1st World Air Rifle Benchrest_maac_qualifications

1st World Air Rifle Benchrest Postal Competition.

MAAC Qualifications and selections. 1st February 2009

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Sunday 1st February 2009. MAAC conducted its 1st ARBR match for 2009. This match served also as a qualifier for the 1st World Air Rifle Bench Rest Postal Championships that will be taking place between March and September 2009. Each country can participate with a maximum of 3 teams comprising of 3 shooters per team. Each country can also present a number of individual shooters. The world postal is open for Unlimited Air Rifle Class - is any .177 - .20 - .22 caliber air rifle having a safe manually and mechanically operated firing mechanism, with no weight limit. Any air regulator can be used as long as it is integral within the air cylinder. Any modification may be made to the rifle and any magnification scope may be used. Factory stock or stocks that meet ‘Stock Clarification’ rules may be used. Return to battery shall NOT be permitted. Muzzle brakes, muzzle flips, barrel weights or Harmonic Tuners are permitted. There is no restriction on cylinder size or capacity as long as 20.34 Joules or 15-ft/lb. maximum power is retained and it is integral within the rifle. (Separate Air Cylinders are not allowed the cylinder must be part of the rifle). Testing of air rifles via use of a chronograph will need to be done by match directors to ensure maximum power restrictions above – records of tested rifles will need to be kept for checks/ clarification. The match director has authority not to allow any rifle over the specified power limits to ensure fairness through the competition.

MAAC Selections. MAAC uses two different Air Rifle Classes in its local championship, the Sporter Class under 15ftlbs and the Unlimited Class above 15ftlbs. The ERABSF class rules and WRABSF class rules are being investigated and fine tuned. For this reason this 1st World Competition is being conducted for rifles under 15ftlbs. The main reason is that ERABSF and WRABSF can get together as much as countries as possible to shoot and get as much data as possible to define proper air rifle classes. MAAC selection for this world postal was based on the qualifier match. The match itself was conducted in very difficult weather conditions, with a constant variation in wind direction and winds ranging from an average of 29.6kph and gusts from 13kph to 49.6kph. The shooters selected all scored over 200 points and hence it was not just the merit of equipment but also the shooters skill to combat the wind effect. The selection criteria was as follows. A. Since the world postal is set for air rifles under 15ftlbs, the selection of the top nine shooters in the MAAC Sporter Class <15ftlb with over 200 points was automatic. Nine (9) Shooters were selected because Malta needs to present 3 teams of 3 shooters each. B. All the other shooters who scored over 200 points from Sporter Class <15ftlb and Unlimited Class >15ftlb qualified as individual shooters for Malta. A total of 5 shooters qualified. These shooters also rank as reserves for Team A, B and C. The ranking for reserves is also given priority from the Sporter class followed then from the Unlimited Class.

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Qualified Shooters from 1st February 2009 Qualification Match. Top 9 shooters Sporter: Score Match 1 - 1/2/2009 Name

Air Rifle

Score

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Wayne Galea Dr. Mario Spiteri David Giardina

Styer LG110

232

1

Styer LG110

229

2

AA s200

224

4

Ruth Gauci Kris Debattista Gordon Gouder

AA S200

221

2

AA S200

216

3

AA s400

215

1

Dany Gatt

AA S200

210

1

Rene Scorfna

AA S200

209

2

Stanley Shaw

AA S400

203

2

The next shooters that qualify from the Sporter Class are: Dr.Paul Soler

AAS410E

202

1

Eric Camilleri

AAS410E

202

0

The other shooters that qualify from the Unlimited Class are: James Bugeja

Daystyate MK2

226

3

Anton Grima Robert Aquilina

AA S410C

218

5

AA s400

201

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Maltese Teams for the 1st World Air Rifle Bench Rest Postal Championship. Team A 1 2 3 R

Wayne Galea Dr. Mario Spiteri David Giardina

Styer LG110

Dr. Paul Soler

AAS410E

Styer LG110 AA S200

Team B 1 2 3 R

Ruth Gauci Kris Debattistaq Gordon Gouder

AA S200

Eric Camilleri

AAS410E

AA S200 AA s400

Team C 1 2 3 R

Dany Gatt

AA S200

Rene Scorfna

AA S200

Stanley Shaw

AA S400

James Bugeja

Daystyate MK2

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The teams will shoot in the same match. The reserve member will shoot if one of the team members cannot for a valid reason shoot the match. The teams members will shoot 3 scoring sheets each in the match with bench rotation. The total score of the 3 members will make the final team score. Each individual in the team will have his own personal individual score of the 3 cards shot during the team match as an individual also posted for the 1st World Air Rifle Bench Rest Championship.

Maltese Individuals for the 1st World Air Rifle Bench Rest Postal Championship. The Individuals will shoot in the same match as individuals. If any of the 3 reserves must shoot a team match then he will not shot as individual. The individuals also must shoot 3 score cards during the match. James Bugeja

Daystyate MK2

Anton Grima

AA S410C

Dr.Paul Soler

AAS410E

Eric Camilleri Robert Aquilina

AAS410E AA s400

1st World Air Rifle Bench Rest Championship - Rankings: Teams and individuals will be ranked as per the competition specification. Overall ranking teams and individuals<15fltb All individuals <12ftlb Ranking All individuals <7ftlb Ranking It is the country’s/shooter’s responsibility to provide his/her power out put of the air rifle on the score sheet.

1st World Air Rifle Bench Rest Championship - Medals: 1. Top 3 teams qualify for medals. <15ftlb 2. Top 3 individuals qualify for medals. <15fltb Certificates: Top 10 individuals qualify for certificates. <15ftlbs Top 5 individuals <12ftlb Top 5 individuals <7ftlb

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The Next Step for MAAC. MAAC already declared to the organizing committee the interest to participate. Now that the selections are ready, we need to submit the date of the shot by 9th March 2009 and the list of team shooters and individuals. The schedule of the match is already planned see the table below.

Relay

Worlds Schedule - Teams Match 24th May 2009 Bench 3 M Bench 4 W Bench 5 M Bench 6 W

Bench 1 M

Bench 2 W

1

Wayne Galea

Dr. Mario Spiteri

David Giardina

Eric Camilleri

Dr.Paul Soler

Ruth Gauci

2

Dany Gatt

Rene Scorfna

Stanley Shaw

Anton Grima

Wayne Galea

3

Ruth Gauci David Giardina

Kris Debattistaq

Eric Camilleri

Wayne Galea

Gordon Gouder Dr. Mario Spiteri

James Bugeja Robert Aquilina

Dany Gatt Kris Debattistaq

Rene Scorfna

Stanley Shaw

Dany Gatt

Eric Camilleri

Anton Grima

Robert Aquilina

4 5 6

Dr.Paul Soler Anton Grima

James Bugeja Robert Aquilina

Bench 7 M

Bench 8 W Gordon Gouder

Kris Debattistaq Dr. Mario Spiteri

David Giardina

Rene Scorfna

Stanley Shaw

Gordon Gouder

Ruth Gauci

Dr.Paul Soler

James Bugeja

The Match date will be set for Sunday 24th May 2009. The shooters will be contacted in the near future for further instructions. Best Regards Stanley Shaw & Kris Debattista. WRABSF - ERABSF Delegates Malta.

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