THE 2012 SOUTH AFRICAN GALLERY RIFLE INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL MATCH
Between the 5th and 6th of October 2012, South Africa hosted its first international invitational match for the discipline of Gallery Rifle Shooting. The shoot was held at the Eeufees shooting range, Voortrekkerhoogte, Pretoria. Teams came from the United Kingdom, Germany and the host country South Africa. Unfortunately, due to other commitments, the team from Ireland was unable to attend on this occasion, but we look forward to hosting them in the future.
S A Hunt Sport Shooting, the custodians of the S A Gallery Rifle Shooting Federation, presented this match with full sanctioning of the International Gallery Rifle Federation (IGRF). The competition which ran over a three day period featured individual events on the first two days with an international team match on the final day.
The events featured consisted of precision bulls eye target events held at 25m and 50m for both rim fire rifles and centre fire lever action rifles. Timed & Precision 1 – a modified version of the PP1 shoot, Multi-Target and the flagship event, the “1500”, this latter being shot as the main international match.
The results of this first historical event are as follows:
Team Matches:
Multi Target
Timed & Precision 1
The International Matches:
The 1500
A full set of individual scores can be found over in the Results section.
The match director, Nic Roets, would like to thank all participants, individuals and everybody that contributed to the success of this event. Overall, the event was an unqualified success. It further strengthened the bonds of sportsmanship and friendship between the participating nations.
The South African team will now continue training for the first formal world championship gallery rifle shoot to be held at Bisley, England in 2013, where they will be representing South Africa for the first time in full Protea colours.
Nic Roets
Secretary General of the IGRF
Manager: Training and Sport Shooting SAHGCA
7th October 2012
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South African Gallery Rifle International Invitational Match 2012
