I happened upon this video from Erik Cortina and found the format to be quite intriguing.
It's fired with a pair of shooters, so they are not simply chasing the spotter.
They shoot side by side and the looser drops out. The winner goes on to the next stage.
It overcomes a range of fairness problems in traditional F Class where a guy can win out of stage luck and position luck.
The wind happens to go nuts just as your stage starts and that relay will score lower than the prior relay.
This side by side format takes that lucky relay factor out of play, and it also pairs top guys with top guys toward the end and that is the most fun way to shoot.
I have even seen where match organizers put the national team on the wind protected side of the range and foreigners are getting full wind and turbulence.
One guy was paired with a severely handicapped shooter for most of the weekend. Bad luck or planned, it was not fair to him.
I don't agree with many of Cortina's ideas, but he hit a home run getting involved with this format.
I'd like to see this adopted here in Canada.
It's fired with a pair of shooters, so they are not simply chasing the spotter.
They shoot side by side and the looser drops out. The winner goes on to the next stage.
It overcomes a range of fairness problems in traditional F Class where a guy can win out of stage luck and position luck.
The wind happens to go nuts just as your stage starts and that relay will score lower than the prior relay.
This side by side format takes that lucky relay factor out of play, and it also pairs top guys with top guys toward the end and that is the most fun way to shoot.
I have even seen where match organizers put the national team on the wind protected side of the range and foreigners are getting full wind and turbulence.
One guy was paired with a severely handicapped shooter for most of the weekend. Bad luck or planned, it was not fair to him.
I don't agree with many of Cortina's ideas, but he hit a home run getting involved with this format.
I'd like to see this adopted here in Canada.