Grand Prix of South Africa Compak Sporting 2019.

This weekend was an absolutely fabulous way to end off the shooting year - and what a year it has been for Compak SA, with South Africa bringing back two Grand Prix trophies from the 2019 World Cup - Compak Sporting - Galgamácsa, Hungary.

Shooters have travelled around the country and were not disappointed with the ranges set up at clubs that would test their skills and improve there shooting. The year started with Wattlespring Gun Club and after that shooters could visit the Natal and Cape coastal clubs, the Free State, the beautiful Outeniqua - just to name a few. Every month there was a shoot to look forward to.

With a little bit of sadness we look at this last weekend.

The rain on Friday night brought relief.

The Bokke brought home the World Rugby Cup on Saturday.

The Sterkfontein Shooting Academy Gave us our last shoot of the year.

This was a good weekend for all.

With a full entry, we once again congratulate Tim Hubner with a magnificent win 196/200. Very proud of our South African Champion. Deon Steyn 187/200 and Joel Allem 185/200. Well done gents.

We never forget the shooters that make the shoot interesting so please enjoy our video of the weekend. Without you there would be no shoot. Thank you for supporting Compak SA.

Hope you have had a very successful 2019. Make 2020 even better. Keep up with practice - or have a break and enjoy the holidays, but don't forget 25 & 26 January 2020 at Wattlespring Gun Club, that's where it all starts again.

Grand Prix of South Africa Compak Sporting 2019

There is GOOD 😀😃 News and there is BAD 😱😱 News.

First the GOOD News 😃😃

2nd & 3rd November shooters will meet for the Grand Prix of South Africa Compak Sporting 2019.

The shoot takes place at Sterkfontein Shooting Academy. 

In case you have forgotten how to get there, let me help you - click on the finger 👉

The weather forecast shows some much needed rain on Saturday afternoon.

I really couldn't list this under Bad News.

Now the Bad News 😱😱

If you have been watching too much rugby or you just have not paid attention, sorry to notify you 😭😭that the shoot is now closed. The 72 slots have been filled 👏👏 - which is actually amazing.

More Bad News 😱😱

It is the last shoot of the year and we will all be at a bit of a loss until January but take this time to be with family and friends and enjoy your time off.

Till next time 😊😊

Compak Shooting Hungary 2019

I Loved Hungary.

Wish I could stay there.

I Loved the  Shooting.

Wish I was better at it.

Loved watching this lady.

Enjoy.

President's Cup & SA Championship 2019

 

 

 

Please diarise the following dates - It's really Important and you are going to have a super time the entire weekend.

It all starts on Friday 18th October at the Maccauw Club House in Bloemfontein at 1900.

National and Compak awards will be presented so you can book your seat and enjoy the evening in good company

We never know what direction the wind will be coming in from when all the shooters descend on the Free State but what you can be
assured of is that there will be interesting targets to contend with.

The Presidents Cup is what Individual and Teams will be shooting for on 19th & 20th October.

Eight Provinces will compete in this event. A team consists of five members and can be of any category or class but you must remember that the closing date for team entries is 10th October 2019.

The individual competition will run as normal Compak competitions do but up for grabs is the coveted  President's Cup. 100 targets on Saturday and 100 targets on Sunday. Please don't forget to enter. You don't want to miss this event.

As always, Maccauw Gun Club always makes us feel at home. On Saturday night you will find Dennis Van Heerden at the grill, busy with his Chicken Spit Braai. Always delicious.

 

 

 

 

See you all in Bloemfontein and if you have forgotten where it is - Click HERE

Centurion Compak Trial 2019

South African rugby team played against the all Blacks on Saturday

AND

Staunch South African rugby supporters we all are.

Everything is OKAY

When the Compak Shooters were asked to pitch up an hour earlier so that we could watch the Bokke play the All Blacks there was no hesitation and at 0800 on a glorious summer morning the shooters were on their stands.

Centurion Club as always went out of their way to put on a superb shoot.

Should I Eat This!!!

Teals, Rabbits and loopers you name it, we had it all lined up - 200 clays on eight ranges over two days.

What more do you want as a shooter.

Congratulations to Deon Steyn - High Gun with a grand total of

Handing Out Medals & Making The Speeches

191. Runners up were Brent Smith and Matthew Greef  - boasting with seven 25 straights between them. You can see the results HERE

I Am Not Sure What They Were Discussing.

On Sunday afternoon when all was done and the prizes awarded (and by the way there were some lovely goody bags for the prize winners), new friends were made and old friends caught up on shooting stories since they last saw each other around a beer or two.

All shooters will be putting in some serious practice as we next will meet in Bloemfontein at the Maccauw Clay Target Club on the 19th-20th October for the SA Presidents Cup & and Compak SA Championship 2019. This is an important date and something really good to look forward to. I will have more news about this event soon.

Please add to your diary -  19th - 20th October 2019 - Maccauw Clay Target Club.

SA Presidents Cup and Compak SA Championship 2019

Centurion Compak Trial 2019

Just a gentle reminder that this coming weekend is Compak time gain.


Don't forget to enter - you can do that on CompakSA or see the brochure.



It's Centurion Gun Club's turn to host and as usual, it's always a pleasure to travel to Pretoria.


The grounds and the ranges will be in tip top shape.


The weather will be gorgeous.


Do you need any more convincing to come and enjoy a weekend of shooting.

2019 World Cup - Compak Sporting - Galgamácsa, Hungary

In the lush forests of Galgamácsa, Hungary more than seven hundred shooters from all corners of the world, gathered for the World Championship Finale World Cup.

This is the culmination of a year of dedicated shooting, with the top Compak shooters of the world competing not only for the Championship title but also for the coveted Grand Prix Trophy.

Tim Hubner

2019 was the year that South Africa lay claim to two of the Grand Prix Trophies.
The Grand Prix works as follows with accumulation of three scores:

1. Your score for the Grand Prix hosted by your home country - In South Africa's case - The Grand Prix of South Africa
2. Your score recorded at your Continental Championship - Again in South Africa's case it was the African Championship Africa Cup
3. Finally your scores are added to the World Cup Finale.
4. So - The Best Man WINS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The best man in the Open Division we are so proud of is Tim Hubner.
Tim won both the Grand Prix of South Africa and the Africa Cup and at the World Cup and was only two clays behind the Championship winner, Charles Bardou from France.

Douw Steyn

This was enough to take top Grand Prix position.
Tim we salute you and loved watching you shoot.

In the Veteran Division it was Douw Steyn that did the honours for South Africa.
Douw won the Veteran Title at the Grand Prix of South Africa, took second place in his Division at the Africa Cup and with a sixth place in the Veteran Division at the World Finale, he claimed the trophy.
Great shooting Douw.

Budapest with the beautiful Danube that lights up at night, the markets and museums, the restaurants and sidewalk cafe will be remembered by South African shooters for a long time to come.
For now I am sure our Compak shooters are planning the next year and setting their sites on keeping these trophies on our shore.

2019 Sterkfontein Compak Trial 2

The first weekend of August 2019 brought with it a hint of summer but do not be lulled into a false

sense of the summer that is on our doorstop.

Tim Hubner

If the weather apps are to be believed we still have some evenings to enjoy in front of the fireplace as winter hangs on.
The first weekend of August 2019 also brought the Sterkfontein Compak Trial.
Ranges were set with the 16^th World Fitasc Compak Sporting Championship
Hungary in mind. Ranges were set for the team to enjoy what might be in store for them as they head off to Galgamcsa in a weeks’ time.
Once again we had great shooting and had a shoot off for high gun between Tim Hubner and Joel Allem both posting a score of 195. Absolutely brilliant shooting. Tim winning the shoot off.
High Gun – Tim Hubner
Senior – Derek Steyn
Veteran – Richard Westley
Joel Allem[/caption]
Masters Bruce Morgan
Ladies – Josy de jongh
Juniors - Ethan Shahim

Joel Allem

We really have to thank Sterkfontein Shooting Club for all the work they put into this trial. The club has gone through a bad time with theft and break-ins and yet few shooters were even aware of that. As always they are very professional and gave us a superb shoot.

We wish our National team “Sok Szerencsét” in Hungary. Enjoy every moment.

Also enjoy our footage of the weekend.

Countdown for the Compak World Championships - Galgamácsa - Hungary

Training ranges was set up at Maccauw Gun Club  and at Waterhaven Country Estate to test the skills of the shooters and get a good practice in.

Just a bit of weekend news.

The countdown for the World Championships in Galgamácsa, Hungary has started.

In less than a month the team will be in Hungary competing, so this weekend they were all hard at work training.

At Waterhaven shooters were also presented with their goody bags (Shirts, Cap, Tie, etc)and enjoyed a scrumptious meal after their practice.

The excitement is starting to show (see those smiles) they can't wait to get onto the stands in Hungary.

 Our South African Team[/caption]
The camaraderie among the group  is just great to see.

There are 35 shooters plus family that will be in Galgamácsa for the week.

Great time ahead for all.

Second Golden City Club Shoot

Sean, Peter and Sebella Getting Ready on the Range

Temperatures today were well above 30 deg and all shooter felt the discomfort.

Estelle, Alex,   Richard and Erwin

Seven stages today with swingers, paper targets pop ups and a good few plates.

A large percentage of the stages were set where the shooter had to work his was from the front of the range to the back.

Jose, Peter, Sean and Sebella

The 180 deg rule had to be well observed today.

This was a good test for all taking part in the Nationals in March.

Today only 30 shooters were up for the challenge as there is a provincial shoot in Stillfontein that took some of our members.

Thanks Alex and Erwing that shot in our detail - Had loads of fun.

Northern Gaueng Open - Clay Target

The Air Force Base in Valhalla, Pretoria is the home of Northern Gauteng Clay Target. The Open was held on 18th and 19th January.
Most of the disciplines where there to be entered into and I reckon more than a hundred guns participated each day.
This is part of the trials for Universal for the team that will be competing in Italy. After five years of no competition shooting it's heads down and concentrate for me.
Lovely to be back with the big guns again.

First Maglite Shoot of the Year

Making it another all shooting weekend.

Sometimes Richard does not want to go and shoot the fun shoots on his own and I get invited just for the laugh.

Maglite shoots are always super fun where most of the shooters don't take the competition too serious and just enjoy their sport and the company of their old pals.

The Wattlespring members must have been really hungry to shoot as 63 shooters turned up - more than a third more than was expected.

Richard shot a good 95 after some silly stunts to see who could let the clay drop to it's lowest point before breaking it and to their surprise I shot my personal best - wait for it - 61.

Winner of Quilt No 14 Keith Falkes on the right

We also had the opportunity to give Keith Falcke his quilt that he won in the raffle of "Nan's Quilt No 14"

Thanks fors supporting Nan's Quilts

1st Shoot of the Year at Golden City

 It felt good to get back to the anticipation of a day of hand gun shooting at Golden City again.

I think most of the shooters felt the same as it was a full house shooting on Saturday.

Most of the ranges were from a previous national shoot so they were really interesting.

From standing on a swing bridge reading a book as your starting position to starting seated with your gun on one table and your magazines on another. One range required that you

 transfer a suitcase from one end of the range to the end while shooting one handed to shooting through windows.

Loads of fun and strategies all day.
Thanks Demi, Arthur, George, Terry and Alex who were in our detail for a most enjoyable shoot.

Golden City Shooting Club

Saturday saw the last club shoot of the year at Golden City Shooting Club.

Normally we shoot both Saturday and Sunday but this was a one day shoot only so the shooters were double what we normally are.

Just a short shoot of 6 stages - 114 shots but loads of fun once again.

In our detail we again met guys that we had not shot with before.

Thanks Justin, Kristy, Grant, Alex - you were real fun to shoot with.

Maglite Shoot at Wattlespring Gun Club

Getting Set For The Day

You Are Never Too Young To Start Shooting

Back to some Clay Target Shooting which I have really missed and what better way than to take part in a Maglite shoot

There is always good camaraderie so therefore there is always a good turnout.

On The Range

If I am not mistaken there must have been in the vicinity of 65 guns for the day.

From the gerasics to the youngsters. Good to see.

Good scores were posted once again and lovely prizes up for grabs.

Thanks Maglite and Thanks Wattlespring Gun Club.

Golden City Club Shoot

A Tiny Slit To Shoot Through

Whoop Whoop - One of my favourite days.
We received notification for the club shoot with the heading "Balls to the Wall"
6 Stages and you need 240 rounds of ammo.
Normally with a 6 stage shoot we would need between 150 and 170 rounds so this sounded like we were going to do some serious shooting.

RO Keeping a Watchful Eye

There were 6 stages of 40 rounds each.
The stages varied with poppers and targets. There were swingers and disappearing targets.
But the secret of the shoot was the strategy that you were going to use with the magazine changes.
Each shooter had a different outlook on the stage.
I loved the long stages and am really pleased with my STI 40 now that my jams are sorted out.

3 Gun Shoot at Golden City Shooting Club

Shotgun

My Favourite Hobby - You guessed right - Shooting!




Saturday was the 3 gun shoot and we went along to see what it was all about because Richard would love to shoot this.

3 Gun is a hand gun section, a rifle section and a shotgun section.

Rifle

There are different categories in each section which I will still get more information about.



We shot the hand gun secsion with members of the Dave Sheer Shooting Club and then observed and scored the rest of the day.

Handgun

There is so much to research and learn about the 3 gun division that we will only make a decision on what to shoot after much thought.

Thanks to Demi, Arthur, Leon. Michael, Seekunder and Shuabe for making it a
most interesting day.

Golden City Club Shoot

Saturday and Sunday were two days of eating, drinking, sleeping, dreaming shooting.

The longest shooting days we have ever had.

The heat was extreme and the dust with all the new ranges being build for the SA Champs at Golden City next year left us hot and bothered.

Not enough to take away the sheer joy of shooting.

Ten stages with minimum of 179 shots and we decided to shoot Standard and Production Divisions. That meant twenty stages and loads of ammo.

Richard was once again very accurate but the time plays havoc with the score when we have these jams

I had one really disastrous round where the Range Officer had to unjam my gun it was that
bad.

Sunday was Production Class for us with our CZ Shadow 9mms.

My time improved vastly and once again we learned loads.

One thing that is a great advantage learned today, but took two or three stages to master was that the first shot in Production is mostly double action unless told otherwise in the stage brief. Now we learned that you can half cock the hammer and it is still deemed double action on the first shot.

Much easier when you get the hang of it.

Thanks to everyone that shot with us.

Golden City Club Shoot

We arrived back from the Namaqualand Flower tour to beautiful weather. Good enough to pack away the winter jackets and jerseys.

Lo and behold this morning we woke up to an icy wind and it is shooting day, so out come the warm woollies again.




 It's the Cape's fault - it is snowing

down there again.

In the end our weather turned out lovely but then again when we start shooting, then the elements are non existent to us.

Once again Richard was very accurate -  just a few jams today. Three full house stages.
My gun is still not feeding properly (not making excuses)and I went through all the teasing of not straightening my arms and having limp wrists.  Richard and I then changed guns and he had had the jams. Whew was I relieved - I wouldn't have heard the end of it.

Thanks Heinrich, Tinus, Albert, Glenn, JP and Erwin - it was good shooting with you and thanks for all the tips.

Once again I had an absolutely awesome time. I always do when I shoot.

Golden City Shooting Club

Saturday saw us out at Golden City Shooting Club again.

It's one of my favourite pastimes as you all know.

We had a really good shoot and Richard had some amazing scores.

I think all the finer points with our reloading is being sorted as on Saturday we only had one or two jams.

We shot with some real good shooters and what I love is that the shooters are always more than willing to help you sort out your faults and help you improve.

I need to work on my Grip. I start off correct and somewhere along the line - could be with the mag change - I change it. 

Thanks to Peter, Colin and Alex. We loved shooting with you.