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 S - 11th. Nationals Overall - 54th
David Y - 17th. Nationals Overall - 69th
Ray B - 29th. Nationals Overall - 114th
Derek D - 43rd. Nationals Overall - 165th
Margaret T - 44th. Nationals Overall - 166th
Scott S - 45th. Nationals Overall - 167th
Production Division
Aaron T - 15th. Nationals Overall - 33rd
Malcolm H - 29th. Nationals Overall - 81st
Richard O - 34th. Nationals Overall - 95th
Reuben P - 38th. Nationals Overall - 104th
Dave D - 50th. Nationals Overall - 134th
Open Division
Margaret B - 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
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
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
Monday, August 31, 2009
More IPSC at Wanganui L2 & Single Stack
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 competition debut (taking out 4th in the open division along the way) along with the usual crew of Marg T, Aaron T, Dave D, and Derek D.
While we didn’t have the pleasure of Bob the Builders van, there was plenty of steel in its place & the fun house on range 9 has been redesigned with some tight angles and sneaky ports that are very easy to forget. Standards that had you backing up were a real eye-opener for the new shooters!
Production division growth seams to be carrying on unchecked, with 13 competitors, more than Standard & Open combined. Or perhaps people are getting some more time on their Production guns before the CD Production Champs in Wanganui on the 10th & 11th of October.
Aaron T took out Production from David S; Bruce C took out Standard & Max T Open.
At the end of the L2 Wally announced there would be a Single Stack Shoot on the 23rd of August
So there was still more IPSC in Wanganui…..
And 14 days later the ‘A’way team was heading north once more, this time with their trusty (rusty?) single stacks at their sides.
Marg T, Aaron, Dave, Derek and Scotty made the trip, there would have been more but a combination of factors kept some of our members away.
Some of the stages were similar to those we had shot a fortnight previously; we didn’t have to walk backwards in the standards this time! But those sneaky ports behind the doors were all still there and now that there were no rounds to spare! Anyone who dropped a shot here paid for it dearly, with only 8 in the mag and perhaps one in the chamber a single miss could prove disastrous, watching a number of shooters go bang bang click, drove home the fact that you must plan you reloads or end up in a world of trouble. And boy you better have a gun that works every time.
Everyone had a fantastic time, especially Mike C who won it. Scotty wasn’t so happy, after borrowing Dave’s 45 he had to return it with a broken firing pin.
And Wally I gave Margaret a 38 super to use just to make you happy.
Aaron T
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Single Stack Classic 2009
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 double stack mags allowed even if you only load them with eight rounds, which is the most you can load even if your single stack Colt holds 10.
It is also expected, though not YET a rule that the gun must be in 45ACP (Next year may also require a 45 if you want to shoot in the Premier Division).
Swapping gears to reload every 8 shots was a bit of a challenge, especially after the 20 rounds in my Production SP01, but if you worked on the premise of every time you move RELOAD you did fine. Where to put 6 to 8 spare mags was another good question. But boy you better know how to shoot because there are no spare shots. At almost every position on every stage you were firing 8 shots, and with only 8 in the gun & 1 backup shot before you went to slidelock....hits were the order of the day. Miss and do a static reload and you will be down in the bottom half before you can say BOO!
The stages were straight forward, fairly close with no stupid stuff, more tactical with all the extra reloads but a good shooting contest enjoyed by all. Then 2 days 12 stages & 250 rounds later it was all over. Margaret was top Lady & 20th, Dave was 16th & Malc 14th. My 11 Alphas and 1 Mike on stage four was good enough for second place.......... oh well there is always next year.
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 double stack mags allowed even if you only load them with eight rounds, which is the most you can load even if your single stack Colt holds 10.
It is also expected, though not YET a rule that the gun must be in 45ACP (Next year may also require a 45 if you want to shoot in the Premier Division).
Swapping gears to reload every 8 shots was a bit of a challenge, especially after the 20 rounds in my Production SP01, but if you worked on the premise of every time you move RELOAD you did fine. Where to put 6 to 8 spare mags was another good question. But boy you better know how to shoot because there are no spare shots. At almost every position on every stage you were firing 8 shots, and with only 8 in the gun & 1 backup shot before you went to slidelock....hits were the order of the day. Miss and do a static reload and you will be down in the bottom half before you can say BOO!
The stages were straight forward, fairly close with no stupid stuff, more tactical with all the extra reloads but a good shooting contest enjoyed by all. Then 2 days 12 stages & 250 rounds later it was all over. Margaret was top Lady & 20th, Dave was 16th & Malc 14th. My 11 Alphas and 1 Mike on stage four was good enough for second place.......... oh well there is always next year.
Level 2 Shoot - Wanganui 14 June 2009
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 worked really well together and we powered through the course designs having everything laid out on the course (except paper targets) in just over 2&1/2 hours !!
Timing couldn't have been better as it just started it's next rain dump as we were working on the last range.
Once finished we packed up tools & headed back into the clubhouse for a bit of break.
Next stop.... Check in at the Motel
Warren & Andy were booked into the 'Kings Court', while Aaron, Margaret, Derek, Dave & myself were at the 'Four Seasons'
After getting ourselves settled in, it was off for the usual run to grab munchies, some lunch items for the next day & the all important beverages for this evening.
Once procured, it was a good time to sit around & have a couple of bevies and a few laughs.
Scotty had come up to Wanga's as well, so stopped by our motel to say gudday and have a bit of a chat.
Dinner tonight..... RSA Wanganui.
Good feed at the RSA.... although I'm sure there pokie machines are programmed by the same guys that do the Wellington ones.... Oh well... another donation to the cause :)
The Four Seasons crew decided to head back to our motel to watch the rugby & have a couple more bevies...
Needless to say, I lost interest in the game during the 2nd half, so field stripped my pistol & gave it a clean, all the time texting Warren, just to be annoying *chuckle*
Off to bed at a reasonable hour as the next day was going to be busy !!
Day 2 - Shoot day !!
Up again at some un-holy hour !!
Setup team is back at the range before 8am to get the final parts all sorted out.... Paper targets up, stage briefings setup, Sqaud leader walk through, registrations underway etc etc.
Briefing is done just after 9am & 1st shots downrange by 9:30
27 shooters turned up for the day & 3 squads were distributed to undertake the PPC COF.
Shooters from Wellington, Manawatu-Wanganui, Taranaki (to name a few) regions embarked on Wanganui to undertake the shoot.
Day consisted of 9 stages (3 short, 3 medium, 3 long) with a total of 139 rounds minimum required.
Stages weren't extremely complex, but they were just enough to be challenging while offering the shooter different ways to complete the courses.
Unfortunately..... one of our members got DQ'd on the 1st stage of the day for an accidental discharge, and this was the only DQ for the day.
All shooters seemed to enjoy themselves and we were starting to break down the ranges just after 1pm.
Once the range was cleared, it was back to the club rooms for the notification of placings etc.
We were back on the road heading or home around 2ish, all feeling a bit tired, but happy with the great effort that was put into the weekend.
So from me... a few notes of thanks...
Wanganui Pistol Club... For allowing PPC the opportunity to run the L2 shoot.
It is always a pleasure to be able to host this and we look forward to doing it again.
Margaret... For doing all of the scoring on the day. A huge task that went very smoothly.
PPC setup team... For all your efforts in putting together the course and ensuring that everything ran to plan.
Squad leaders... For keeping things running smoothly
PPC Club members... For helping via COF submissions, course design selection etc
PPC shooters... For turning up to do the shoot. There were 28 people involved in the Wanganui shoot, 27 shooters + 1 statistician. Out of that number, 11 from PPC !!! That is a HUGE representation from our club, and the biggest to an away shoot so far.
Congrats to those that took various placings for the shoot.
Results are available via the Wanganui Pistol Club Website
Well done to the members also that attended their 1st away trip (Warren, Andy & Scotty). Well done guys and I know this willnow put you in good stead for your next competitions.
Keep your eyes out for the write up in the Bullshooter also !
This shoot to me, definately demonstrated that when you put a good level of planning and have plenty of open communication about what you are doing, things just run along very smoothly.
With the huge effort from all involved, the day went extremely smoothly & it was a real pleasure to be a part of !
A great effort guys & you all deserve to pat yourselves on the back for the great job !
The team at the shoot:
LtoR: Derek, Ray, Warren, Andy, Margaret, Dave, Reuben, Jan, Scotty, Aaron
Absent: Ramon
Cheers
Reuben - PPC President
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 worked really well together and we powered through the course designs having everything laid out on the course (except paper targets) in just over 2&1/2 hours !!
Timing couldn't have been better as it just started it's next rain dump as we were working on the last range.
Once finished we packed up tools & headed back into the clubhouse for a bit of break.
Next stop.... Check in at the Motel
Warren & Andy were booked into the 'Kings Court', while Aaron, Margaret, Derek, Dave & myself were at the 'Four Seasons'
After getting ourselves settled in, it was off for the usual run to grab munchies, some lunch items for the next day & the all important beverages for this evening.
Once procured, it was a good time to sit around & have a couple of bevies and a few laughs.
Scotty had come up to Wanga's as well, so stopped by our motel to say gudday and have a bit of a chat.
Dinner tonight..... RSA Wanganui.
Good feed at the RSA.... although I'm sure there pokie machines are programmed by the same guys that do the Wellington ones.... Oh well... another donation to the cause :)
The Four Seasons crew decided to head back to our motel to watch the rugby & have a couple more bevies...
Needless to say, I lost interest in the game during the 2nd half, so field stripped my pistol & gave it a clean, all the time texting Warren, just to be annoying *chuckle*
Off to bed at a reasonable hour as the next day was going to be busy !!
Day 2 - Shoot day !!
Up again at some un-holy hour !!
Setup team is back at the range before 8am to get the final parts all sorted out.... Paper targets up, stage briefings setup, Sqaud leader walk through, registrations underway etc etc.
Briefing is done just after 9am & 1st shots downrange by 9:30
27 shooters turned up for the day & 3 squads were distributed to undertake the PPC COF.
Shooters from Wellington, Manawatu-Wanganui, Taranaki (to name a few) regions embarked on Wanganui to undertake the shoot.
Day consisted of 9 stages (3 short, 3 medium, 3 long) with a total of 139 rounds minimum required.
Stages weren't extremely complex, but they were just enough to be challenging while offering the shooter different ways to complete the courses.
Unfortunately..... one of our members got DQ'd on the 1st stage of the day for an accidental discharge, and this was the only DQ for the day.
All shooters seemed to enjoy themselves and we were starting to break down the ranges just after 1pm.
Once the range was cleared, it was back to the club rooms for the notification of placings etc.
We were back on the road heading or home around 2ish, all feeling a bit tired, but happy with the great effort that was put into the weekend.
So from me... a few notes of thanks...
Wanganui Pistol Club... For allowing PPC the opportunity to run the L2 shoot.
It is always a pleasure to be able to host this and we look forward to doing it again.
Margaret... For doing all of the scoring on the day. A huge task that went very smoothly.
PPC setup team... For all your efforts in putting together the course and ensuring that everything ran to plan.
Squad leaders... For keeping things running smoothly
PPC Club members... For helping via COF submissions, course design selection etc
PPC shooters... For turning up to do the shoot. There were 28 people involved in the Wanganui shoot, 27 shooters + 1 statistician. Out of that number, 11 from PPC !!! That is a HUGE representation from our club, and the biggest to an away shoot so far.
Congrats to those that took various placings for the shoot.
Results are available via the Wanganui Pistol Club Website
Well done to the members also that attended their 1st away trip (Warren, Andy & Scotty). Well done guys and I know this willnow put you in good stead for your next competitions.
Keep your eyes out for the write up in the Bullshooter also !
This shoot to me, definately demonstrated that when you put a good level of planning and have plenty of open communication about what you are doing, things just run along very smoothly.
With the huge effort from all involved, the day went extremely smoothly & it was a real pleasure to be a part of !
A great effort guys & you all deserve to pat yourselves on the back for the great job !
The team at the shoot:
LtoR: Derek, Ray, Warren, Andy, Margaret, Dave, Reuben, Jan, Scotty, Aaron
Absent: Ramon
Cheers
Reuben - PPC President
Sunday, June 7, 2009
2009 North Island IPSC Championships
Or the North Islands we wish would go away
This 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 for some of our members it was not to be a memorable experiance. Jan & Richard were both plagued by gun malfunctions which put them out of the running early on. Brain fades were the order of the day for the rest of the team. The pressure from the host club to get through 12 of the 16 stages on he first day saw the scores really start to tumble at the end of the first day as tiredness & fatigue set in.
Everyone was glad day one finally came to an end and we could retire to beer & pizza.
Day 2 was still cold but fine and everyone had a much better time, (except Richard who was throughly bored with his single shot Beretta) though I believe a new dillon is in his future.
Still with only 4 stages it was soon over. And with 16 Stages and 350+ rounds downrange it was still better than a day at the office.
Final results were
Production; Aaron 5th, Malcolm 19th & Richard 32nd (Though still not last it should be noted).
Standard David 16th, Jan 18th, Derek 20th, Dave 23rd & Marg T 29th (Which means everyone was beaten by James P using a Single Stack 45)
Open Marg B 18th
Well the Nationals are only a few months away, which should give everyone a chance to get their act together.
This 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 for some of our members it was not to be a memorable experiance. Jan & Richard were both plagued by gun malfunctions which put them out of the running early on. Brain fades were the order of the day for the rest of the team. The pressure from the host club to get through 12 of the 16 stages on he first day saw the scores really start to tumble at the end of the first day as tiredness & fatigue set in.
Everyone was glad day one finally came to an end and we could retire to beer & pizza.
Day 2 was still cold but fine and everyone had a much better time, (except Richard who was throughly bored with his single shot Beretta) though I believe a new dillon is in his future.
Still with only 4 stages it was soon over. And with 16 Stages and 350+ rounds downrange it was still better than a day at the office.
Final results were
Production; Aaron 5th, Malcolm 19th & Richard 32nd (Though still not last it should be noted).
Standard David 16th, Jan 18th, Derek 20th, Dave 23rd & Marg T 29th (Which means everyone was beaten by James P using a Single Stack 45)
Open Marg B 18th
Well the Nationals are only a few months away, which should give everyone a chance to get their act together.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
IPSC Nationals 2008
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 Super Senior and 6 Ladies and one junior.
The USA’s Henning Wallgren led the popular Standard division dominating from the start. It was inspiring to watch him shoot a stage, showing how much room for improvement we have in New Zealand and the problem of not shooting against better shooters more often. Matt Webber lead the following pack with a very creditable 95.61% and it needs to be noted he achieved this shooting “minor” 9mm.
Open class numbers continued to decrease to the benefit of Production Class with former open class shooter Chris Gee coming a close second to Greg Dicksons latest title win.
Competitors faced a daunting 350 plus rounds spread over 18 challenging stages from 9 round speed shoots to 32 round field courses. Some of the more interesting stages required shooters to run through part of the local forest, shooting while holding onto a briefcase, starting from astride a motorcycle and shooting an entire course of fire from a canoe.
This was the second time in a row that Rotorua Pistol Club has held the Nationals. And in signing a deal with NZPA to hold 3 consecutive Nationals is enabling some serious investment in the ranges and props, which we can all enjoy.
Pistol Clubs were invited to sponsor a stage and submit designs for their own course of fire. Porirua, Waiuku, Hawkes Bay & Auckland took up the challenge. Poriruas design was chosen as the best and for his efforts Jan Serfontein received a CED 7000 timer valued at over $300.
Sponsorship contributed to the success of these nationals. Major sponsor for the 08 Nationals was Intuto, flexible learning solutions, who provided 6 training packs each valued at over $1000 drawn by lucky dip and presented by Intutos regional manager Martin Bester who also acted as the Range Master for the 3 days of competition.
Also to be thanked for their sponsorship of the match & donations for the prize table were Rusa Leather Projectiles, Greg Dickson, Mainfreight Transport, Steve Welsh, Andy Wakker, Pistol NZ Shop, Garry Raven Pre-cut, AGM Custom Pistols, Martin Bester Smartbest Limited and Creative Sandblasted Effects and Signs.
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 Super Senior and 6 Ladies and one junior.
The USA’s Henning Wallgren led the popular Standard division dominating from the start. It was inspiring to watch him shoot a stage, showing how much room for improvement we have in New Zealand and the problem of not shooting against better shooters more often. Matt Webber lead the following pack with a very creditable 95.61% and it needs to be noted he achieved this shooting “minor” 9mm.
Open class numbers continued to decrease to the benefit of Production Class with former open class shooter Chris Gee coming a close second to Greg Dicksons latest title win.
Competitors faced a daunting 350 plus rounds spread over 18 challenging stages from 9 round speed shoots to 32 round field courses. Some of the more interesting stages required shooters to run through part of the local forest, shooting while holding onto a briefcase, starting from astride a motorcycle and shooting an entire course of fire from a canoe.
This was the second time in a row that Rotorua Pistol Club has held the Nationals. And in signing a deal with NZPA to hold 3 consecutive Nationals is enabling some serious investment in the ranges and props, which we can all enjoy.
Pistol Clubs were invited to sponsor a stage and submit designs for their own course of fire. Porirua, Waiuku, Hawkes Bay & Auckland took up the challenge. Poriruas design was chosen as the best and for his efforts Jan Serfontein received a CED 7000 timer valued at over $300.
Sponsorship contributed to the success of these nationals. Major sponsor for the 08 Nationals was Intuto, flexible learning solutions, who provided 6 training packs each valued at over $1000 drawn by lucky dip and presented by Intutos regional manager Martin Bester who also acted as the Range Master for the 3 days of competition.
Also to be thanked for their sponsorship of the match & donations for the prize table were Rusa Leather Projectiles, Greg Dickson, Mainfreight Transport, Steve Welsh, Andy Wakker, Pistol NZ Shop, Garry Raven Pre-cut, AGM Custom Pistols, Martin Bester Smartbest Limited and Creative Sandblasted Effects and Signs.
Arms & Militaria Gun Show - Lower Hutt 2009
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 to keep my credit card in my wallet as there were a few toys that sparked my interest. But needless to say I did !
The show gave the public (as well as fellow shooters) the opportunity to come & have a chat with us, find out what we do, the firearms we use, etc etc.
We had the full range of people from those who had been in the military, belonged to other clubs, current shooters, as well as those who were interested in finding out about how to get into the sport, come and spend some time talking to us.
I only worked the first day (which appeared to be the busier of the 2), but I feel that the show was a great success for the PPC as there are (hopefully) now some more people with an interest in the sport of pistol shooting.
The club is holding an open day on the weekend of 28Feb, so it will be interesting to see how many visitors will take up the offer to come along and see us in action, and have a plink at a couple of targets.
I'm actually looking forward to the show next year as the hamster is already running up some ideas about what we can do differently to generate a bit more interest in the sport :)
Cheers
Reuben (PPC President)
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 to keep my credit card in my wallet as there were a few toys that sparked my interest. But needless to say I did !
The show gave the public (as well as fellow shooters) the opportunity to come & have a chat with us, find out what we do, the firearms we use, etc etc.
We had the full range of people from those who had been in the military, belonged to other clubs, current shooters, as well as those who were interested in finding out about how to get into the sport, come and spend some time talking to us.
I only worked the first day (which appeared to be the busier of the 2), but I feel that the show was a great success for the PPC as there are (hopefully) now some more people with an interest in the sport of pistol shooting.
The club is holding an open day on the weekend of 28Feb, so it will be interesting to see how many visitors will take up the offer to come along and see us in action, and have a plink at a couple of targets.
I'm actually looking forward to the show next year as the hamster is already running up some ideas about what we can do differently to generate a bit more interest in the sport :)
Cheers
Reuben (PPC President)
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wanganui: River City Open
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. The crew kitted up in the club gears & headed to the range.
Registrations went ahead smoothly, squadding was done, then the usual re-acquainting with other shooting colleagues until briefing time.
47 shooters in total for RCO this year, an increase of nearly 30% on last years registrations.
PPC was the most represented club there (from what I could tell) with 8 members in attendance.
9 stages was the aim for day 1.
Lots of shooting took place with the day also being broken up for lunch.
All in all, day 1 went well with no DQ's and I only managed to miss 1 shot all day...
Sunday arrives, hotter weather !!
Those who have shot at Wanganui before know what the temperatures can get like on the range.... and this day was certainly getting up there.
Today.. I decided that I had to bump myself up a couple of places in the standings, so it was a 'slow down & aim' kinda day.
Funny how when you actually take a bit of time, you can start hitting things !
The end result, I moved up 3 spots on the ladder... result achieved.
5 stages were knocked out this day along with another good lunch and all shooting finished around 1pm.
Prize giving took place & the Porirua Club actually walked away with a nice haul of trophies !
WELL DONE TEAM !!
Only my 2nd major competition in the pistol sport & I managed to grab a 3rd in my class, so needless to say I am pretty happy with the result !
Seems to be my year this year (hopefully). My 2nd major competition of the year in shooting sports (Pistol & Rifle), and I've managed to grab awards at both.... Yippee.... long may it continue !!
Anyway, a good weekend had by all...
Everybody finished, no DQ's, all safety considerations met
300+ rounds sent down range & lots of fun, laughter and sore muscles :)
Looking forward to the next comp !
Cheers
Reuben (PPC President)
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. The crew kitted up in the club gears & headed to the range.
Registrations went ahead smoothly, squadding was done, then the usual re-acquainting with other shooting colleagues until briefing time.
47 shooters in total for RCO this year, an increase of nearly 30% on last years registrations.
PPC was the most represented club there (from what I could tell) with 8 members in attendance.
9 stages was the aim for day 1.
Lots of shooting took place with the day also being broken up for lunch.
All in all, day 1 went well with no DQ's and I only managed to miss 1 shot all day...
Sunday arrives, hotter weather !!
Those who have shot at Wanganui before know what the temperatures can get like on the range.... and this day was certainly getting up there.
Today.. I decided that I had to bump myself up a couple of places in the standings, so it was a 'slow down & aim' kinda day.
Funny how when you actually take a bit of time, you can start hitting things !
The end result, I moved up 3 spots on the ladder... result achieved.
5 stages were knocked out this day along with another good lunch and all shooting finished around 1pm.
Prize giving took place & the Porirua Club actually walked away with a nice haul of trophies !
WELL DONE TEAM !!
Only my 2nd major competition in the pistol sport & I managed to grab a 3rd in my class, so needless to say I am pretty happy with the result !
Seems to be my year this year (hopefully). My 2nd major competition of the year in shooting sports (Pistol & Rifle), and I've managed to grab awards at both.... Yippee.... long may it continue !!
Anyway, a good weekend had by all...
Everybody finished, no DQ's, all safety considerations met
300+ rounds sent down range & lots of fun, laughter and sore muscles :)
Looking forward to the next comp !
Cheers
Reuben (PPC President)
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