7th NRA World Action Pistol Championships
6-9 October 2010
Blacktown Pistol Club

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A field of 69 shooters vied for the title of World Action Pistol Champion in Sydney during October. Competitors travelled from not only the USA, but from Germany and New Zealand to take part in the 7th NRA World Action Pistol Championships hosted by SSAA National at Blacktown Pistol Club from October 6 to 9.

The event was opened by the City of Blacktown former Mayor Charlie Lowles. The first day of shooting kicked off in overcast conditions, but even intermittent rain could not throw focus from the shoot. Following four days of tight competition, USA’s Doug Koenig took out the highest honours, breaking the world record at the same time with a score of 1920 and 188 Xs.

Among those shooters vying for the Open title was Carl Bernosky (USA), Bruce Piatt (USA), Craig Ginger (Australia), Zelijko Cvetnic (Australia) and Bernd Geppert (Germany). The competition was as tight in the Women’s competition, with only about 30 points separating the top four of Anita Maciewicz (Australia), Vera Koo (USA), Jodi Lyall (Australia) and Julie Golob (USA). The accolades eventually went to Anita for her score of 1904 and 156 Xs. The Senior division was won by Australian shooter Iain Buchanan on 1912. The Highest Skirt award, a coveted title given in jest to the man who places behind the top-ranked lady, went to Australian competitor shooter Glenn Land.

President of the host club and competitor, Craig Ginger, said the shoot was an excellent display of skill, both from the Australians and some tough foreign competitors. He said it was a real honour to host the event, and that the success was a testament to the commitment of the club members who were working behind the scenes to run the event.

Australia’s Andrew Penny kept up with the adults to win his Junior division with a score of 1912, placing 14th overall. While, in the Team events, Germany made its mark, placing first and second above the USA in the Metallic class and winning the Production class. But the spirited shooters, who enjoyed the sunshine compared to their wintry homeland this time of year, missed out on first in the Open class - the USA Open Team were the winners with 5760, and the USA Ladies placed third following Germany with a score of 3752.

This world event coincided with the SSAA National Action Pistol Championships. USA’s Doug Koenig’s brilliant display of skill won him this event and the Smith & Wesson Cup, while Carl Bernosky placed second and Bruce Piatt third. Winners of the event were awarded with a Smith & Wesson pistol thanks to major event sponsor, Grycol International.

The event concluded with a presentation dinner at the Penrith Panthers club with representatives from the state government attending, along with SSAA National President Bob Green.

If you would like a free copy of the World Action Pistol Championships DVD, please email gary.fleetwood@gmail.com and include your current membership number and postal address.

Open Class
	Name	Grade	Bar	Bar-X	Prac	Prac-X	Mov	Mov-X	FP	FP-X	Total	Total-X	LongX	Category
1	Doug Koenig	High Master	480	48	480	48	480	44	480	48	1920	188	56
2	Carl Bernosky	High Master	480	46	480	47	480	40	480	48	1920	181	55
3	Bruce Piatt	High Master	480	48	480	41	480	40	480	48	1920	177	56
4	Zeljko Cvetnic	High Master	480	44	480	39	478	34	480	123	1918	165	48
5	Bernd Geppert	High Master	480	44	478	37	480	30	480	53	1918	159	51
6	Mark Itzstein	Master	480	46	480	34	478	28	480	74	1918	156	41
7	Craig  Ginger	High Master	480	47	480	44	476	33	480	48	1916	172	52
8	Darryl Carnicelli	High Master	480	48	478	41	476	37	480	48	1914	174	52
9	Brent Millard	High Master	480	48	480	41	474	26	480	48	1914	163	51
10	Allan Harriman	High Master	480	45	480	39	474	25	480	101	1914	157	47
11	Richard Siebert	High Master	480	43	480	32	474	31	480	53	1914	154	41
12	Brett Foster	High Master	480	47	480	39	473	29	480	101	1913	163	50
13	Iain  Buchanan	High Master	480	48	480	41	472	26	480	48	1912	163	52	Senior
14	Andrew Penney	High Master	480	40	478	27	474	28	480	48	1912	143	36	Junior
15	Bruce Dickey	High Master	480	46	480	36	470	26	480	89	1910	156	43	Senior
16	George Mowbray	High Master	480	48	476	29	471	26	480	120	1907	151	40
17	Matthew Harriman	High Master	480	47	480	33	466	24	480	101	1906	152	46
18	Anita Maciewicz	High Master	480	44	470	34	474	30	480	55	1904	156	42	Lady
19	Glenn Land	Master	480	43	471	29	472	30	480	103	1903	150	38
20	David Bartlett	High Master	480	42	480	32	472	21	470	47	1902	142	38
21	Don Cashmore	High Master	480	48	471	31	470	21	480	55	1901	148	44	Senior
22	Greg Armstrong	High Master	476	36	469	32	474	31	480	67	1899	147	36
23	Neil Fletcher	High Master	478	43	468	33	471	29	480	48	1897	153	41	Senior
24	Peter Hansen	Expert	480	40	476	41	461	20	480	64	1897	149	46
25	Adam Lennert	Master	480	39	475	38	470	29	470	47	1895	153	42	Senior
26	Ryan McQuilty	Master	480	36	459	30	476	22	480	49	1895	136	36
27	Denis Millar	Master	480	45	472	30	460	25	480	48	1892	148	39	Senior
28	Volker Schonfeld	Expert	480	35	473	33	468	26	470	47	1891	141	40
29	Marc Ravinet	High Master	478	34	472	30	470	28	470	47	1890	139	30
30	Trevor  Wilkin	Master	478	36	473	25	452	26	480	54	1883	135	30	Senior
31	Vera Koo	High Master	480	44	480	35	450	24	470	47	1880	150	44	Senior Lady
32	Ray Penney	Master	480	45	473	29	467	22	460	46	1880	142	37
33	Frank Tait	High Master	480	47	473	37	454	20	470	47	1877	151	47
34	Peter Williams	High Master	480	42	478	28	448	21	470	47	1876	138	41
35	Kevin Bostridge	Master	478	41	478	33	449	24	470	47	1875	145	44	Senior
36	Jodi Lyall	High Master	478	33	466	31	461	20	470	47	1875	131	31	Lady
37	Julie Golob	High Master	470	38	473	31	449	25	480	74	1872	142	43	Lady
38	Robert Jones	Master	470	42	465	27	460	17	470	47	1865	133	36	Senior
39	Bryan Blakey	Master	480	45	463	14	460	19	460	46	1863	124	34
40	Graham Coombs	High Master	480	41	461	27	447	20	470	47	1858	135	37	Senior
41	Suellen Ryan	Master	465	24	452	21	465	17	470	47	1852	109	22	Lady
42	Nigel Gordon	High Master	420	34	470	38	476	30	480	53	1846	150	38
43	Pat Buchanan	Expert	471	36	454	26	426	14	470	47	1821	123	30	Lady
44	Glenn Pollock	Master	470	37	458	25	412	17	480	48	1820	127	36
45	Leon Ovens	High Master	470	39	473	34	468	32	400	40	1811	145	40	Senior
46	Frank Adams	Master	457	25	445	22	449	16	450	45	1801	108	17	Senior
47	Peter Renzow	Master	470	31	447	24	462	15	420	42	1799	112	27
48	Cherie May	Expert	470	32	431	17	452	14	430	43	1783	106	27	Lady
49	Blake Williams	Expert	453	32	423	20	439	15	440	44	1755	111	18	Junior
50	Stuart Vinnicombe	Sharpshooter	456	22	399	12	470	17	410	41	1735	92	19
51	Richard Lord	Expert	377	15	456	34	402	11	420	42	1655	102	23	Senior
52	Samantha Renzow	Sharpshooter	281	3	400	14	419	13	410	41	1510	71	7	Junior
53	Alan Saunders	Marksman	100	1	129	1	294	5	240	24	763	31	1

Metallic - Production Class
	Name	Grade	Bar	Bar-X	Prac	Prac-X	Mov	Mov-X	FP	FP-X	Total	Total-X	LongX	Category
1	Marc Kleser	Expert	469	25	468	24	462	16	440	44	1839	109	22
2	Jim Staader	Sharpshooter	457	28	418	23	462	23	470	47	1807	121	22
3	Gary White	Sharpshooter	435	17	416	15	417	13	330	33	1598	78	9
4	Molly Smith	Marksman	371	10	381	12	391	8	380	38	1523	68	5	Junior

Metallic Class
	Name	Grade	Bar	Bar-X	Prac	Prac-X	Mov	Mov-X	FP	FP-X	Total	Total-X	LongX
1	Tony Drabsch	Master	467	23	478	28	472	27	470	47	1887	125	29
2	Jerry Miculek	Master	464	29	476	29	474	21	470	47	1884	126	28
3	Ralf Vanicek	Master	476	26	463	23	465	22	470	47	1874	118	23
4	André Schroeder	Expert	457	22	451	23	471	23	460	46	1839	114	19
5	Gregory Van Borssum	Expert	457	11	443	15	438	8	440	44	1778	78	11
6	Chris Regan	Expert	435	16	443	17	446	15	420	42	1744	90	11
7	Brett Marais	Sharpshooter	445	14	395	12	434	12	390	39	1664	77	8
8	Kevin White	Marksman	383	12	362	13	407	15	320	32	1472	72	7

Teams - Open					Teams - Metallic					Teams - Production
Name	Total	Total-X	LongX		Name	Total	Total-X	LongX		Name	Total	Total-X	LongX
USA Open	5760	546	167		Germany A	3713	232	42		Germany 1	3650	218	41
Germany	5704	453	133		Germany 2	3582	203	36		Germany 2	3606	195	31
USA Ladies	3752	292	87		USA Irons	1884	126	28