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Preparations to go to NZ have started!

7/24/2014

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You may imagine that if going to a shoot within the US requires careful planning, going to a shoot, literally, halfway round the world requires even more.
And some things might look simple, except when you tackle the thankless job of herding cats! LOL!
My lovely Veronika has taken the task, every year since Norway, three years ago, to have some pins made for the Team USA members to exchange with other shooters and the public in general. It is a VERY European thing to do. Funny thing is that you have to "choose your audience". When you exchange pins with other shooters, MOST of the time, they will give you a pin of their Club or their RGB, when you exchange pins with the general public, the pins are more related to places and nations, rather than the narrow shooting world we live in.

And in this sense, the pins Team USA has taken to the World's are now a collection series. Always a figure clearly alluding to the locality where the World's is being contested and also an allusion to the American Flag, the Stars and Stripes.
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This is the design for the 2012 pin, the troll is Norway's National Mascot. Copyright reserved.
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And this is the pin for Germany, 2013, the boar is the symbol of the Town (Ebern) where the shoot was held. Copyright Reserved
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And, this is the pin for Wellington, NZ. The Kiwi is the National emblem of New Zealand, to the point that New Zealanders proudly call themselves "Kiwis" Copyright Reserved
It is always good to remember that whenever we go to one of "these things", we are Ambassadors. Not only of our country, but also of the sport in general towards the general population of the country we visit. We need to put on our best behaviour because we are guests. Using images that create good, neighborly relations go a long way towards making the sport more acceptable to the local population in general, as well as to create brotherhood amongst shooters.

Too many bad examples around the world that are not needed exist of people creating bad feelings. We keep our civility, manners and courtesy. Without forgetting who we are.
Now, the Team has decided to get some "uniforms", at least as far as a presentation polo and hat is concerned, since that seems to be the general tonic at these events.
Some of you have seen the choice of shirts in my previous note about the NERFTC's at Crosman, where Team USA took First place and Team Canada took Second. Closely contested no doubt. I am sure that if Tom Peretti had shot as well at Crosman's as he shot at the Canadian Nationals (he took 1st in Piston), we would have been in deep trouble! LOL!

And with uniforms, of course, nametags have to be made, otherwise, whose shirt is whose?

:-)

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And so the details of all the aspects get slowly done and taken care of.

I will keep you all posted.

;-)

Un abrazo!





HM
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