We are less than a month from the start of the 2015 Vermont Winter Postal League, since we are using a new online system this year. I urge you to start your registration process early. Go to http://VTWinter.postalleague.comthe first thing you need to do is create a user name and password for yourself. Once your e-mail address is verified you can register others and create your team, and then pay. If you have any difficulty at all please send me an e-mail. The longest part was waiting for your team members to verify their e-mail address. However I know have the ability to log in and verify it for you. If a person does not have an e-mail address then feel free to use your own for them. Please be patient, as the first year has a bit of a learning curve to it, plus it’s the only time you will need to enter this information. Future season will be much quicker. If you run into major issues I can log in and perhaps do this all from my end, but its less work for me if you we can take care of our own teams. Several clubs have started the process and we have about 60 people registered so far.
For the first time you will be able to register your team and input your team and individual scores directly at http://VTWinter.postalleague.com , you can even view results here too. This new system should in theory eliminate any errors and also allow our league to continue to grow. It will now be faster and more efficient.
The league will kick off the 2015 season in mid-January, (January 17th) with the first week scores due in by Saturday, January 24th then running for 10 weeks (with one bye week), and will end with match 10 taking place over the weekend of April 11&12th.
Team are welcome to and encouraged to start a week or two early if they wish, you can even log in early to start recording your scores, (not to worry no one will see them until the official week ends). Teams that fire on Fri, Sat or Sunday mornings are encouraged to shoot your first match on January 16,17,18. This way they will be sure to have their scores in on time, plus if you have an issue, (like a snow storm) you will have some wiggle room to make up that score during the week or the following Fri/Sat.
Last season we were fortunate to have 15 teams competing in our league from six states with over 115 competitors. We are hopeful that this number will continue; and perhaps even continue grow (we hope to add a few more clubs this season and already started to pick up new shooters). Last year’s champion was Albion Sportsman’s Association followed by Whitehall, third place went to the Plattsburgh Rough Riders.
Rules (see attached league announcement) will stay pretty much the same as any other season.
The changes, We will be adding a standing division, this will be shot either with an Air Rifle at 33 feet on the AR 5/10 target or with smallbore or air rifle at 50 feet on the A-17 target. Shooters scores will receive a 10 point addition for team score purposes, (so a 360 standing would be a 370 for team score).
The cost to participate will be just $6 per shooter with most of that going back out in the form of awards. A portion of this fee will also be paid to net.competior.com who will be running our web site.
The goal of the league is to have fun, make it easy for people to be able to participate, and at the same time give people a venue to compete. We hope that participation in the league will assist you in growing your own club and program. It’s up to all of us to see our sport continue to grow so others may find the same enjoyment we have had in this sport.
PLEASE START REGISERING WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
To get started please go to http://VTWinter.postalleague.com . Team Captains need to go directly to the web site to register their team and pay fees (via credit card), Contact Matt Haggstrom at matt@netcompetitor.com with any technical issues with registering. Plus I can help you with a lot of issues.
Kindly inform me if your team will continue to participate this year and your numbers. If you have any contact with other clubs or shooters please forward this announcement to them and invite them to join us.
If you have any questions or concerns now or throughout the season please do not hesitate to contact me at home 518-298-7776 or via e-mail at VTWinterPostalLeague@yahoo.com you can find the league on Facebook, please look us up “like” us and share some photos of your club and team.
Looking forward to another great season,
See you all at the range.
Peter Visconti
Director, Vermont Winter Postal League
VTWinterPostalLeague2015LeagueRules (PDF, 98KB)
