2007 Smith & Wesson Cup
29 September - 1 October 2007

St Ives Pistol Club member Kevin Bostridge
tackles the moving target.


SA competitor Colin Smith with his S&W M&P
in Production class.


Grycol Manager Stuart Collibee, left, with 2007
Smith & Wesson Cup winners Jim Staader,
Lee Webb and Darryl ‘Osca’ Carnicelli. Forty nine Action Pistol competitors made their way to the Blacktown Pistol Club in NSW over the September/October long weekend to compete in Australia’s richest prize handgun match - the Smith & Wesson Cup.

Grycol International, the Australian agent for Smith & Wesson handguns, once again donated three handguns, one for each winner of the Open, Metallic and Production class. “We recently had discussions with Smith & Wesson who again pledged Smith & Wesson’s support for Australian Action Pistol competitors. As the Australian agent, we are also getting behind what is obviously a very popular match.” said Grycol CEO Gary Collibee.

Nominated as a National Rifle Association of America (NRA) sanctioned regional Match, the 2007 Smith & Wesson Cup/SSAA Nationals was conducted using the official NRA rules without local modification. After a very successful May 2007 Bianchi Cup for some of Australia’s best Action Match competitors, the Smith & Wesson Cup brings together those who wish to be the nation’s best in this international event.

With the weather being warm and clear, the allocated time for pre-match practice was well appreciated by interstate visitors. Co Match organiser and Blacktown Pistol Club (BPC) executive Allan Harriman said, “We have tried several new ideas this year in regards to squadding and making the process easier and more flexible on the competitors. The feedback received after the match was very positive and validates our decision for more flexibility.”

Strong contingents from most states produced some very friendly, but competitive duels between top-ranking competitors. NSW IPSC shooter Jim Staader won Production class using his CZ SP01, while WA Darryl ‘Osca’ Carnicelli from WA came first in Metallic and NSW highlander Lee Webb won Open class. Each will now have their name inscribed upon the Smith & Wesson Cup. Osca and Lee each take home a Smith & Wesson Model 686 and Jim takes home a ‘Production Class’ S&W M&P self-loader in 9mm calibre.

Queenslander Brett Foster shot a personal best and came in third in Open class, just behind well-known NSW shooter Bruce Peters. Bruce also won the Seniors division. Geelong Pistol Club member Anita Mackiewicz not only celebrated Geelong’s AFL Grand Final win on the match weekend, but took out first place in the Ladies event. Using her S&W Model 64, Aimpoint scope and Safariland holster, Anita has come back to Action Match after a seven-year-break shooting ICORE. Suellen Ryan from NSW followed in second and Cherie May, also from NSW, came third. BPC member Matthew Harriman won the Junior event after his recent success at Bianchi 2007.

SSAA wishes to thank Grycol, Smith & Wesson and the members and executive of the BPC for their support.

by Gary Fleetwood

Metallic Class
Place	Name	Grade	Bar	Bar-X	Prac	Prac-X	Mov	Mov-X	FP	FP-X	Total	Total-X	LongX
1	Darryl Carnicelli	Master	454	20	454	22	458	12	470	47	1836	101	30
2	Craig Ginger	Master	466	25	455	20	456	16	450	45	1827	106	27
3	Charles Kerner	Expert	423	12	461	17	440	15	450	45	1774	89	23
4	Greg Armstrong	Expert	416	12	459	25	457	19	440	44	1772	100	29
5	Richard Siebert	Expert	420	17	442	13	454	12	450	45	1766	87	22
6	Brett Foster	Sharpshooter	435	17	437	21	457	21	420	42	1749	101	27
7	Brian Hardy	Master	443	18	451	19	422	18	400	40	1716	95	34
8	Graham Coombs (Senior)	Sharpshooter	420	9	453	21	447	22	390	39	1710	91	26
9	Allan Harriman	Sharpshooter	426	13	420	9	442	9	420	42	1708	73	16
10	Stephen Larner	Sharpshooter	408	13	420	13	418	4	400	40	1646	70	16

Open Class
Place	Name	Grade	Bar	Bar-X	Prac	Prac-X	Mov	Mov-X	FP	FP-X	Total	Total-X	LongX
1	Lee Webb	High Master	480	48	480	34	478	29	480	48	1918	159	56
2	Bruce Peters (Senior)	High Master	480	44	480	40	476	22	480	56	1916	154	56
3	Brett Foster	High Master	480	45	480	37	476	23	480	107	1916	153	55
4	Charles Kerner	High Master	478	44	480	41	474	31	480	48	1912	164	60
5	Leon Ovens (Senior)	High Master	480	43	478	33	474	35	480	66	1912	159	51
6	Zeljko Cvetnic	High Master	480	44	471	32	480	34	480	48	1911	158	54
7	Darryl Carnicelli	High Master	480	47	478	43	472	29	480	83	1910	167	63
8	Richard Siebert	High Master	480	47	474	34	476	27	480	94	1910	156	58
9	Stephen Larner	High Master	480	45	478	32	472	26	480	96	1910	151	54
10	Tom Whitehead	High Master	480	42	478	32	472	23	480	48	1910	145	50

Production Class
Place	Name	Grade	Bar	Bar-X	Prac	Prac-X	Mov	Mov-X	FP	FP-X	Total	Total-X	LongX
1	Jim Staader	Sharpshooter	410	8	397	11	457	14	420	42	1684	75	21
2	Andrew Penney (Junior)	Sharpshooter	368	22	446	14	451	16	400	40	1665	92	23
3	Geoffrey Matthews	Sharpshooter	376	13	423	14	422	14	390	39	1611	80	21
4	Colin Smith (Senior)	Marksman	395	13	377	9	394	6	390	39	1556	67	14
5	Gary Fleetwood	Marksman	382	11	355	6	388	6	350	35	1475	58	11
6	Peter Williams	Marksman	0	0	300	6	393	8	270	27	963	41	8