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.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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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