tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92179619537231903262011-07-09T05:08:54.440+12:00It's a hell of alot more fun than golf ! <br> Information relating to activities of the PPCMr Presidenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371748669316212646noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217961953723190326.post-6765746082001415702010-04-08T11:12:00.000+12:002010-04-08T11:12:07.075+12:00

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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After the recent success of the shoot held by the Porirua Pistol Club at Wanganui it wasn’t long before the ‘A’way team were all travelling north again for the Wanganui monthly level 2 (L2) shoot. 25 competitors from the lower half of the North Island converged on Wanganui’s 9 ranges for another fun filled day of shooting. Our own Scotty was back for some more punishment & Alan H made his

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The one that got away or second on 99.95% still sucks!Over the weekend of the 11th & 12th of April Dave, Malcolm, Margaret & I went to the Annual Single Stack Classic in Wanganui.Now this match is really for the 1911 pattern pistol and several intrepid souls who brought their old S&W 645's & 745's out of retirement. You may only use a pistol with a single stack or single row magazine, no hi-cap

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What a full on weekend !!Day 1 - Setup day.The team met at an un-holy time of 8am on Sat morning at Shell Mana to embark on the mystical journey north to Wanganui.The trip was fairly smooth with a munchies stop in the journey at Bulls.Arrival at Wanganui was just prior to 11am, and after a bit of a chinwag and working out what we were going to do, it was straight into the construction.The team

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Or the North Islands we wish would go awayThis year the regular members of the PPC's "Away Team" were joined by Richard O on his first trip. New Plymouth managed to turn on fine if somewhat cold weather and it was clear after the usual cursory range inspection on the Friday night that it was going to be a hose fest. No steel, no penalty targets and nothing further than about 10m away.Unfortunatly

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This was the largest IPSC Nationals for a number of years with a total of 109 entries including eight international competitors representing Australia, Norway, Noumea and the US.Entries were very even this year with 37 in Open, 28 in Production, 38 in Standard, 3 stalwarts in Standard Revolver & 3 taking the opportunity to shoot in Single Stack.To round out the stats there were 17 Senior, 10

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The Arms & Militaria Gun show was held over the weekend of 21/22 Feb.I have visited the show in previous years, but this was my first time at helping to 'man' the stand.It certainly was an interesting, yet very worthwhile experience.As you can well expect, there was a great selection of firearms and paraphernalia available for people to look at and purchase at the show, and it sure was difficult

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Well the RCO was held over the weekend of 14/15 Feb.The journey north on Friday was wet, but traffic still moved fairly well. As we arrived in Wanganui though, the weather broke & we actually had a dry patch.We stopped by the range & had a quick looksie around the COF that we would be shooting for the next couple of days. Interesting was the first word that sprang to mind.Well Saturday arrived.

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