Both clubs have always shot the 10 meter MPL competition during the last week of the month - right from the very first week.

The reason was to make it a competition that was always shot at the same time in both clubs to generate the feel and experience of a real live "face to face" competition when all of the club members could shoot together with each other and at the same time - the best possible "first experience" towards shooting in a real live face to face competition in the future for newcomers to air pistol shooting - and even for many that have shot air pistol for years - but never in a "live" competition.

Spreading it out over the entire month (as you would prefer to do) completely looses the feel of a competition that has to be shot at a specific time and place alongside all the other club members that are also shooting their match cards at the same time.

The atmosphere is entirely different - as you well know - when the pressure is on it is much harder to hit the same score that can be achieved in a relaxed situation with no real time constraint (and possibly not even in the company or view of any other competitor).

I prefer to keep to the original concept and continue to have the 10 meter MPL series shot as intended at the same time during the last week of the month whenever it is possible to do so.

This has also helped us to plan our club activities better when leaving the rest of the month free to practice and enjoy or to shoot the ELEY and/or Dorset competitions that do not have to be shot on any specific week.

As we are now rebuilding our club (and we plan to start shooting in other competitions again), this timetable previously made it easier for us to manage everything without anyone feeling like we had just too many competitions and no free time to enjoy our shooting.

Getting the MPL shot and "out of the way" on a specific week every month not only helped to create a good "match night" atmosphere on the night, but also kept the rest of the month free for members to choose to use their range time in any way they wanted - free practice, shooting and setting-up any new pistols (including those that are not the regular match pistol choice), shooting a match air rifle - or shooting any other match cards they wanted to shoot in their own time - if and when they felt like doing so.

Now the winter is drawing closer and the interest in shooting the MPL series is growing again (with you helping to chase everybody up and displaying the scores for both teams on the BBS) I am sure we can get back into the old routine and make sure the cards are all shot on time leaving the rest of the month free for club members to enjoy in any (legal) way they choose