Originally Posted by
Jakus
As a recent transplant to northern New Mexico, I recently took the NM CCW course at the NRA Whittington Center in Raton. After the range portion of the class I asked gal that coordinates classes there if there were any local IDPA or USPSA clubs that held regular matches at the facility. She told me they hosted lots of national matches for various shooting sports, but that there was no local regular clubs. She they suggested that it would be the perfect undertaking for me to work on. I fall into the camp of shooter who has taking more courses than I have shot matches, but I've shot enough matches to have a rough idea of what would go into starting a club and hosting matches. I have the time to try and get this off the ground, but I am woefully lacking in knowledge of how to begin.
The facility certainly has enough ranges and space to accommodate a local club, but there is not a large population near the range so I would think any potential club wouldn't grow to large, certainly not quickly.
What affiliation would be best to start USPSA or IDPA?
I think that there is enough equipment on hand to run steel challenges, would that be a better starting point?
Front end paperwork, insurance, RO training, etc?
Any rough ideas of volunteers needed to number of shooters?
Any other resources that you could recommend?
Thanks
Jake