The Pony Emule Express
a new postal & internet shoot for .
Wire: brtssw4@bigpond.com
Telegraph: 0418 523 573
The Pony Express Remounts
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Calling all Cowboy Action Shooters,
Yes, the Pony Express is once again alive and well. Horses are being replaced, and new riders are waiting to enlist.
But…instead of a crack of the whip, it’s now a click of the mouse!!
Times have moved on, but we can still relive and ride the old west trail again.
The Pony Express office is now recruiting new riders and stage coach drivers to take the mail through….
So we are inviting all Pony Express depots and relay stations to join up and participate in this great event.
Good rewards are awaiting those who can go the distance.
Competition should be fierce amongst riders; club against club; state against state all eager to gain a share of the spoils.
We urge all club secretaries/depot managers to contact the Director with your club’s email address to receive the Proclamation & enlist.
We then urge all interested riders to sign up through their clubs’ immediately.
Just follow the rules thereof for you to be included in this new and exciting ride.
Yours truly,
Ricochet.
Match Director.
Pony (Emule)Express Headquarters
PS Check out:
www.americanwest.com/trails/pages/ponyexp1.htm
PROCLAMATION.
PONY (EMULE) EXPRESS INTERNET SHOOTOUT
known as the
Pony (Emule) Express
Rules & Regulations
1)
All communication preferably to be done via email and the internet.
2)
You or your club contact and/or stage coach driver will need to have at minimum Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 software.
3)
Stages will be drafted in Publisher, but available in pdf or Adobe Reader; sent via email, and posted on the SASA, CASS & SSW websites for downloading.
4)
Posse lists will be in Excel format with built in formulas, and sent via email.
5)
It will consist of 7 stages and run from 1st April thru to 31st October 2012 .
You can shoot these stages at your club matches, one per month or however, you want.
The earlier, the better!!
Entry & Score return deadline is 30th November 2012
6)
Club Entry
: Entry fees should be collected by each club from riders, and internet banked in one payment (if possible), or sent in bulk with a PE rider, to the address on the nomination form, or as below together with your cheque. Stages will be emailed & posted on websites above once all nominations are in and closed off.
7)
Individual Entry
: Complete the nomination form and email or fax back, and internet bank.
Or send back with a PE rider with your cheque.
8)
It will be a TOTAL TIME only match, limited to the categories listed below in both
Men’s & Ladies.
9)
Trophies will be awarded 1st thru 3rd per category, as well as a winning club/posse trophy and other individual achievements. Awards will be sent via PE riders to their respective PE stable depots.
10)
Entry fee of only $10.00 per shooter. As you will be shooting at your home club you only have to be a SSAA member, as we want to encourage members who are unable to travel to other regular/open shoots to enter. Any alias duplications that arise from non registered SASA members, will be referred to by their given name.
11)
All entrants will receive a unique “Pony Express” badge and state rep. pin, & sent by a PE rider to your home stable along with a shooter pack for reference purposes.
12) All winners & placegetter names (plus some other randomly selected riders) will then be placed in a mailbag, and a number of lucky winners will be drawn for travel vouchers, each to the value of (tba) to attend the inaugural Pony Express Trail Ride Shoot at Weston Creek. (Number of winners, will be determined by rider entry numbers.) More riders = more prizes.
2.
Club’s Stage Coach Driver Instructions.
1) On receipt or downloading of stages, save and print out copies as required. If you have entered individually, you will need to advise your club stage coach driver to add you onto your club posse listing.
2) On receipt of Posse list sheet, save, and rename with your club’s name, or a derivative thereof, then print out the Excel sheet Posse list, and use for manual infill. (You can use your club’s normal score sheet to record actual scores with misses & P’s etc. if you want to)
3) Once you have recorded the scores, enter only the total time including misses & p’s etc. on the spread sheet in your computer, under each stage time. Highlight the clean matches in
red.
4) Do not enter anything in, or clear the Total Time column as the formula is already entered. You will see when you enter each individual score the time will show. And ignore the “Placing” column.
5) Do not bother to sort the categories when you are complete. Just save it and email it back as an attachment to the email address given below, and we will sort it all from this side.
6) So,… in order for you to hitch the stage up, get your riders in the saddle, get the mail in the bags…. you, (stage coach driver) or PE rider, need to send your nominations in asap, so we can put y’all into one big posse, an’… hit the trail!
7) If all the above sounds & looks TOO HARD then just send your manual scoresheets with a PE rider to the postal address, or fax to the number below and we’ll sort it out here at Pony Express HQ.!
Email
:
brtssw4@bigpond.com
or
ricochet@sswdistributors.com
PE Rider
: address to: Pony (Emule) Express, P.O. Box 337, Jamison Centre, ACT. 2614.
Fax No
: 02 6241 9031
Addendum
: IMPORTANT.
Please conform to the following format in your excel spreadsheet.
a) Font…..Times New Roman.
i) Alias & Name: Upper case capitals. eg: JACKAROO. JOHN RIDER
b) Category…. CAPITALS ONLY.
And please use these abbreviations, for males, but with the prefix ‘L’ for Ladies.
eg: 49er Men = FN; 49er Lady = LFN; Except Juniors where it will be ‘B’ for Boys & ‘G’ for Girls. Eg JB & JG;…. & * these are already defined male & female.
Cowboy………………C Classic …………CC
Wrangler……………..W B Western………BW
49er…………………..FN Silver Senior……SS
Senior………………...S Elder Statesman...ES *
Duelist…………….…..D Grande Dame…...GD *
Gunfighter……………GF Senior Duelist…..SD
Frontier Cartridge…….FC Buckarette………BE *
Frontiersman….……...F Junior…………...J
Buckaroo……………..BO *
Conforming to the same format, will enable the Pony (Emule) Express office to sort and ascertain a result without re-editing. Your co-operation in this regard is appreciated.
Should you require any clarification please contact me on 02 6241 9031 or 0418 523 573
Pony (Emule) Express
Ricochet.
Match Director
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