How to Organize a Clay Pigeon Competition

34% of Brits feel more stressed today than they did a few years back.

With rising costs of living, increased work pressure, and lack of enough sleep, it is not difficult to imagine why people are not as happy as they used to be.

A clay pigeon event is one way to combat both stress and raise money for your favourite cause.

Want to organise your own skeet shooting competition? Here are some tips to help you plan a great event.

1. Select a Gun Club

This is among the most important things to sort out as your event revolves around this.

To do this, visit two or three clubs in your area to see what’s on offer as well as the costs.

At the end of it, you should have a contract clearly stating:

• The date and time you will have access to the club
• Description of tournament services including scorecards, service fees and gratuities
• Cancellation terms and weather policy

Check out the grounds as well and inquire about everything that you feel is a major concern for the day.

2. Staffing Needs for a Skeet Shooting Competition

It is advisable to get competent helpers in the planning committee. These could be your friends and family as well as local volunteers.

When you get a sound team in place, work out what needs to be done, and assign clear responsibilities to each of the volunteers.

3. Find Shooters

Shooters are central to the tournament. If you align your event to a charitable cause, you can then find shooters that share similar values with your charity.

Discuss, their shooting fees, as well as the donation they are willing to pledge to your charity.

You can also have a sponsorship system where you get local institutions to sponsor the shooters.

4. Work out the Prizes

You need some prizes to end the day and to get people’s competitive juices flowing.

This will be determined by your overall budget, and what you project to collect through donations.

You can also consider giving participation trophies, as opposed to only awarding the winners.

5. Supporting Events

There is a need to have other supporting events because not all your attendees will participate in the shooting. This will foster inclusivity and increase engagement.

Depending on the amenities at the venue, you can host a swimming gala, eating competition, racing and so on.

These again will fetch prizes at the end. For these activities, you can consider charity swag, goodie bags, and other quality merchandise.

6. Food and Drink

As always with such events, people are happy to spend on refreshments, and most will be happy to pay above market rates for charity.

Talk to several vendors or volunteers to sell their wares where you will negotiate a percentage of what will go towards the charity.

Have finger foods, snacks, drinks, and easy to serve desserts like ice cream and cotton candy.

7. Have an Information Desk

An information desk is a station manned by people who are well-informed about your charity.

Their role is to provide information to guests as well as receive donations and pledges.

Have this as a prominent place and make it warm and inviting.

Ready to Unleash the Fun?

With these tips, you can put up a fun skeet shooting competition, for a good cause.

Remember to use your social media and other avenues to spread the word about your event.

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