Europian Handgun Championship 2010 in Serbia Shoot-off and Award night

SHOOT-OFF AND AWARD NIGHT

The stage with 1 plate, 5 popper, 2 mimi popper and one stop plate on each site

Today was the real final of the match and it was the day of the shoot-off

It was my first time to watch a shoot-off, many of the RO told me they don´t want to go it´s so boring but I took the change, I took the bus from hotel together with Mark mini me Weisinger ( sorry don´t Call him that ) and JJ and few other RO

Many people looked at the shoot-off

The shoot-off took place on stage 10 ore 11 i don´t remember, and it was the first day with cloud and little rain and it was cold.

Rain and cold

It took around 4½ hours with all division so it was a long time and yes it was boring until the standard with our Danish champ Ralf Jensen and other good shooter came on
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Ralf K. Jensen

And in open division with Emil Obriot, Martin Kamenicek, Lars Toni Skoog and Eric Grauffel.
And Of course Eric was the big winner in Open and in Standard from Spain Juan Carlos Jami

Eric Grauffel

We took the bus back again to hotel 3pm, and had some relaxing hours before the awarding night.

 Saul Kirsh

Rasmus Gyllenberg

                                                                        

AWARDING NIGHT

The award

The awarding Night took place just next door, so it was very easy for us. It was a big room with lots of big round table.

Cees, Peter and Adrie

The food was ok but not more than that.
They gave out lots of price also to all division and category but they forgot to give the price for modifier division team, so Alain Juli have to go up after almost all left the party to give out the last price ummm.

IPSC president Nick Alexakos

STI did a good job on this match they had the winner in standard division to Spain also winner in shoot-off and second place and second silver medal for our Danish Camp Ralf K. Jensen congratulation to STI, and of course to rest of the winner.

Juan Carlos Jami, Ralf K. Jensen, Dave and Pauletta Skinner

I did not expect anything and I did not get anything but when I look on the Award list under C class my name came up second after James Harries, I don’t know way that was on list and I forgot to ask.

Laidy Production team

Now it’s time to go home and look back on this and my first EM match and see what good and what was bad, and when I find out I will have story, video and lots of photo on http://www.classictarget.dk/

Europian Handgun Championship 2010 in Serbia Main match

From day 1-14 go here to read

Result you will find here

Match result
First and seconday report is ready, go down on the page until you finde the day you are looking for.
Day 10 September 13 and the first match day

Kalemegdan fortness

Today is the first day of the match, and it´s my day off, IROA try for the first time a new schedule, so all RO will have a day off and also the shooter will, so today was my day off also because I have been working on the equipment check, so the match for me will start tomorrow.

So today me, Chees and Adri went back to the Kalemegdan fortness and have a nice walk, then we went to the ZOO that was so nice lot of nice animals, and it was so close to us, if I would I could put my finger into the lion cage, I got some very good picture.

Adie and Cees

About the match today, well I ask some of the RO when they return from the match, it went ok but some issues , reshoot on stage 6 and stage 9 that was the two stage we talk about they should have change something, but they did not change anything and that’s way there still are problem, and as I always say if the thinks not work well like stage 6 the running man and on stage 9 the canon with the swinger if it not working, don’t use it.

Some DQ and one shooter got procedure for using a towel to dry his face, the RO tell don’t use anything to memory the stage.
I can see from the website, the stats is running well, result is coming fast on the website.
So we will se how it will run tomorrow

Day 11 September 14 and the second match day

The top lady squad and me :0))

Today my 4 days strait working days starts, so I had to get up 04:45am, got my breakfast and I left the hotel together my RO friends from the Nederland.
We arrive on the range 6:30 and went down to may stage 9.

Snezana Subasic in the cage

 

I had to work with another IROA man Nico from Greece, stage 9 is a long course Canon stage, with 5 mini popper and 13 ipsc target, 31 rounds. Start position holding canon ball in both hands, on signal throw the canon ball into the canon and it will release a double swinger.
We had only to shooter there throw the ball outside the canon and have to go back and throw it inside the canon there lost lot of second, one of the shooter was Eli from Double Alpha, it was sad to see, but Eli did not have a good day, his gun did not work with him.
Saul Kirsh was also on my stage together with Yael Dagon, and its just nice to meet these shooter again.
Also came the Lady squad, I will have video later on with all the shooter.

Eli Huttner

We did 6 squad before lunch and 6 after lunch, I did the score on the first 6 squad and with the timer on the last 6 squad.
We had almost 2 hours lunch which is to long time, because we finish 6:30pm and if could start 30 minute early, then we had finish 6pm and not 6:30pm.
Before I went for lunch I watch Eric Grauffel shooting stage 5 and 6, and on stage 5, you have 7 target and 2 plate 9 rounds, he did it in 7:35 second with full house and stage 6 he shot it in 10 second :0))

Eric Grauffel here on stage 6 with the slider.

At the lunch break I had a nice talk with the president Nick Alexakos, and that conversation, I can not talk about it right now :0)) hihi.
When I walk around I stop on one of the stage and here a conversation, between IROA person, and in front of another shooter yo cannot have like that.

Reklame

Otherwise it was a nice day, no big problem.

Day 12 September 15 and Third day of the main match

Eric Grauffel here on stage 9

Also today I was working on stage 9 and today together with a new IROA from Germany, Olaf Thieme.
And we also had 6 squads before and 6 squad after lunch, it have been a long long day and hot
We had beside the squad from Denmark also the super squad with bla. Emil Eric Grauffel, Martin Kamenicek ,and Emile Obriot
And those guy just make perfect Eric shot my stage in 18:05 with 4C and I think that have been until now the fastest time, the other is around 20 second but only for the best.

We was a little behind the plan today but it went ok, we had lunch for one hours, so my way to lunch I run in to all my friends from Philippines true weight with the Open lady shooter Mari Grace Tan.

Frank Garcia from USA

I hope I can see them shoot tomorrow.
I was very tired when I return to the hotel, and my but hearts so I will give it some powder.

Day 13 and 14 September 16 and 17 fourth and fifth match day

One of the local laidy shooter try to escape from stage jail

The last two day I work on stage 21, a long course 32 rounds 14 target, 3 classic mini popper and one plate, gun loaded laying flat on table all magazine laying flat on table, and about the magazine, that came as a surprise for many shooter.

Stage 21

We did 6 squad before lunch and 6 after lunch, we run the stage very good and the time was ok, around 2 minutes pr. Shooter.
I was fun to see specialty when the open shooter came, almost all the open shooter shot the stage in between 18- 20 sec ,
I got the squad with Saul Kirsh, Eli Huttner and Yael Dagan, Eli did not have a good match his gun did not work with him, so he really hope he can get the license for his new gun when he return in Denmark.

Saul on stage 19

Saul give us a little shock when he finish the stage, Saul got a miss and the miss was ok, but he was not happy, that was his first miss on this match and it cost him a place. Yael did a good run and like the stage very much, and I wish all the luck in the future Yael knows what I mean.

Yael on stage 19

Then Lars Tony Skoog from Sweden came and shot the stage in 17,01 so Martin Kamenicek in 16 + Then Eric Grauffel shot it in 15,65 with 3 C
To watch Eric shooting that is something he is just perfect its look so easy, it´s also looks a little slow but when you look a the timer it´s just so fast.
We had a little problem on our stage with one of the Italian shooter, after he shot 4 target and would make a magazine change, he so that one bullet stock in his magazine, and so I was just behind him, and he took the opportunity to run back on me, and I stop him DQ 10.6.1

Later he made an arbitration, he told his story, I told my story and there was lot of witnesses, but later he came back to get a reshot umm, but I did my job so am clean tats ok.

The laidy Production team

Well the stage was ok stage only the grass was not good, after the big rain fall it was like working on rocks so my feed was in pain, but it help every night when I return to my hotel a hot shower was nice.
 
Shoot off and award night will come soon

Europian Handgun Championship 2010 in Serbia

I will from this Saturday start my day to day report from Europian Handgun Championship 2010 in Serbia
Classictarget will be in Serbia from September 4th to 19th

Classictarget is shooting the EHC 2010 with DDA New Race Master Holster

Go down on the page and you will find each day report

Day 1-7 ready

All stage here

Squad list here

Day 1 September 4

Roger Madiou and Maya on the welcome dick at the airport

Today I left Denmark for the EHC 2010 Belgrade in Serbia.

My friends Jesper Slaarup picks me up 10am bring me to the airport.
I check in my gun and continue to the security where they have to check the gun and ammo, and for the first time they don’t ask on how many kg of ammo I have, but they want to check and look on each bullet and they count 500 round wish is more than 6 kg ummm. Anyway everything was ok except one of the security man who told me after he look at my nice STI gun it look like a nøjhousen WHAT me and Jesper look at him and told him that’s the same when you see a Ferrari and tell its look like a VW Volkswagen :0((
Well I left Denmark and arrive in Serbia around 3pm went to the welcome disk, then to the police, then to the security then pay 15 euro for the gun, and I meet my friend Roger Madiou from the USA, last time we work together was in Bali for the world shoot, so it was nice to se him again,we went together to our Hotel holiday inn, check in went to my room, and find out I forgot my wallet with all my money in the van, they found it and bring it back to me after few hours.
So now we will go out and eat, then I will go to sleep early, and see what happend tomorrow.

Day 2 September 5

Me and my body

Last night I also met Silvia Poulo and we went out for a nice dinner together with Roger, we eat in a nice restaurant sitting outside and it was on a little stone street with lots of restaurant with live music very nice, we all order tomato soup, and for main course I order Osse Buco its was very nice, but it have not seen a legs of a cow , after dinner we took a long walk on a nice working street and inside of a park, then a taxi back to the hotel.

I wake up early this morning 6am I could not sleep more, 7:30 we had breakfast also together with Ronny Bergstrom from Sweden, Ronny are on stick after a accident.

After breakfast RM Milan came and he bring us to the shooting range, where we check out the very nice beautiful stage, the theme of this match is battle of the knight so there are lots of nice props, horse, ax, boat, ect ect very nice.

After that Milan stage on the range so I barrow is GPRS and we find our way back to the hotel, another way but we find the hotel.

Then we went out for lunch, not so far from hotel around 10 min work we have to work slowly because of Ronny´s, feet.

After that back to hotel where more RO arrive, Jürgen Tegge, Bernd from Germany, Georges Theriault, from Canada, James Venmore from South Africa, James was my area CRO on world shoot in Bali so I hope I can work with him again.

And tonight we went out eating on a nice restaurant, now back on the hotel and Big gee and his son Bjørn Gregnert just arrive, more tomorrow.

RM Milan, Silvia, Roger and Ronny bad feet

Day 3 September 6

Me, Adri de Bot, Cees, JJ, Barry and Peter Schouwink 

Today I wake up 5:38am and could not sleep anymore even I try, well i got my breakfast 8:30 and 10 am all

RO took the bus to the shooting range, were we got our id card, and my card sure am from Italy umm, i have to change it.

After that we went true all the stage and as i told before they put lots of work into this match , the stage is really cool and nice, after we check out the stage, we wait for 3 hours before we could get lunch.

From one of the stage handcuffs

After lunch we start up the registration and gun check, I work with the gun check and I work with Cees van Diepen at the production check, there were not so many shooters today, we finish 5pm and then we wait for another few hours, but all the other RO yes including me have been waiting with no information for the whole day , that really not the way to handle IROA let us wait for 8 hours with no information at all, so that’s the first and hopeful the last bad smiley from me.

Berry Pollad ready to get his head off

The President from IROA Dina came and gave us the buckle, and we got the answer of who got the job as Area CRO and flooded RO and am one of the flooder.
We came back to the hotel 8pm, strait into the restaurant for a dinner, tomorrow we have to be out on the range for gun check 7:45am till 12pm.

Day 4 September 7

Cees, Adria, Peter, Philippe, Jean Francois, George and me

Today Tuesday we was supposed to be pick up 7:45 am for the registration and the gun check, but again we have to wait and wait and 9am the RM came to pick us up, umm

I was again today at the production check together with Cees, we had 2 glock 17 shooter there in first place did not make the trigger pull, so they change a spring and then they was ready to go, one shooter also glock did not make it, so he went to standard, one shooter have to see the gun smith to fix his gun before it go down in the box.

Stage

We finish the gun check 12:30pm and went home to change dress and went out for a lunch, then we went for a tour in the old town and so the Kalemegdan fortness,

Kalemegdan fortness

and the park with lots of old canon, tanks, torpedoes and so on, very nice to see, after few hours long work we took a coffee stop, the a taxi home.

Me and my brothers

Then make ready for tomorrow´s first pre – match day out of three.

Me on stage 8, nice horse

Day 5 September 8

First day of the Pre match Bus left hotel 8am, and we arrive on the range 8:30 am, when we arrive again no information, later on we find the squad schedule and by surprise me and Mark weisinger name was not on the list, we should me on squad 64 started on stage 4, but when I arrive on the stage, no score sheet, so I have to walk a long way back to get a spare score sheet, and I find rest of my score sheet on stage 3, :0(

Roger Madiou on stage 13, with Jürgen Tegge

We shot 10 stages today, and have to do 10 more tomorrow and finish Friday with 4 stages. So stage 4 was a long course, 14 targets, 2 poppers and 2 plate, 32 rounds. And I was the first shooter and fuck that stage up with jam on my gun, I find out later it´s my magazine, ummm. Well it was not better on stage 6 with 7 target and 2 popper, one of the target was a slider, and 1 swinger with two target, I got 4 miss on the swinger, :0(

  Irene Canetta from Italy on stage 6 with Bernd IROA from Germany

Then I did the other stage ok until stage 13 Medium courses with 16 rounds with one slider and 3 miss, I total end up with 9miss it’s the first time for a long time I end up with so many miss, so better be more ready and stay more focus for tomorrow.

Mark Weisinger on stage 4

Stage is nice to shoot only small issue has to been done before the main match. Today was also the president day, Nick Alexakos Ipsc President, President for IROA Dino Evangelinos, and Mr., Global Village Vince Pinto; I had a talk with Dino to design a new IROA all year around jacket.

Tim Andersen, Ipsc President Nick Alexakos and Vince Pinto, Tims magazine is to long :0)

I also looked at Dino shooting stage 11, and here you will se him Stage 11, 6 target and 4 poppers 16 rounds stage, Gun on one barrel and magazine on the other barrel.

Listen to Dino on the last part, I don’t know if he run out of ammo and need more ammo

Day 6 September 9

Me so happy with the ne DDA Race Master Holster

Again today bus leave 8am form the hotel and 9am we started on stage 14 a short course with 3 ipsc target, 2 mini popper and one plate, you have to pull a sword up from a stone. And shoot.
We had to shoot 10 stage today and we did and we was in good time, shot 5 stage and went for lunch and went back again and shot 5 stage, every think was going well until we came to stage 19 a medium course of 16 rounds and 3 mini popper started holding the ax with both hands, on signal FOFS.

Roger Madiou fills like back in the USA as policeman with realy handcuffs

I shot the first 4 target, turn to the left site and shot one target, I was little to fast and find out I got a miss, I run back and jump into the RO and got a reshot, he told me later I should been DQ for breaking the 90 * but I did not break it.
Then we come to stage 22 a short course 9 round stage with 2 target and 5 popper, laying on you back on the bed, strong hand is tied to the bed, gun loaded on table, on signal FOFS.

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Stage 22 and bed time

But but, I was told it’s a weak hand shooting, I ask was its say on the briefing, because the RO say when shooting I cannot use my shooting hand to support on the window frame, and I told it doesn’t say so in the briefing, and he told me for the second time also yesterday on another stage, if I tell it is so then the shooter have to follow my order, and I told him he cannot make his own rules, only the RM can change the briefing , so call the President of IROA and the RM Milan about the problem, and I was right, FOFS then you can do whatever you want.

Some of all the stage

Well my shooting today was ok but also today I got some miss, those swinger down here is very fast, I really have to work with swinger when I come back home, ELI do you listen me :0))

Tim Andersen ready for chopping some target with the ax

Eli Huttner from DDA came and saw me on the stage, and later we went out for a nice dinner together with Mark Weisinger, and now its time for sleep and ready for the last 4 stage tomorrow.

Day 7 September 10

Stage 23 an ocean full of water and a boat flooding

Should take the bus 7:35 but miss it, so me, JJ and one other shooter drive together with the RD from Polen Stanisław Kwiecień to the range, but it was ok to be a little late.

Stage 20

But after last night thunderstorm and heavy rain the one shooting area with stage 19 to 24 is flooding with , I tell you I never seen stage like this, we had to start on stage 24 but we have to wait until tomorrow, they have to call the fire department to pump up all the water, so we started on stage 1 a small short course stage with 2 target and 5 mini popper, start holding a shield in your weak hand, so you could only shoot the stage with your strong hand, I shoot it in 13, 72 with 6 A, 2 C and 1 D, slow time but ok.
 

Me shooting with the CZ open gun

Stage 2 was a medium course, start holding a bow and arrow in your hand, the stage had 8 target and the stage had some opportunities to shoot it, I choose from left to right, 2 target, then 5 target and last 1 target. 16, 82, 9A , 5 C and 2 D.
The last stage of today was a fuc… swinger stage again seated on chair weak hand holding the jug and strong hand holding the mug, gun unloaded and holstered, 2 target, 1 popper realize two swinger, 9 rounds, I got a miss :0((

Fabrizio Pesce on stage 2

After this 3 stages we had to wait for one hour to see if we had the change to shoot stage 24 , but no have to wait until tomorrow.

Adnaan handle over the gun to James and RO Chrissie

For the match Adnaan Jacobs and James Venmore borrowed an open gun from RM Milan and CZ but using a new gun which is unfamiliar is sometimes not the best idea and they had some problems during the match, sad to see.
I had lunch and after lunch I went to the gun check place to help, and was finish 5:30 pm

Doublealpha store

They offer free shipping and when you pay cash you will get 5% of only for this match EHC 2010

Eli from DDA who have a stand on EHC 2010 pick me up and bring me to the hotel, did a shower and the we went out for dinner together with the RO from Nederland.
Have to be on the range tomorrow 8am to do gun check and 1pm shoot stage 24, then back to gun check and tomorrow evening we will have RO night.

Fabrizio Pesce on stage 2

 Oh yaa I forgot the squad list is online now


Day 8 September 11

Equipment check staff

Today I also work with the equipment check and I we did around 400 shooter, some of them did not pass the first test of standard and have to modify their guns so it could fit the box.

The dream team from Philippines True Waight

Today we got shooter from Sweden and some from Denmark also and Saul Kirsh from Double Alpha came together with Eli Huttner, we make joke to Saul when we check his long magazine and told him it was to long, we was laughing.
Also my dream team from the Philippines came the team from True Waight with the team boss Ronald Tan and his daughter Mary Grace Tan shooting open.

Eli Huttner and Saul Kirsh from DDA 

We did the check from 9am until 6pm then we had the RO party with a nice grill, lots of nice meat, but also tapas it was very nice food, then we got our new IROA shirt and pants from 511, I looking forward to see how the shirt is, I will see by tomorrow when we will have the opening ceremony.

RO Party

From the stage view all stage is ok, the water from stage 19 to 24 is gone.
I had to shoot stage 24, a short course minimum rounds 9 rounds, 4 target and one plate, when hit the plate pop up target came, and I fu…. Forgot that target, so this have not been my match so fare.

Day 9 September 12

Me and the President for IROA Dino Evangelinos

Last day of the equipment check, we arrive 8:20am on the range and when we came, there was already a big line of shooter waiting, and we had the check nonstop until pass lunch time around 12:30pm.

Shooter try to fix their gun becouse it did not pass the first test

And today we had lots of shooter there was cheated about their safety, lots of hammer fall, magazine to long for open shooter, standard gun there don’t fit the box, and many other thinks, and we send them away to fix their guns and come back when the gun is ready.
We finish 2pm and then we had RO briefing where all the RO got their stages.
Im a flooder so I will be working on stage 9 Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday and Friday stage 21
Both long course.
After the briefing we had a big group photo

RO group Photo

Then we went to the Opening Ceremony on Kalemegdan fortness very nice place, we just had to wait for 30-45 minutes before it start, all country was line up with their country flag, the NROI and IROA was all in the back, and when it was our turn to walk in, when we walk site of the VIP people, the President of IPSC and the President of IROA we all took our cap off, and I so in the eyes of our president he really like that.

The Danish shooter

Me and my best shooting friends from True Weight from Philippines

Then there was a speech from The IPSC President Nick Alexakos who wish us all a crisp trigger and clear front sight.

Me and the IROA flag :0)

Then there were three parachutists came down from heaven with flags, and now the EHC 2010 is open.

Parachute with the IPSC flag

After the Opening Ceremony was finish we went back to the range, to check out the stage and the start position, so everything is set for the first match day.

I will have free on the first match day and will be working on stage 9 Tuesday and Wednesday and stage 21Tuesday and Friday.

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