stuey Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 I help run a small clay pigeon club. Ten of us with 2 electric traps and a few manual traps. Normally shoot every other morning. We load up the gear from the farm where we are based and drive to the field where we shoot, and set up the gear. Field is flat and only a few patches of trees to use as contours. Usually shooting from 10 til 12 with about 50 tagrets each - either sporting or trap. Thinking of opening it up to a few guests and wondering how much people would pay for such a set up. We shoot more for the banter and keeping our eye in for the game season, so nothing too serious!!! cheers Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deershooter Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Charging customers brings in things like health and safety ,insurance public liability and planning permission for more than 28 shoots a year :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: Deershooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 we have a section 11 and suitable insurance. Not really taking customers, but more if we invite someone how much is a fair price to charge them to cover their mornings sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deershooter Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 most clubs charge around £5-6 a round but then they have a few more facilities Deershooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedwards1966 Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 for 50 target between 7-£10 or thereabouts is about right for what you've described Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) Hi Stu, How much do your members pay? if no membership fee then charge them the same as you. We get a few non members per month, we dont aim to attract large numbers of them as we are restricted time wise As you know i also help run a small club (30 members) 99% auto traps including dedicated Skeet/ABT/DTL layouts We normally have between 7-15 turn up on a Sunday, but we can shoot every Sunday between 10 and 12.30 We pay £6 each to shoot 50, non members pay £9. we aim to cover our costs (clays/ins./rates/rent) We also pay yearly subs of £60 and sell cartridges at cost. Bebside is different again but we are only very slightly more expensive but they also only shoot fortnightly, but every wed. night in the summer We have a lot more outgoings than you do but we still think we are good value as we invested a lot of time and money into our setup Hope it helped Edited February 12, 2012 by shaun4860 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) £62 a year give them 12 copies of the Daily Sport, nothing else and call yourself the CPSA :lol: :lol: Seriously you just need to divi the costs of what it costs for rent, insurance and clays. I would guess about £7 for 50. The important thing to do is, share the workload, but most of all be safe and enjoy yourselves. We are a long time dead. Edited February 13, 2012 by Salopian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 £56 a year give them 12 copies of the Daily Sport, nothing else and call yourself the CPSA :lol: :lol: Seriously you just need to divi the costs of what it costs for rent, insurance and clays. I would guess about £7 for 50. The important thing to do is, share the workload, but most of all be safe and enjoy yourselves. We are a long time dead. It's £52 a year for elderly people and £62 for the others, too many score fiddlers for me though. I do agree with the safety bit and we are definitely a long time dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit the frog Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 With standard black clays at nearly £60 per 1000 including vat, £14 per 100 retail sounds a bit low to me, when you add up all the other costs, insurance, rent, maintenance etc. The committee has a duty of care, and I think you should be carefull not to cut any corners! kermit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Crabtree Farm, a popular shoot near me charges £9 for 50 clays, Blackpool Sporting Clays charges £12 for 50. If you price it somewhere in the middle I'm sure it will keep everyone reasonably happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Kermit, we are talking about maybe a dozen friends meeting in a field at a DIY shoot. £60 per 1000 divided by ten equals £6 a hundred clays. Fifty clays equals £3. £7 entry fee for 50 clays equals £4 profit to contribute to ground rent and insurance. Of course they could always charge £28 to £35 per hundred judging by some of the grounds that are springing up. They only need to set up 10 stands ( seven with broken traps) and put a shed in the field, they won't need toilets, warm food and drink and markers over the age of fourteen. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Kermit, we are talking about maybe a dozen friends meeting in a field at a DIY shoot. £60 per 1000 divided by ten equals £6 a hundred clays. Fifty clays equals £3. £7 entry fee for 50 clays equals £4 profit to contribute to ground rent and insurance. Of course they could always charge £28 to £35 per hundred judging by some of the grounds that are springing up. They only need to set up 10 stands ( seven with broken traps) and put a shed in the field, they won't need toilets, warm food and drink and markers over the age of fourteen. :lol: We rent, we pay £1000 per year rent, and around £500 per year insurance, plus rates, thats roughly £1550 a year just to turn up, on top of that we have diesel/maintenance/new equipment/clays. roughly 7 to 15 members per week. we had to move locations in 2007, that cost us nearly £10k altogether, (we built skeet towers/ABT/DTL ranges/planning/transportation costs) Cleaned us out and only now are we back on an even keel and starting to have savings again, Its hard for small clubs out there, we were told we were expensive charging £9 for non members, but we stuck to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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