1. What clubs in Alberta currently run 3 Gun?
FORT ST JOHN B.C.close to the border and roughly half our shooters come from alberta
2. Is your 3 Gun currently affiliated with a specific 3 Gun parent organization?
WE ARE AFFILIATED WITH IDPA/IPSC BUT RUN OUR MATCHES UNDER "MIGHTY PEACE 3GUN" RULE SET WHICH IS MOSTLY IDPA RULES AND SCORING
3. On average, how many people attend your 3 Gun matches?
WE AVERAGED 35 SHOOTERS PER MATCH, HIGH OF 41 AND LOW OF 29....
4. How many 3 Gun matches does your club host per season/ year?
WE HELD 4 MATCHES THIS YEAR, BUT HAVE 3 GUN PRACTICE NIGHT 2X A MONTHS(TACTICAL PISTOL THE OTHER 2X A MONTH AS WELL)
5. What is the average match fee?
$40 A MATCH INCLUDES LUNCH AND A TICKET FOR RANDOM DRAW MATCH PRIZES, WE HAD A MINIMUM OF 2 GUNS ON THE TABLE FOR EVERY MATCH
i would like to add that we made a profit of approx $1000 over the 4 matchs, that was our choice... we purchased 7 firearms for the prize table, had two donated (thanks barton's tactical counter and jeff j.), we also gave away an additional 6 firearms as a side door prize thingie, all with the intent to break even and pay for the cardboard for the year, we did that. could we have made more money by scaling back the prize table and door prize budget.... yes. we budgeted about $1400-$1600 for the prize guns per match and the door prize thigie was budgeted at $1250 average per match, cut that in half and you could see a decent profit, especially if your in a bigger center and can solicit donations.... of course any profit rolls back into buying props.
figure on $10 a head to feed people if lunch is provided, always bring in more water then you figure you need......
keep the rules simple, keep simple scoring... IDPA style is perfect for that.... and keep the divisions simple.... dont handicap the highspeed guys because newbies want to shoot thier lowspeed gear in that division.
and lastly, here is a copy of our divisions with the short list of rules at the end
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wm0ibl5cxw0sa2h/3gun divisions.pdf?dl=0
and please join our "mighty peace 3gun" facebook page as we have lots of video of our stages of fire posted there.