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European Shotgun Championships 2009 By Tony Saunders On Monday 14th September 2009, in the leafy central park at the heart of the small town of Pisek in the Czech Republic, under leaden skies, the official opening ceremony of the Level IV European Shotgun Championships 2009 (ESC 09) brought Above - man versus man shoot-offs hundreds of people from 24 nations together to formally open the four days of practical shotgun shooting. Ladies Team member, Sharon Sell shooting well with her Remington 1187 28 Target Shooter
As the music swelled and the dance troupe’s batons twirled in the damp air, the procession of competitors lined before an open auditorium, flags aloft as the town dignitaries and organisers addressed the crowds. Our own Neil Beverley, chairman of the arbitration committee then delivered a warm speech thanking the assembled throngs and the hosts of the event for their dedication, hard work and warm welcome to us all. It was a moving occasion and testament to the international good will and camaraderie among shooters and public alike. For those who are not familiar with practical shotgun (PSG) in the UK, it is a target shooting discipline shot against the clock using high-capacity pump-action or semi-automatic 12g (or 20g) shotguns. Competitors shoot courses of fire designed to test the three core elements of practical shooting; Accuracy, Power and Speed. These three qualities (Diligentia Vis Celeritas) or DVC for short, are emblemized in the motto of the world governing body for practical shooting, the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) and also in the UK governing body, the United Kingdom Practical Shooting Association (UKPSA). PSG competitions are held all across the UK, both at club level and also a series of sanctioned Level 3 competitions to determine a national grade. If you’ve never shot PSG before, it’s hard to describe the thrill and exhilaration moving, loading and shooting through a series of clever and innovative stages, from a variety of positions. Both static and moving targets are employed - often together with activation targets to trigger doors or moving metal and paper targets. Ammunition varies from birdshot, through to buckshot and solid slug. A Level IV European competition has been held four times since the first one held in the UK. Italy was a major event in 2003, Kavala in Greece saw the championships in 2006 followed this year by ESC 09 at the excellent range facilities in Operany (pronounced OP-err-AJ-nee), a series of bermed and extended pistol bays sitting comfortably along a dip in a rolling farmed and copsed landscape. Sat approximately 20 miles equidistant between Pisek and the town of Tabor to the West, it is an inspiring place to shoot. Both Pisek and Tabor are tourist gems, boasting unassuming architectural treasures amidst the post-war Eastern block structures and chiseled facades. Pisek has the oldest stone bridge in Europe, in style almost identical but smaller to the famous Charles Bridge, its’ better known cousin in the capital Prague, 70 miles to the North. ESC 09 drew teams from as far as Thailand and the US, as well as the major representations from Italy, Czech Republic, Russia and of course, a sizeable number of teams and individual shooters from the United Kingdom for the 22 stage match. Each of the registered 294 shooters needed a minimum of 336 rounds of ammunition (birdshot, buckshot and slug) in order to shoot the match. Over fifty IROA Range Officers were hand-picked to oversee the stages to ensure that safe gun handling and strict adherence to the rules was assured. Most shot the Pre-match stages along with the other organisers who are of course shooters at heart. On Tuesday the main match commenced. The competitors were split into 18 squads and all shot three out of the four days - with a rest day allowing them to take a well earned breather from the competition and a chance to watch other shooters and discuss tactics. The duanting Stage 1, required six classic poppers to be shot down at 45 metres with slug ammunition. The yellow are no shoots. You had to know where your ammunition was shooting at this distance Target Shooter 29
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