Well the club AGM for another year has come and gone.
A few personnel changes have happened on the committee this year. Aaron and Marg stepped down after their years of service. Richard got nominated to VP, and accepted the role. All other executive positions remained as per previous. Karl, Malcolm & Scotty were accepted onto the committee as ordinary members.
One remit was tabled, and accepted by the committee.
All in all, a successful meeting that was done & dusted in just on 25 mins :)
Onwards to the next busy year in the club !!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Christmas Shoot 2009
Well the final shoot (or should I say blaze fest) of the year was a lot of fun.
This is the 1 shoot in the year where literally 'anything' goes (as long as it is safe)
The weather decided that it would play ball, albeit cloudy & a bit breezy.
A good showing by the club members for the day, and a lot of fun (& some politically incorrect) targets were presented for the shoot.
We had people shooting at targets of chickens, pool balls, political leaders, balloons, clay targets etc.
Aaron & I threw our 2 course ideas together to make 1x team event course, and everybody seemed to enjoy it... so much so that we had to run it 2 more times so that everybody got to try the different positions of the team.
It involved teams of 3. 1x runner, 1x gun holder & 1x trigger puller.
All team members started at the line with 5 rounds in their hand. Member #1 then had to run 10mtrs to a table to retrieve the magazine, load it & present it back to the gun holder at the line.
The gun holder then had to load the mag, rack the gun & take aim on target.
The 3rd member then had to insert their finger in the trigger well & pull the trigger while trying to score the best possible points on the IPSC target.
In short... it was absolute mayhem & a bloody funny thing to watch as the table got knocked over... magazines were strewn across the grass... people frantically trying to load rounds... 1 person trying to hold the gun steady & aim while another person is pulling the trigger...
Even just thinking about it still brings a smile to the face :)
The breeze even made the balloon shoot a funny thing to watch also as people tryed to pop balloons waving around on the sticks.
The 'Pool ball' challenge was interesting also. Teams of 2 had to shoot out their string of balls (1-7 or 9-15) then aim for the 8 ball. OK... so it was just another reason to shoot heaps of ammo LOL
Video of the Pool Challenge shoot on YouTube: Pool Challenge
People had various prizes to present for their COFs which was great.
Once shooting had finished, the BBQ got under way. Enough food to sink a battleship (or feed their crew at least !)
The kids had fun running around the range & climbing up the grass banks.
Things could not have worked out better actually.
I was the last to lock everything up and leave the range, and literally as I walked in my front door at home, the heavens opened & it poured.
All in all.... another great shoot & heaps of fun (and a hell of a lot of rounds)
Cheers
Reuben - PPC President
This is the 1 shoot in the year where literally 'anything' goes (as long as it is safe)
The weather decided that it would play ball, albeit cloudy & a bit breezy.
A good showing by the club members for the day, and a lot of fun (& some politically incorrect) targets were presented for the shoot.
We had people shooting at targets of chickens, pool balls, political leaders, balloons, clay targets etc.
Aaron & I threw our 2 course ideas together to make 1x team event course, and everybody seemed to enjoy it... so much so that we had to run it 2 more times so that everybody got to try the different positions of the team.
It involved teams of 3. 1x runner, 1x gun holder & 1x trigger puller.
All team members started at the line with 5 rounds in their hand. Member #1 then had to run 10mtrs to a table to retrieve the magazine, load it & present it back to the gun holder at the line.
The gun holder then had to load the mag, rack the gun & take aim on target.
The 3rd member then had to insert their finger in the trigger well & pull the trigger while trying to score the best possible points on the IPSC target.
In short... it was absolute mayhem & a bloody funny thing to watch as the table got knocked over... magazines were strewn across the grass... people frantically trying to load rounds... 1 person trying to hold the gun steady & aim while another person is pulling the trigger...
Even just thinking about it still brings a smile to the face :)
The breeze even made the balloon shoot a funny thing to watch also as people tryed to pop balloons waving around on the sticks.
Video of the balloon shoot on YouTube: Balloon Shoot
The 'Pool ball' challenge was interesting also. Teams of 2 had to shoot out their string of balls (1-7 or 9-15) then aim for the 8 ball. OK... so it was just another reason to shoot heaps of ammo LOL
Video of the Pool Challenge shoot on YouTube: Pool Challenge
People had various prizes to present for their COFs which was great.
Once shooting had finished, the BBQ got under way. Enough food to sink a battleship (or feed their crew at least !)
The kids had fun running around the range & climbing up the grass banks.
Things could not have worked out better actually.
I was the last to lock everything up and leave the range, and literally as I walked in my front door at home, the heavens opened & it poured.
All in all.... another great shoot & heaps of fun (and a hell of a lot of rounds)
Cheers
Reuben - PPC President
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
IPSC Nationals 2009 - Placings
Here is the overall placings of how the PPC team did in their respective divisions, and in the overall rankings for Nationals.
Standard Division
Jan Serfontein - 11th. Nationals Overall - 54th
David Young - 17th. Nationals Overall - 69th
Ray Brown - 29th. Nationals Overall - 114th
Derek Davies - 43rd. Nationals Overall - 165th
Margaret Thomason - 44th. Nationals Overall - 166th
Scott Simmonds - 45th. Nationals Overall - 167th
Production Division
Aaron Thomason - 15th. Nationals Overall - 33rd
Malcolm Hill - 29th. Nationals Overall - 81st
Richard Ogden - 34th. Nationals Overall - 95th
Reuben Paku - 38th. Nationals Overall - 104th
Dave Davies - 50th. Nationals Overall - 134th
Open Division
Margaret Brown - 46th Nationals Overall - 135th
Congratulations to all PPC shooters on their effort and surviving Nats 09.
It is estimated that PPC was the 2nd largest club in attendance (behind APC), but the highest ratio of members to attendees (with 32% of members attending) !
Other useless information:
Shooters: 178
Finishers: 170 (Scores registered)
Countries: NZL, AUS, NCL
Ambulance to hospital: 1
Those registering scores (Category);
Juniors: 1
Ladies: 15
Men: 97
Seniors: 38
Super Snr: 19
Those registering scores (Division)
Open: 55
Standard: 45
Production: 62
Single Stack: 6
Revolver: 2
Most common first name: Peter
Most points scored during competition: 1525.0000
Lowest points scored during competition: 0.0000
Standard Division
Jan Serfontein - 11th. Nationals Overall - 54th
David Young - 17th. Nationals Overall - 69th
Ray Brown - 29th. Nationals Overall - 114th
Derek Davies - 43rd. Nationals Overall - 165th
Margaret Thomason - 44th. Nationals Overall - 166th
Scott Simmonds - 45th. Nationals Overall - 167th
Production Division
Aaron Thomason - 15th. Nationals Overall - 33rd
Malcolm Hill - 29th. Nationals Overall - 81st
Richard Ogden - 34th. Nationals Overall - 95th
Reuben Paku - 38th. Nationals Overall - 104th
Dave Davies - 50th. Nationals Overall - 134th
Open Division
Margaret Brown - 46th Nationals Overall - 135th
Congratulations to all PPC shooters on their effort and surviving Nats 09.
It is estimated that PPC was the 2nd largest club in attendance (behind APC), but the highest ratio of members to attendees (with 32% of members attending) !
Other useless information:
Shooters: 178
Finishers: 170 (Scores registered)
Countries: NZL, AUS, NCL
Ambulance to hospital: 1
Those registering scores (Category);
Juniors: 1
Ladies: 15
Men: 97
Seniors: 38
Super Snr: 19
Those registering scores (Division)
Open: 55
Standard: 45
Production: 62
Single Stack: 6
Revolver: 2
Most common first name: Peter
Most points scored during competition: 1525.0000
Lowest points scored during competition: 0.0000
Monday, November 16, 2009
IPSC Nationals 2009
Thursday saw an early start by a majority of the team. Some of our crew were already in Rotorua to undertake a training session on the Thursday, but for those of us heading north, it was a day spent on the road.
We left at approx 7:30am, stopped for a coffee at Mangaweka, then lunch at Waiouru (albeit at 10:45). This meant we had hit Rotorua by early afternoon and were out at the range at approx 1:30.
In order to avoid the rush, we registered on Thursday afternoon... as there were 170+ shooters for this nationals, we didn't want to be another statistic in the mad rush on Friday morning !!
After talking to some shooting buddies from around the country (and from overseas), we headed to our unit and did the usual shopping & booze run.
Actually each night after shooting saw us doing the shopping & especially the booze run to restock :)
3 days of fairly intense shooting now followed with some 'interesting' stages (shall we say)
Weather was kind to us during the weekend with very little wind, moderate temperatures, and the rain held off until the last crew had finished shooting !!!
Although the days were long and we walked away from the range tired each day, it was a good tired.
Personally, I did not shoot as well as I had hoped I would. But I did have a good time & it was great to catch up with my mates from around the country & from overseas.
I've got a few things I need to work on now for the next 12 months in prep for the 2010 Nationals.
The stages were varied in difficulty from those that were just static stand & shoot, to full blown field courses, to shooting from a moving platform, to water skies, to the dark house, to disappearing targets, double swingers, movers, rise droppers.... the list goes on !!
They had been well designed and were there to test every level of skill that could be thrown out during the shoot. They had been designed in such a way that the shooter really had to think about "how" they were planning on engaging this course.
Well done to those that walked away with prizes, whether they were spot prizes or actual shooting acheivements. Results from the competition are located at the Pistol New Zealand website.
The team who ventured north for this years Nats were:
Although there were a fair number of DQ's at this years competition, it is great to be able to say that none of them came from the Porirua team ! We only had one casualty, and that was Derek who had to retire from the competition after his back sights decided they didn't want to remain with the rest of the gun....
Anyways....
Another fantastic shoot put on at the Rotorua club !!
Many thanks go to PNZ, Matt, Steve, Martin, the ladies in the stats office, the various sponsors and the multitudes of other people who put in such a huge amount of time and effort in making this competition a huge success.
The crew from PPC will be looking forward to embarking north for next years IPSC nationals again !!
Cheers
Reuben - PPC President
We left at approx 7:30am, stopped for a coffee at Mangaweka, then lunch at Waiouru (albeit at 10:45). This meant we had hit Rotorua by early afternoon and were out at the range at approx 1:30.
In order to avoid the rush, we registered on Thursday afternoon... as there were 170+ shooters for this nationals, we didn't want to be another statistic in the mad rush on Friday morning !!
After talking to some shooting buddies from around the country (and from overseas), we headed to our unit and did the usual shopping & booze run.
Actually each night after shooting saw us doing the shopping & especially the booze run to restock :)
3 days of fairly intense shooting now followed with some 'interesting' stages (shall we say)
Weather was kind to us during the weekend with very little wind, moderate temperatures, and the rain held off until the last crew had finished shooting !!!
Although the days were long and we walked away from the range tired each day, it was a good tired.
Personally, I did not shoot as well as I had hoped I would. But I did have a good time & it was great to catch up with my mates from around the country & from overseas.
I've got a few things I need to work on now for the next 12 months in prep for the 2010 Nationals.
The stages were varied in difficulty from those that were just static stand & shoot, to full blown field courses, to shooting from a moving platform, to water skies, to the dark house, to disappearing targets, double swingers, movers, rise droppers.... the list goes on !!
They had been well designed and were there to test every level of skill that could be thrown out during the shoot. They had been designed in such a way that the shooter really had to think about "how" they were planning on engaging this course.
Well done to those that walked away with prizes, whether they were spot prizes or actual shooting acheivements. Results from the competition are located at the Pistol New Zealand website.
The team who ventured north for this years Nats were:
L to R Back: Richard, Scotty, Margaret T, Malcolm, Derek, Ray
L to R Front: Jan, Reuben, Margaret B, Dave, Aaron, David
Anyways....
Another fantastic shoot put on at the Rotorua club !!
Many thanks go to PNZ, Matt, Steve, Martin, the ladies in the stats office, the various sponsors and the multitudes of other people who put in such a huge amount of time and effort in making this competition a huge success.
The crew from PPC will be looking forward to embarking north for next years IPSC nationals again !!
Cheers
Reuben - PPC President
Monday, October 12, 2009
River City Production Champs 2009
Production Champs were held again in River City (Wanganui)
Dave, Derek, Aaron & myself embarked on the journey on Friday afternoon in the pouring rain that looked to potentially put a damper on the weekend.
After checking into the motel and doing the usual munchies & booze run, we headed off to dinner at the Cosi, then back for a few drinks & to watch the footy at the motel. And yes... it was still raining.
Early wake up on Saturday morning.... and yes... still raining
So we got our kits ready & headed out to the range, and low & behold, the rain started to ease !!
We were joined by Ray as well... which made a total of 5 shooters from Porirua in attendance.
Registration was done, squads were sorted, the general chit chat with our fellow shooters that we haven't seen for a while, then time for briefing. The squad leaders did their walk through and shooting began at 10.
12 stages was the call for the next 2 days, with the plan being 9 complete for day 1, and the balance the next day.
The stages were a mix of simple through to challenging and low & behold, pleantly of opportunities for the 'muppet' factor to arise... and yes... I decided to take the muppet challenge.... TWICE !!
Well we knocked out 5 stages before we stopped for lunch. WPC put on a BBQ which was greatly appreciated by all as the weather was still chilly(ish), but thankfully dry.
The final 4 stages of the day flew by & we were actually done for the day just after 3pm.
As we had made our lunch for the day, that became our dinner for the evening, so needless to say, we just hung around the motel, ate, drank, laughed & watched the box. Marg T joined us in Wanganui that afternoon as well...
Day 2... Wake up to a beautiful morning with very little cloud and the thought that it was going to be a warm day !
3 stages to go. Shooting started again around 10am and the morning went swiftly with the stages & we were done before mid-day !
Prize giving then ensued and 3 members of PPC walked away with prizes.
Aaron took out 1st place in A grade and finished 5th overall
Ray took out 1st place in Super Senior and finished 15th overall, and
I took out 1st place in Ungraded and finished 16th overall.
So a big thanks to the team at Wanganui for another superb shoot, great courses etc & we look forward now to Nationals in a few weeks time !!
My big lessons out of this competition...
Lesson # 1.... Sometimes it doesn't matter how many times you walk a course, or how much you plan it in your head, you can still run right past a port & miss it altogether..... Take your time & engage the course.
Lesson # 2.... if the above happens to you, make sure you go back & finish the course... lost points can be expensive !! The time will cost you, but not as heavily as missed targets. If I hadn't of gone back & engaged the missed port, I would have been hit with 2x procs & 4x Mikes on the last stage... & that would have cost me dearly in placings !!
Lesson # 3.... AIM... DON'T POINT !! My other muppet was on stage 3 which meant I was shooting for 35 points instead of 75 through having too many Mikes & PT's.... Again... slow down & aim the pistol !!
Anyway... Bring on Nationals now.... I'm looking forward to the next competition of the year !
Cheers
Reuben - PPC President
Dave, Derek, Aaron & myself embarked on the journey on Friday afternoon in the pouring rain that looked to potentially put a damper on the weekend.
After checking into the motel and doing the usual munchies & booze run, we headed off to dinner at the Cosi, then back for a few drinks & to watch the footy at the motel. And yes... it was still raining.
Early wake up on Saturday morning.... and yes... still raining
So we got our kits ready & headed out to the range, and low & behold, the rain started to ease !!
We were joined by Ray as well... which made a total of 5 shooters from Porirua in attendance.
Registration was done, squads were sorted, the general chit chat with our fellow shooters that we haven't seen for a while, then time for briefing. The squad leaders did their walk through and shooting began at 10.
12 stages was the call for the next 2 days, with the plan being 9 complete for day 1, and the balance the next day.
The stages were a mix of simple through to challenging and low & behold, pleantly of opportunities for the 'muppet' factor to arise... and yes... I decided to take the muppet challenge.... TWICE !!
Well we knocked out 5 stages before we stopped for lunch. WPC put on a BBQ which was greatly appreciated by all as the weather was still chilly(ish), but thankfully dry.
The final 4 stages of the day flew by & we were actually done for the day just after 3pm.
As we had made our lunch for the day, that became our dinner for the evening, so needless to say, we just hung around the motel, ate, drank, laughed & watched the box. Marg T joined us in Wanganui that afternoon as well...
Day 2... Wake up to a beautiful morning with very little cloud and the thought that it was going to be a warm day !
3 stages to go. Shooting started again around 10am and the morning went swiftly with the stages & we were done before mid-day !
Prize giving then ensued and 3 members of PPC walked away with prizes.
Aaron took out 1st place in A grade and finished 5th overall
Ray took out 1st place in Super Senior and finished 15th overall, and
I took out 1st place in Ungraded and finished 16th overall.
So a big thanks to the team at Wanganui for another superb shoot, great courses etc & we look forward now to Nationals in a few weeks time !!
My big lessons out of this competition...
Lesson # 1.... Sometimes it doesn't matter how many times you walk a course, or how much you plan it in your head, you can still run right past a port & miss it altogether..... Take your time & engage the course.
Lesson # 2.... if the above happens to you, make sure you go back & finish the course... lost points can be expensive !! The time will cost you, but not as heavily as missed targets. If I hadn't of gone back & engaged the missed port, I would have been hit with 2x procs & 4x Mikes on the last stage... & that would have cost me dearly in placings !!
Lesson # 3.... AIM... DON'T POINT !! My other muppet was on stage 3 which meant I was shooting for 35 points instead of 75 through having too many Mikes & PT's.... Again... slow down & aim the pistol !!
Anyway... Bring on Nationals now.... I'm looking forward to the next competition of the year !
Cheers
Reuben - PPC President
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Interclub with WRGC - 27 Sept
PPC were invited to do an 'interclub' style shoot with Wgtn Rifle & Gun on their range day.
4 members of the PPC turned up (Dave, Jan, Angus & myself) along with 7 members from WRGC.
We setup a couple of nice easy courses on top range (El Pres + 4x steel animals). The WRGC guys had 5 stations setup for their clays.
The team was split into 2 squads and then headed off to the ranges to 'have a go'
Instruction was provided both ways on how to do each others discipline, and the COFs were engaged.
As per usual, a lot of fun was had by both sets of clubs in engaging each others styles.
One thing that I definately learnt.... I am NOT a clay bird shooter... LOL
I suppose with anything, practice would definately increase my hit rate (although it couldn't have been much worse)... but still it was great fun as I do enjoy hanging off the end of a 12guage every now & then.
Ian & I talked about making this a bit more of a regular event, and I can see the merits in doing this... the idea will be pursued further !!
It is always beneficial to shoot other styles and introduce people to what we shoot, and it is something that I definately encourage others to do.... get out there & give it a go... there is more to shooting than just your discipline !
4 members of the PPC turned up (Dave, Jan, Angus & myself) along with 7 members from WRGC.
We setup a couple of nice easy courses on top range (El Pres + 4x steel animals). The WRGC guys had 5 stations setup for their clays.
The team was split into 2 squads and then headed off to the ranges to 'have a go'
Instruction was provided both ways on how to do each others discipline, and the COFs were engaged.
As per usual, a lot of fun was had by both sets of clubs in engaging each others styles.
One thing that I definately learnt.... I am NOT a clay bird shooter... LOL
I suppose with anything, practice would definately increase my hit rate (although it couldn't have been much worse)... but still it was great fun as I do enjoy hanging off the end of a 12guage every now & then.
Ian & I talked about making this a bit more of a regular event, and I can see the merits in doing this... the idea will be pursued further !!
It is always beneficial to shoot other styles and introduce people to what we shoot, and it is something that I definately encourage others to do.... get out there & give it a go... there is more to shooting than just your discipline !
Monday, September 14, 2009
Pistol New Zealand AGM 2009
Date: Saturday 12 Sept @ 9:30am
So this was the first time I have attended a PNZ AGM....
I went with no real expectations as I was unsure what I would be expecting from the event.
We started on time, which was a good thing !!
The morning progressed slowly, with lots of discussion around remits and motions that were tabled.
Joe Green came along to talk, which was interesting and raised a few thoughts which will be discussed further as time rolls by. Only thing wrong, IMHO, is that Joe wasn't given 'enough' time to talk !
It was a shame as somebody of his calibre is not always able to take time out of his schedule to address a group like ours, and it would have been great to hear more of his ideas and potential movements that are happening within the Police force relating to shooting.
Spare seats existed on the PNZ council for this year, and I was tempted to put my hand up as a nominee, but having taken on further responsibilities at the Porirua Association, the timing was unfortunately not right. I hope this won't prove to be a lost opportunity on my part !!
Lunch was simple, yet very tasty and the spaghetti cabinora was especially yummy !!
It was good to catch up with a few shooting friends from around the country and also to meet a few more.
Overall impression of the day.... interesting, yet I did walk away feeling like there could have just been 'a bit more' presented and done....
We'll just have to see what the next year brings I suppose.
Reuben - PPC President
So this was the first time I have attended a PNZ AGM....
I went with no real expectations as I was unsure what I would be expecting from the event.
We started on time, which was a good thing !!
The morning progressed slowly, with lots of discussion around remits and motions that were tabled.
Joe Green came along to talk, which was interesting and raised a few thoughts which will be discussed further as time rolls by. Only thing wrong, IMHO, is that Joe wasn't given 'enough' time to talk !
It was a shame as somebody of his calibre is not always able to take time out of his schedule to address a group like ours, and it would have been great to hear more of his ideas and potential movements that are happening within the Police force relating to shooting.
Spare seats existed on the PNZ council for this year, and I was tempted to put my hand up as a nominee, but having taken on further responsibilities at the Porirua Association, the timing was unfortunately not right. I hope this won't prove to be a lost opportunity on my part !!
Lunch was simple, yet very tasty and the spaghetti cabinora was especially yummy !!
It was good to catch up with a few shooting friends from around the country and also to meet a few more.
Overall impression of the day.... interesting, yet I did walk away feeling like there could have just been 'a bit more' presented and done....
We'll just have to see what the next year brings I suppose.
Reuben - PPC President
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