northern New Brunswick. Great people, great fun.
Thanks very much to Trevor, Chris, Serge and all the crew that again made this happen!!
Thanks very much to Trevor, Chris, Serge and all the crew that again made this happen!!
- Location
- Montreal, QC
Yep! Thanks to all the organisation! It was my first Summerslam, heard great things about it and it was simply awesome!
stormbringer
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- Location
- S.W. Ontario
In typical style the boys and girls of the Restigouche club put on a first class show. I look forward to many more years out out there.
This was a record attendance for EESA members with 7 making the trek dragging out two more members from the Crumlin club for the ride.
16 hours one way and it is still worth it! Next year we might just extend the trip and spend more time in the area like we did 3 years ago.
This was a record attendance for EESA members with 7 making the trek dragging out two more members from the Crumlin club for the ride.
16 hours one way and it is still worth it! Next year we might just extend the trip and spend more time in the area like we did 3 years ago.
No question there was a lot of work put into the match and number of stages increased, but it seem like it had affected several other aspects of the match.
To me the match didn't feel like it was up to the promise and the previous years reputation. So, it looked like this time Restigouche club put on a first class circus.
It was very ironic to hear from the match director at the banquet how they appreciate competitors from Ontario drive 16 hours to the match and then see how we are treated as second citizens, e.g. splitting 4 people who drive together all in 4 different squads. More over, intermediate results or score verification reports wasn't posted during match and when I asked MD if we could get our scores verified before we take off for out 16 hours drive, I was told that stats office is busy entering scores and he won't be interrupting them. Guess I was asking too much.
The food at the banquet was decent and the prize table looked good, but you had to wait for the prize draw for 3 hours, including listening to long and repetitive speeches. For Christ's sake, limit the time for each speaker... It is good to recognize sponsors and show them appreciation, but having NFA guy mumble at the stage for 30 minutes and going in circles how we should fight for our rights was way over the top, besides, he didn't say anything we didn't know and most people wasn't really listening. At least for some of us it was a major competition and a sport's event, so having to stay past 10pm to get up at 6am wasn't respectful to match participants.
The match organization wasn't great either, with squads waiting up and jumping ahead of each other, creating even more road blocks to other squads. People taking off earlier, leaving their squad mates to officiate and reset stages for smaller squads (that is not even counting DQs and injured people, including competitor who ended up at the hospital).
Stages were typical Summer Slam stages (house, labyrinth, plane/submarine, tanks, phone booth, we all seen them in several previous years), generally decent and with some options, but this year they have added a twist by introducing conditions which targets in the plain view you can or can't shoot from certain positions (that was the case for at least two long stages).
Finally, the Summer Slam really outgrown the idea of the CROs walking and shooting with their squads. That severely affected stage consistency between squads, especially given my previous point.
To me the match didn't feel like it was up to the promise and the previous years reputation. So, it looked like this time Restigouche club put on a first class circus.
It was very ironic to hear from the match director at the banquet how they appreciate competitors from Ontario drive 16 hours to the match and then see how we are treated as second citizens, e.g. splitting 4 people who drive together all in 4 different squads. More over, intermediate results or score verification reports wasn't posted during match and when I asked MD if we could get our scores verified before we take off for out 16 hours drive, I was told that stats office is busy entering scores and he won't be interrupting them. Guess I was asking too much.
The food at the banquet was decent and the prize table looked good, but you had to wait for the prize draw for 3 hours, including listening to long and repetitive speeches. For Christ's sake, limit the time for each speaker... It is good to recognize sponsors and show them appreciation, but having NFA guy mumble at the stage for 30 minutes and going in circles how we should fight for our rights was way over the top, besides, he didn't say anything we didn't know and most people wasn't really listening. At least for some of us it was a major competition and a sport's event, so having to stay past 10pm to get up at 6am wasn't respectful to match participants.
The match organization wasn't great either, with squads waiting up and jumping ahead of each other, creating even more road blocks to other squads. People taking off earlier, leaving their squad mates to officiate and reset stages for smaller squads (that is not even counting DQs and injured people, including competitor who ended up at the hospital).
Stages were typical Summer Slam stages (house, labyrinth, plane/submarine, tanks, phone booth, we all seen them in several previous years), generally decent and with some options, but this year they have added a twist by introducing conditions which targets in the plain view you can or can't shoot from certain positions (that was the case for at least two long stages).
Finally, the Summer Slam really outgrown the idea of the CROs walking and shooting with their squads. That severely affected stage consistency between squads, especially given my previous point.
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Nice to see someone else who isn't afraid to speak the truth, glad handing and kissing ass won't improve how things get done. There's two choices learn from the customers criticism or cry foul and go on thinking you are doing everything perfectly
My first level III so nothing to compare it to other than local level I and II
I had a great time, stages were interesting, something for everyone. Lots of work put into props and design. I certainly could not have done any better with setting stages up so I appreciated them for sure.
People were friendly, ran smoothly with some waiting for stages to clear out but that is to be expected.
I agree the NFA was long winded and disjointed in his remarks. We mostly talked through it. If you are going for prizes you are in the wrong sport, if you are going for cash prizes and trophies you are in the wrong sport. We shoot to shoot. To have fun, to compete against our peers.
All in all a great trip, good friends, some tasty beverages and excellent icecream.
Plus I bought a new JP rifle from CRAFM on the way through.
Thanks to all who attended, and who put on the show
Dwayne
I had a great time, stages were interesting, something for everyone. Lots of work put into props and design. I certainly could not have done any better with setting stages up so I appreciated them for sure.
People were friendly, ran smoothly with some waiting for stages to clear out but that is to be expected.
I agree the NFA was long winded and disjointed in his remarks. We mostly talked through it. If you are going for prizes you are in the wrong sport, if you are going for cash prizes and trophies you are in the wrong sport. We shoot to shoot. To have fun, to compete against our peers.
All in all a great trip, good friends, some tasty beverages and excellent icecream.
Plus I bought a new JP rifle from CRAFM on the way through.
Thanks to all who attended, and who put on the show
Dwayne
Just because you can't do better doesn't mean it was done properly. If you go to a restaurant and order something I can't make and it's brutal, should you not complain? Some people get bent out of shape when it's said but a match is a consumer product and the shooters are customers. When you hold an IPSC match of any level certain things are expected. The higher the level/price the more we expect things to be done properly
You haven't said a word to me at Peterborough, now who is a mouse? Next time you'll have to try your confronting thing harder... but I have to warn you, I am pretty good at ignoring people I am not interested to talk to.
I am not asking anyone to like my feedback on the matches I've shot, feel free to hate me for not saying nice words or disregard my comments about this match. I am telling my match experience, it is not a lie or a made up story, it is what it is. I am also here not because of the IPSC web site, I like the sport for what it is and it is not up to you to decide if I will be around or not. The thing is that cool stage props are not the only thing the match organizers should do and you don't have to have cool props to make a great match.
I shoot 7 (SEVEN) Level 3 IPSC and USPSA matches this year alone and officiated as an RO at 3 of them. So, I do have some experience to share, if anyone is interested to listen, but I am not for huffing and puffing. In my scale as a competitor, the Summer Slam match organization was the worse out those matches and in a retrospect I should have stayed home and shoot two other matches within 4 hour drive instead.
I was the guy that got the head injury and I am real proud of my club in how they handled it. They had properly stocked first aid kits immediately accessible in each range bucket. Roger Levesque the RO assessed the situation. He controlled the bleeding and had someone call the ambulance. The range master had someone meet the ambulance and lead it back to the range. Ranny Rankin Stayed with me till I got to the hospital and notified my family. That head injury was severe and if I the bleeding was left uncontrolled I would have bled out. Accidents happen, but it was handled very well by the folks at the restigouche range.
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