Not that I am an expert on this but I like Bend of the River and you have some challenging matches.
I believe your biggest issue attracting shooters is the weekend you choose to shoot it. Northern Indiana has three matches on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th weekends. ACC runs a big match and is doing a great job the same weekend you guys run yours.
Answer: No one has a match offered in Northern Ind on the first weekend of the month. So Everyone within 2 hours of you cannot shoot without going way south. 3-4 hours away.
No I am not shooting every weekend but there would be many times I would drive the 1:45 on the first weekend if there was a match.
I hear what you are saying, but we normally get plenty of shooters, just no help setting up. So as rvb said above it is our local pool that is lacking along with his reason #4. I get that it can be tough to help with set up if you are driving a couple of hours to a match, in this case I always try to offer as much help as I can on tear down.
The club I mentioned that is North of me has a problem because of the day they shoot I think. While I love Saturday matches, it is understandably tough to get people out for Friday set up.