Quote Originally Posted by mikec4 View Post
That's why 2 teams and 6 individuals shot the Dorset 10m pistol league this summer with excellent results and our usual 8 shooters competed in the SPA 10m pistol summer series.....

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Mike.
........no time left for the MPL series then?

The good thing is that the MPL series has helped to create the interest that has probably encouraged target pistol shooting to be more popular in both clubs and the follow-on from that will be a greater interest in other pistol competitions too.

.......but to encourage new-comers to have a go at the sport at a modest cost and to promote the use of classic air pistols there is nothing as good as the MPL series for getting people started with the feeling of equality irrespective of budget - and once started a natural progression is to try other competitions like those you mention in your reply.

However, in previous years the MPL series has seen less support from the Rivvy club members during the summer and the field target season has been given as the reason for this.

This has never been seen as a problem as some of the field target shooters were also MPL pistol shooters who only had so much time available and needed to prioritise their time to their main interest - but it has been good to see a few of them have a go at pistol shooting for the first time and without the MPL series creating an interest this may not have happened.