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y Brian Enos, A-387<br />
A week or so before the Autumn Classic, I got<br />
a call from Chepit Dulay who was wondering if<br />
I would be attending the Asian Championship<br />
held in the Philippines. Apparently my invitation<br />
was still floating somewhere in the Pacific Ocean<br />
because I had no clue whatsoever about the<br />
match. Since I'd have to change all my equipment<br />
around to comply with international IPSC<br />
rules for Limited Class and I'd have to leave on<br />
the Sunday the Autumn Classic concluded, I figured<br />
why not! I've always wanted to check out<br />
the Philippines anyway. After some quick arrangements<br />
with Chepit getting the proper permits<br />
faxed, I was ready to head East—or head<br />
West to get to the East.<br />
While I was waiting for my bags at the airport<br />
in Cebu, I was met by a local guy who introduced<br />
himself as Troy and said he was shooting the<br />
match also. Being the observant type, I quickly<br />
spotted the "Customs Official" name tag on his<br />
shirt and breathed a huge sigh of relief. As anyone<br />
who has traveled internationally with guns<br />
knows, customs can be a nightmare. Troy, my-<br />
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self, and three shooters from Hong Kong breezed<br />
through customs and checked into our hotel,<br />
about a half-mile from the range. After settling<br />
in, our hosts rounded us up and took us down the<br />
road for lunch. We walked around checking out<br />
several different fish markets, picked out the fish<br />
and shellfish we wanted, and took them to another<br />
place that cooked them for us. That is the<br />
way to eat seafood! You can't get seafood fixed<br />
like that in the States. It was awesome! I knew<br />
this was going to be a good trip, especially for a<br />
man who doesn't like to miss a meal.<br />
I spent the next day getting used to the place<br />
and checking out the range. The range was<br />
unique in that it was a huge, and I do mean<br />
huge, hole in the ground with one road leading<br />
down into it. I later learned that the hole was<br />
made by excavating dirt to build up the ground<br />
for the airport. The club then leased the "hole"<br />
from the state and turned it into a great range.<br />
The next morning, we got down to business. I<br />
was squadded to shoot with the "Ozzies," Craig<br />
Ginger, Errol Thomas, Ross Newell, and Ken<br />
Carter. Those heavy hitters from down-under<br />
were squadded with the top guns from the Philippines,<br />
including the Jet, Jomini Abaya, <strong>Mar</strong>vin<br />
Sanchez, and quite a few more speedy homeboys.<br />
The Jet caught up with us after lunch; his plane<br />
had landed from the States only that morning!<br />
Whew! I'm not quite that hard-core of an international<br />
traveler.<br />
It was a difficult match with challenging stages<br />
and plenty of droppers, swingers, and partial targets<br />
to keep you honest. The courses were sort of<br />
a combination of "American" and "Internationar<br />
stages, American in that the round count was<br />
high for the number of stages, and International<br />
in that there were more shooting "areas" instead<br />
of boxes providing more lateral gun movernent<br />
from each position.<br />
The battle shaped up with Errol and Craig<br />
starting out strong and with the Jet and Jomini<br />
right in there. Errol shot well in a really tough<br />
match, making no mistakes of any consequence.<br />
The Jet dropped a shot on one of the longer field<br />
courses, which ended up being a factor since he<br />
finished second overall by about 10 match points.<br />
After the match I overheard Errol say that he<br />
dropped only 29 points in the entire match!<br />
That's impressive. At today's pace it's not often<br />
you see a "no-mistakes" win. Congratulations to<br />
Errol.<br />
<strong>Mar</strong>ch/<strong>Apr</strong>il 1995
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