14th ISSF Workshop opened: 70 delegates, 40 organizing committees meet in Munich

18.11.2016

The annual ISSF Championship Organizers Workshop marked a new record in participation, as representatives of 40 organizing committees landed in Munich to share their experiences.

The 2016 ISSF Championship Organizers Workshop kicked off in Munich, Germany, today.

The meeting, which involves ISSF officials and over 70 delegates from 40 organizing committees for a total of 100 participants, is held at the Hilton Park Hotel on the 18^th and 19^th of November.

The ISSF President Olegario Vazquez Raña opened the 14^th edition of workshop – which was launched in 2003 – welcoming the participants, who arrived here to share their experiences and learn best practices in the field of championship organization.  

“Why are we here?” Said the ISSF Secretary General Franz Schreiber in his opening speech. “We are here to empower our network by sharing experiences, and to learn how to prepare and conduct a successful ISSF competition.”

“During this workshop, the organizers of the 2016 ISSF championship and qualified ISSF officials are meeting the organizing committees of the 2017 and 2018 championships.” The ISSF Vice-President and Workshop Director Gary L. Anderson said today. “We will offer a lot of information during this two-day meeting. The aim is to make our events more attractive, and deliver excellent competitions.”

During the workshop, delegates will receive several presentations in the fields of Results, Timing and Scoring; ISSF support services; Jury selections and policies; Communication and TV programs; Shooting venue requirements; Field of play look and feel; Equipment control; Environmental issues; Anti-doping programs and other topics related to the organization of a shooting event.

All presentations and documents presented during the workshop will be available for download in the “Organizers” section of the ISSF website.

Marco Dalla Dea

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source - ISSF Website

Double gold for China, Norway at World Military Shooting meet

Victor Bolorunduro

Doha

China dominated the men's 25m centre fire pistol event, winning both the individual and team gold, while host Qatar increased its medal haul to three at the ongoing 49th World Military Shooting Championships at the Losail Shooting Sports Complex on Wednesday.
At the end of the day's proceeding, the Chinese had a total of two gold and two bronze to stay in contention for the top of the table finish at the prestigious military shooting competition. 

Jin Yongde was the hero of the day for the Chinese as he anchored his team, which include Zheng Gaor and Zhenxiang Xie, to victory in the team event after capturing for himself the individual gold. The silver medal in the individual event was won by Omkar Singh of India while Ung Hyon Kim of North Korea came third.

Host Qatar, with Oleg Engachev, Ivan Bidniak and Konstantin Maltsev on the range, shot their way to a bronze medal finish in the 25m centre fire pistol team event to take the country's tally to one silver and two bronze.

Just like in the previous two days, the third day of the six-day competition witnessed another record setting performance with the Norwegian team obliterating their own previous record of 1740 in the 300m standard rifle team event set at the 2015 championship in Korea.

The trio of Arne Odd Brekne, Boe Kristian Hans Wear and Aannestad Kim-Andre Lund shot their team to gold and glory with their 1745 score to push Switzerland, who had 1743, to the second position. Austria completed the podium finish, scoring 1731.

Hans Wear ensured another gold went into the kitty of Norway in the individual event of the same discipline with his 586 score. Denmark's Steffen Olsen grabbed the silver while another Norwegian Odd Brekne came third.

In the women's event, Germany made it three gold in three days with their top finish in the 25m pistol team event.

Michelle Skeries, Doreen Vennekamp and Sandra Hornung had a team score of 1732 to push Thailand to second while China claimed the third position.

For the 20-year-old Skeries, the bronze medalist at the 2016 Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, finishing tops in Doha is a dream comes true.

"I'm happy to be a part of the gold-winning team here in Qatar. As a former junior shooter, winning at a bigger stage like this as boosted my confidence. I appreciate the performance of my team and our opponents as well. I believe this is the beginning of greater things to come," Skeries said.

Meanwhile, Thailand made it a one-two finish in 25m pistol individual women's event. Tanyaporn Prucksakorn secured the gold while her compatriot Pattarasuda Sowsa-Nga came on her heels in second. China's Yao Yushi completed the podium finish.


Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source - http://www.qatar-tribune.com/news-details/id/33594

Felipe Wu é principal atração desta segunda-feira na Schützenfest

Publicado por Janici Demetrio em 14 de novembro de 2016 - 9h43

A 28ª Schützenfest prossegue nesta segunda-feira (14), tendo como principal atração a presença do medalhista olímpico brasileiro do tiro esportivo Felipe Wu

Medalha de prata nas Olimpíadas Rio 2016, o atleta estará às 19 horas junto aos estandes de tiro, onde realizará demonstrações do esporte e conversará com o público e a imprensa. Wu é considerado um dos maiores atiradores do mundo. Ele foi o brasileiro com o melhor desempenho nos Jogos 

Olímpicos para a modalidade desde 1920. A especialidade de Felipe Wu é pistola de ar de 10 metros.

A programação desta segunda envolve ainda cinco bandas como atrações musicais: Adles’s Band, às 18 horas, no pavilhão “B” e Estrela de Ouro, às 20 horas, no pavilhão “A”, onde também se apresentará Brilha Som, à meia-noite; Bavária, às 21 horas, no pavilhão “B”, mesmo palco em que subirá a XV Show, à meia-noite. Apresentações de grupos folclóricos e marcha das majestades são as demais atrações dessa noite, quando os portões do Parque Municipal de Eventos abrem às 18 horas, com entrada livre até as 19 horas. Depois desse horário, o ingresso custa R$ 15,00 por pessoa.

Vale lembrar que há a prática da meia-entrada para os casos previstos em lei. Pessoas com trajes típicos são isentas de pagamento. Menores até 16 anos só poderão entrar no Parque Municipal de Eventos acompanhados de pais ou responsáveis e mediante apresentação de documentos de ambos (menor e pais ou responsáveis). Acompanhe as atrações da festa em tempo real no facebook, www.facebook.com/OficialSchutzenfest.

Postado por Thom Erik Syrdahl

Fonte - http://www.jaraguaam.com.br/variedades/noticias

The Italian Shotgun Federation hosted the International Paralympic Shotgun Shooting Gran Prix

FITAV, the Italian Shotgun Shooting Federation presided by the ISSF Vice-President Mr. Luciano Rossi, organized the sixth editionof the yearly grand prix dedicated to Paralympic Shotgun Shooting, continuing a development project that also involves the ISSF and the IPC.

For the sixth consecutive year FITAV, the Italian governing body of the Shotgun shooting competitions, organized and hosted an international grand prix dedicated to Paralympic athletes.

The competition, held between October 28th and October 30th at the Accademia Lombarda Shooting Range in Pavia (ITA), saw the participation of 75 athletes coming from 15 countries, doubling the number of shooters who took part in its the first edition held in 2011, when 38 participants represented 7 different nations. Once again, the grand prix marked the peak of a project conducted by FITAV under the supervision of ISSF and IPC Shooting.

“We really pleased with the outcome of this event: it’s a record in terms of participation and quality: we witnessed some great results at the competition,” the FITAV President and ISSF Vice President Luciano Rossi commented. “We have been working effortless to promote para-clay shooting at every level since years, as the shooting sport family has a long tradition of inclusi on.”

During the course of the event, Italy, Great Britain and Spain also decided to host a series of para-shooting competitions in 2017, in order to promote the sport and encourage its practice. The format of the competition will be submitted to IPC Shooting by the end of 2016.

Results and photos of the event can be found at this link: https://www.paralympic.org/shooting/development/para-clay-target.

Marco Vettoretti

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source - http://www.issf-sports.org/

CISM Sport Committee Shooting » 49th Military World Championships .

    

Shooters from over 50 countries will be taking part in the 49th CISM World Military Shooting Championship this month, officials of Qatar Armed Forces announced here yesterday.

The nine-day championship will be contested in 12 categories, six for men and an equal number for women, with 720 shooters vying for the top honours at the Losail Shooting Range.

“We are happy to receive shooters from 51 countries who are going to participate in the championship,” said Major General Dahlan Al Hamad, of the Qatar Armed Forces and a key member of the organising committee of the championship.

Speaking at a press conference here yesterday, Dahlan said the  competition will be tough and some of the top shooters will be turning out for their respective military teams.

“The good about shooting sport is that fortunes fluctuate. One day they are on the top, the other day they are down. But, we are proud that majority of the champions who are registered as soldiers with their respective military are participating here. The results are going to be tough because the quality of the field participation is very high. Everybody is taking this championship seriously, so we have a tough competition on hand.”

This is the second time Qatar is hosting a major military shooting championship.

In 2013, Qatar Armed Forces in collaboration with CSIM had hosted the Second CISM International Shotgun Championship at the same venue.. The three-day championship was sanctioned by International Military Sports Council (CISM) and had 65 shooters from ten countries taking part in the Trap and Skeet categories.

Shooters from Bahrain, Finland, Iraq, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and Thailand took part in the military shooting championship held three years back.

CISM is a worldwide organisation with member countries spread across continents and its organises various sporting events for the armed forces for 133 member countries.

The ultimate goal of CISM is to contribute to world peace by uniting armed forces through sports and they operate under the motto Friendship through Sport.

Founded in 1948, the CISM is one of the largest multidisciplinary organisations in the world.

Hosts Qatar will have the largest delegation taking part in the championship.

The hosts contingent will consist of 29 shooters and ten officials, the same as China.

The team as part of the training programme for the championship have been taking part in various camps outside Qatar.

The team had a training camp in Switzerland last month. The camp ended with Qatari shooters taking part in the European international military championship and gave a good account, winning four medals.

Currently the team is training in Qatar.

“Our team  having participated outside during the past championships are ready for the event in Qatar. We had a camp outside Qatar and the preparation has been good. After the camp, we took part in a championship and we managed to get two silver and two bronze medals,” said Dahlan.

“With a big number of former world champions and Olympics champions in the field – competition is expected to  be very strong. Shooters will be aiming not to just hit still targets but moving and flying targets during the championship. So it will be difficult for the participants,” he added.

Dahlan said Qatar aim to host more CISM in the coming years.

“We hope to play our role in the military sports movement. We hope to continue and host more military events and will hope to continue and also achieve success in the events.

The last World Military Shooting Championship took place in South Korea in November 2015, while Switzerland had the honour of hosting the top military shooters  a year earlier.

Meanwhile, Qatar having delivered a perfect show in 2013 is keen to host the best world championship this year too and have formed various committees for  hosting the championship.

Around 17 committees have been formed under the main organising committee for the smooth conduct of the championship, informed officials.

The organising committee is getting ready the technical facilities at the Losail Shooting Complex in perfect condition in cooperation with Qatar shooting and archery association.

The opening ceremony will be held on November 13 at 3.30pm, while the closing ceremony will take place on November 19. Teams will be reaching Doha by November 10.

Meanwhile, organisers informed that an exhibition featuring International companies specialising in shooting products will held on the sidelines of the championship. The latest shooting ammunition in the form of pistols, guns and rifles, will be on display and the companies will also provide technical support to the participants.

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

source: http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/02/11/2016/Qatar-to-host-top-military-shooters