World Cup of Silhouette
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 10:59 am
For a couple of years, I've wanted to hold a regional match with a "match play" scoring system for something different and new. I've run through the idea of hosting a match like this at Winnsboro but we haven't come that far yet. This is my solution: the WORLD CUP OF SILHOUETTE!
Why the World Cup of Silhouette?
1. The name is not taken.
2. The World Cup is going on now and it's awesome.
3. Everyone in the world can participate!
What is the World Cup of Silhouette?
1. It's a postal match.
2. It is match play, so the only person you're shooting against is the shooter that you are paired against for that particular match.
3. It's a worldwide smallbore silhouette extravaganza (we could do this for Cowboy, too)!
When and where is the match?
1. Everywhere, all the time. (okay really just at silhouette ranges and just from March through October)
2. Any NRA Registered or Approved Silhouette match counts; local or big match, you just have to declare that the match is going to count before you shoot it. (actually, it doesn't have to be an NRA match, but it has to be an organized recurring match with 1/5 scale targets at 40, 60, 77 and 100 meters - we want shooters in Europe, Africa, Canada, Mexico, Ireland everywhere to play)
When will it start and end?
1. It will start in March 2015 and end in October 2015 (although we might do a short test run this year if there is interest).
How much will it cost?
1. $10
I am confused, just explain it to me step by step:
All you really have to do is fill out an entry form, send it to me with $10, shoot your normal monthly match and email me a picture of your scorecard each month.
Step 1 - Sign up
1. Print out the entry form and mail it and $10 to me sometime between January 1, 2015 and March 1, 2015.
2. You will be required to shoot one match per month while you are in the tournament so you will tell me on your entry form the date of your match each month from March through October.
3. The tournament will have either 24, 32, 48, 64, 96 or 128 shooters depending on entries received before the cutoff.
Step 2 - Shoot the Group Stage in March - May
1. Every shooter will be placed in a 4-shooter group and each shooter will be paired against each of the other three shooters. We will use the groups so that every shooter is guaranteed to stay in the tournament for at least 3 months.
2. After you shoot your match in March, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and you will both get either a win, loss or draw. These are 80-shot matches (Standard plus Hunter or Heavy/light, if you shoot two 60 shot matches they will be converted to two 40-shot matches)
3. After you shoot your match in April, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and you will both get either a win, loss or draw.
4. After you shoot your match in May, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and you will both get either a win, loss or draw.
5. After May, the top 2 shooters from each group will advance to the knockout stage of the tournament.
Step 3 - Shoot the first knockout round in June
1. After you shoot your match in June, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and the best score moves on to the next round (ties will be broken by reverse animal count)
Step 4 - Shoot the second knockout round in July
1. After you shoot your match in July, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and the best score moves on to the next round (ties will be broken by reverse animal count).
Step 5 - Shoot the third knockout round in August.
1. After you shoot your match in August, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and the best score moves on to the next round (ties will be broken by reverse animal count)
Step 6 - Shoot the fourth knockout round in September
1. After you shoot your match in September, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and the best score moves on to the next round (ties will be broken by reverse animal count)
Step 7 - Shoot the championship match in October (or maybe September)
1. If you've made it this far, after you shoot the championship match score, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and the best score wins the World Cup of Silhouette (ties will be broken by reverse animal count)
Step 8 - Get paid!
1. The winner will get 1/3 of the total money collected.
2. 1/3 of the money will be divided evenly amongst the shooters that made it to the round of 8, excluding the winner of the tournament. (or Round of 6 if it is a 48 or 96 person tournament)
3. 1/3 of the money will be divided evenly amongst 8 shooters drawn from a hat that did not make it to the round of 8.
So, you don't have to shoot well to win some money and you don't have to be a master class shooter to win some money or even win the whole tournament. There are lots of factors that will play a part: your opponent could have a bad day or the conditions could be much worse for a master class shooter paired against a AA shooter and the AA shooter could score an upset. There is no telling who will win this thing. I will post updated of the tournament's progress on SteelChickens so everyone can follow along.
As an example, lets say we get 64 shooters. At $10/shooter that's $640 of total prize money. The winner gets $213.33; the shooters that make it to the Round of 8 but don't win each get $30.48. Then the 56 shooters that didn't make the top 8 get thrown into the hat and 8 are drawn and each of those wins $26.66. If we have 128 shooters, the grand prize is $426.66, the top 8 get $60.95 each and those drawn get $53.33 each. Not bad for a $10 entry fee.
Here is a visual of the bracket for a 32-shooter field: So what does everyone think? Good idea? Bad Idea? Would you participate?
Dustin
Why the World Cup of Silhouette?
1. The name is not taken.
2. The World Cup is going on now and it's awesome.
3. Everyone in the world can participate!
What is the World Cup of Silhouette?
1. It's a postal match.
2. It is match play, so the only person you're shooting against is the shooter that you are paired against for that particular match.
3. It's a worldwide smallbore silhouette extravaganza (we could do this for Cowboy, too)!
When and where is the match?
1. Everywhere, all the time. (okay really just at silhouette ranges and just from March through October)
2. Any NRA Registered or Approved Silhouette match counts; local or big match, you just have to declare that the match is going to count before you shoot it. (actually, it doesn't have to be an NRA match, but it has to be an organized recurring match with 1/5 scale targets at 40, 60, 77 and 100 meters - we want shooters in Europe, Africa, Canada, Mexico, Ireland everywhere to play)
When will it start and end?
1. It will start in March 2015 and end in October 2015 (although we might do a short test run this year if there is interest).
How much will it cost?
1. $10
I am confused, just explain it to me step by step:
All you really have to do is fill out an entry form, send it to me with $10, shoot your normal monthly match and email me a picture of your scorecard each month.
Step 1 - Sign up
1. Print out the entry form and mail it and $10 to me sometime between January 1, 2015 and March 1, 2015.
2. You will be required to shoot one match per month while you are in the tournament so you will tell me on your entry form the date of your match each month from March through October.
3. The tournament will have either 24, 32, 48, 64, 96 or 128 shooters depending on entries received before the cutoff.
Step 2 - Shoot the Group Stage in March - May
1. Every shooter will be placed in a 4-shooter group and each shooter will be paired against each of the other three shooters. We will use the groups so that every shooter is guaranteed to stay in the tournament for at least 3 months.
2. After you shoot your match in March, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and you will both get either a win, loss or draw. These are 80-shot matches (Standard plus Hunter or Heavy/light, if you shoot two 60 shot matches they will be converted to two 40-shot matches)
3. After you shoot your match in April, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and you will both get either a win, loss or draw.
4. After you shoot your match in May, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and you will both get either a win, loss or draw.
5. After May, the top 2 shooters from each group will advance to the knockout stage of the tournament.
Step 3 - Shoot the first knockout round in June
1. After you shoot your match in June, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and the best score moves on to the next round (ties will be broken by reverse animal count)
Step 4 - Shoot the second knockout round in July
1. After you shoot your match in July, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and the best score moves on to the next round (ties will be broken by reverse animal count).
Step 5 - Shoot the third knockout round in August.
1. After you shoot your match in August, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and the best score moves on to the next round (ties will be broken by reverse animal count)
Step 6 - Shoot the fourth knockout round in September
1. After you shoot your match in September, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and the best score moves on to the next round (ties will be broken by reverse animal count)
Step 7 - Shoot the championship match in October (or maybe September)
1. If you've made it this far, after you shoot the championship match score, email me a picture of your scorecard and I will compare it against the shooter you are against and the best score wins the World Cup of Silhouette (ties will be broken by reverse animal count)
Step 8 - Get paid!
1. The winner will get 1/3 of the total money collected.
2. 1/3 of the money will be divided evenly amongst the shooters that made it to the round of 8, excluding the winner of the tournament. (or Round of 6 if it is a 48 or 96 person tournament)
3. 1/3 of the money will be divided evenly amongst 8 shooters drawn from a hat that did not make it to the round of 8.
So, you don't have to shoot well to win some money and you don't have to be a master class shooter to win some money or even win the whole tournament. There are lots of factors that will play a part: your opponent could have a bad day or the conditions could be much worse for a master class shooter paired against a AA shooter and the AA shooter could score an upset. There is no telling who will win this thing. I will post updated of the tournament's progress on SteelChickens so everyone can follow along.
As an example, lets say we get 64 shooters. At $10/shooter that's $640 of total prize money. The winner gets $213.33; the shooters that make it to the Round of 8 but don't win each get $30.48. Then the 56 shooters that didn't make the top 8 get thrown into the hat and 8 are drawn and each of those wins $26.66. If we have 128 shooters, the grand prize is $426.66, the top 8 get $60.95 each and those drawn get $53.33 each. Not bad for a $10 entry fee.
Here is a visual of the bracket for a 32-shooter field: So what does everyone think? Good idea? Bad Idea? Would you participate?
Dustin