2008 IPSC Nationals Website Link

race1911 said:
For those of us who didn't get to attend the Banquet, who won the STI Eagle, Tanfoglio Stock II, and C-More ??...thanks
Click to expand...

Mainly from memory:

Armco's Glock went to a junior shooter in Ottawa.
One of the Paras went to a shooter in Enfield, Nova Scotia.
The STI Edge went to a shooter from Calgary.
The Tanfoglio Stock II went to a shooter from Winnipeg.
The raffled off STI Spartan went to a lady shooter from Ottawa.
One CR Speed Rig went to a shooter in Vancouver, the other to a shooter in near Merrit BC and the C-More went to a shooter from Montreal.
And naturally, the CZ Phantom when to the production champion from Kentville, Nova Scotia.

I can't remember where the other Para and Josko's Glock went...
 
What a great match!

What a great trip!

I managed to put 8425.6km on the car going there and back and would repeat it in a heartbeat......however I would take a full 2 weeks off next time.

Driving 14 hours for two days then a 10 hour stretch on the way home was a bit much.

I am now looking forward to planning my Halifax trip next year. Heck I might even PRACTISE before I go!

I loved the match venue. What a great faciliy. The only improvement I would suggest would be a VERY LARGE WALL to block the winds!! LOL!!
 
Last edited:
stormbringer said:
What a great match!

What a great trip!

I managed to put 8425.6km on the car going there and back and would repeat it in a heartbeat......however I would take a full 2 weeks off next time.

Driving 14 hours for two days then a 10 hour stretch on the way home was a bit much.

I am now looking forward to planning my Halifax trip next year. Heck I might even PRACTISE before I go!
Click to expand...

Glad you liked it Storm, hopefully your initial impression of Lethbridge changed. I can see how the Peppertree and what not would not make a good first impression though.
 
Oh as I predicted things got better....

I did have some "interesting" experinces.

Saw my very first ROAD KILL HORSE while traveling through Stand off.

Not something one sees in SW Ontario. It must have been on the side of the road for a few days judging by the bloatedness. Not 500m further down the road was a dog in similar condition....
Had a GREAT 4 hour Trail Ride in the mountains near Waterson Park. That was incredible and I would encourage anyone to do it.

I also had one of the BEST Steaks in my life at Ric's Grill.........
 
Well here is my first video...........

It is the "reverse stage"
I think that it would be a FINE video to show to new IPSC shooters in terms of what NOT TO DO!

My plan went to HELL at the BEEP!

I forgot to hit one of the activators (I had only ever used 1 before in my life and they were all over the place at this match).

Then..............to top things off!!

I ALMOST FELL ON MY ASS ON THE LAST SHOTS!!

LOL!!

But being the well trained safe IPSC shooter.........I not only kept my muzzle pointed in a safe direction while falling.

I also managed to get off two shots both hitting the target while falling while at the same time not getting a foot fault proceedural!!

Of course it also show a well trained RO ready to catch me!

 
wow,..that looked scary. I hated that stage,..not because it was a bad stage,...but because it was my second stage after shooting the Snake stomp stage,....and I tanked it....BAD. 5 mikes. 28seconds. Phil owned that stage. Cliff and Clint I believe shot it clean,..but Phil did not shoot at the disappearing targets,...saving time on that,..and also that reload. Jim S shot it very well.
I too never have stepped on an activator....but that wasn't my problem.
 
maurice said:
wow,..that looked scary. I hated that stage,..not because it was a bad stage,...but because it was my second stage after shooting the Snake stomp stage,....and I tanked it....BAD. 5 mikes. 28seconds. Phil owned that stage. Cliff and Clint I believe shot it clean,..but Phil did not shoot at the disappearing targets,...saving time on that,..and also that reload. Jim S shot it very well.
I too never have stepped on an activator....but that wasn't my problem.
Click to expand...

On Wednesday during the match officials shoot one of the two Range Masters fell to the ground on one of the stages. It was actually one of the coolest things I've seen, he hit the ground, actually did a complete roll, and not only kept the gun down range but also didn't let it hit the ground (including during the roll) and also kept 100% complete control of it. Too bad we didn't get that on video, as far as things I've seen while shooting that take skill, that was probably #1.

As far as activators go... they're fairly common in Alberta, including the pressure plates that you saw at Nationals. We'll often hook them up to clam shells (also on that stage) and swingers.

I keep waiting for a video of Stage 12 since that's where I RO'd, but since there wasn't much to see because of the wall/ports I'm not holding my breath ;)
 
Last edited:
so on that stage (which looked cool by the way) did anyone run to the back first and then go forward?
 
I'm told a few did. The CRO mentioned in his briefing that if you were going to hightail it back at the start, it would be nice to warn him. It wasn't the way to go though.

Storm; Don't feel bad. At least half my squad stumbled on those last targets too. (me included) You almost couldn't help it. You're pushing to get into position and the area is tight, and - whups!! :D

Fun stage. Major kudos to Dave and his crew running it. That beast had a lot of work to reset.
 
Last edited:
Slavex said:
so on that stage (which looked cool by the way) did anyone run to the back first and then go forward?
Click to expand...

probably,...but I think Phil shot the target, 2 PP,..and then the 2 clam shells at the start position,..then reloaded and ran back over the second activator,..etc..after he finished the shooting,..he casually walked back and pressed the first activator.
 
ipsc1 said:
ask and ye shall recieve, 2 videos of stage 12 being uploaded to youtube as I type. search for videos from ipsc1, I'll have over 20 videos up by the weekend.

:)
Click to expand...

Yep, that's the one! The number of people who missed entire targets (plus procedural for failure to engage) and/or shot the same target(s) more than required was high. Those who had a plan and stuck to it did well, those who either did not have a plan or didn't stick to it didn't do so well ;)
 
Last edited:
In all my time working the stage, I saw no one run all the way back and then engage the targets going forward. There were a couple that shot the front targets, lunged back a bit then forward (lost their plan?) and then finished travelling back. Mind you, I wasn't there all the time on the Saturday. Still had stages to finish from Wednesday :eek: .
I thought about it at first, but it made sense to take them all going backwards.

(E) :cool:
 
Some on the squad I was...taught about it, but the way this stage was designed it wouldn't be much of an edge....since you pretty much had to stop to engage the targets through fairly small opening...and the last targets on one side was fairly deep....some become off balance there, and the other side wasn't much easier.....

IMHP to run back and shoot targets going forward, you have to be very fast runner, and the edge is in shooting very fast on the move going back up...
 
I saw lots of Cameras!!! - SO WHERE ARE THE PICTURES?

I'll start off...Me on stage 12; Pick a Port.
sean4.jpg


Top 10 Standard Division (someone left early)
IMG_1173.jpg


Squad 16 - end of day 1.
IMG_1117.jpg


Squad 16 - end of day 2. (Frank had to leave early to work his table) LOOK at that Backstop!!! And yeah, Cliff's still wearing the kilt...
IMG_1132.jpg


Shoot Offs on the already spinning texas stars
IMG_1144.jpg
 
Last edited:
Well things are slowly getting back to normal around here.

First off, thank you for all of the compliments, however if it wasn’t for our work crew in Lethbridge, we would have never been able to pull off a match of this size let alone the quality. A big thank you for my crew, Kevin, Allan, Eric, Rick, Gary, Don, Andy, Ryan, Everett, Jan, Jay, Jason and evil Ed. These guys and gals worked their butts of.

Next I would like to thank our sponsors. They supplied a lot of the prizes for the match and I think the best way I can sum that up is a compliment I was paid. I was told, “Walter you had as many prizes as a USPSA match.”

First off I want to thank Josko at Double Tap Sports for taking on the match sponsorship. He supplied a lot of the prizes that were given away and made arrangements for the gun from Glock through Police Ordnance. As well, as everything he sent he added to the prize table with a number of things off of his table.

Next I would like to thank Sean from Freedom Venture for sponsoring not one but two divisions. His donation of an STI and a Tanfoglio along with the C-More and the CR speed rigs.

Para Ordnance made a great showing as well at the Nationals. They donated two Para’s along with some clothing (I noticed the jacket got scoped up real quick by Alberta’s new stat director on Saturday night.) Thanks George.

Frank Nardi from Two Alpha has always been a great sponsor of IPSC and this year he was a gold sponsor.

I won’t go through the list of our Silver and Bronze sponsors here but you can see them all on our web page at http://www.chinookcountryshooters.ca/2008Nationals/sponsors.htm.

Anyone looking for the results can see them at: http://www.chinookcountryshooters.ca/2008Nationals/results.php

The winner of the Armco Glock Was Greg Z. out of Edmonton.

I hoped I didn’t miss any one. Thanks for coming.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom