Pan American Handgun Championship Information

Jun 9, 2021

Pan American Handgun Championship Information.

Spanish version is below.

Dear Regional Directors,

I also would like to inform you that at the recent Continental Council meeting, it was decided to postpone Pan American Handgun Championship for September 2022 because the situation with COVID-19 in the world is very unpredictable and several Regions experience some difficulties with getting visa to the USA.
If you have any comments, please do not hesitate to contact me or IPSC Secretary.

Vitaly Kryuchin
IPSC President
ipsc.org

ESPAÑOL

Estimados Directores Regionales,

También me gustaría informarles que en la reciente reunión del Consejo Continental, se decidió aplazar el Campeonato Panamericano de Handgun para Septiembre de 2022 porque la situación con el COVID-19 en el mundo es muy impredecible y varias Regiones experimentan algunas dificultades para obtener visa para los EE. UU.

Si tiene algún comentario, no dude en ponerse en contacto conmigo o con IPSC Secretary.

Atentamente,

Vitaly Kryuchin
Presidente de IPSC

Handgun World Shoot Information

Jun 9, 2021

Handgun World Shoot Information.

Spanish version is below.

Dear Regional Directors,
Dear Athletes,
Dear Range Officers,
Dear Instructors and Trainers,

At the recent Continental Council meeting, the following report concerning current situation in Thailand was presented to the CC and EC members:

–       Only the fully vaccinated can enter the country.
–       Quarantine for 14 days for all who arrive in Thailand at this moment: participants may only travel to the range and back to the hotel.
–       Participants from one country should arrive in one plane.
–       Participants from one country should travel in one bus.
–       Participants from one country should live in one hotel.
–       Not more than 20 people can be together in one place.
–       Possible need to stay in quarantine after returning from Thailand (depending on the Region).

The situation in Thailand and in the world in general is very unpredictable. We cannot control or influence it. Therefore, HWS Match Organizers and IPSC HQ with the support of the IPSC Continental Council have decided to postpone Handgun World Shoot to November/December 2022.

We will contact you later on with the possible proposals concerning the General Assembly.

If you have any comments, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Vitaly Kryuchin
IPSC President
ipsc.org

ESPAÑOL

Estimados Directores Regionales,
Estimados Atletas,
Estimados Oficiales de campo,
Estimados Instructores y Entrenadores,

En la reciente reunión del Consejo Continental, se presentó a los miembros del CC y del CE el siguiente informe sobre la situación actual en Tailandia:

– Solo los completamente vacunados pueden ingresar al país.
– Cuarentena durante 14 días para todos los que lleguen a Tailandia en este momento: los participantes solo pueden viajar al campo y regresar al hotel.
– Los participantes de un país deben llegar en un avión.
– Los participantes de un país deben viajar en un autobús.
– Los participantes de un país deben vivir en un solo hotel.
– No más de 20 personas pueden estar juntas en un solo lugar.
– Posible necesidad de permanecer en cuarentena después de regresar de Tailandia (según la Región).

La situación en Tailandia y en el mundo en general es muy impredecible. No podemos controlarla ni influir en ella. Por lo tanto, los organizadores de la competencia de HWS y la sede de IPSC con el apoyo del Consejo Continental de IPSC han decidido posponer Handgun World Shoot para Noviembre / Diciembre de 2022.

Más adelante nos pondremos en contacto con usted con las posibles propuestas relativas a la Asamblea General.

Si tiene algún comentario, no dude en ponerse en contacto conmigo.

Vitaly Kryuchin
Presidente de IPSC
ipsc.org

Introducing DVC QUIZ Game

Jun 3, 2021

DVC QUIZ:
Load and Make Ready…to Play!

IPSC competitors know that the cornerstone of our sport is safety, and our Rule Books are without any doubt the master compendium on everything related to the right and safe way to practice our beloved sport. But learning and understanding the rules can be challenging… Introducing DVC QUIZ – an innovative and fun way to learn more about IPSC shooting and its history!

DVC Quiz is an edutainment concept based on the principle of questions/answers, playable in groups or solo, proposed in the form of a board game, but with online extensions in the future. Half of the questions are about the rules, which is the primary purpose of the game, but the other half are about the genesis of the shooting discipline, its anecdotes, the evolution of practices, and the men and women who have developed it and left their mark. All in all, six major themes are covered in this first edition, focused on Handgun. An
additional card pack will be available next year for all other IPSC disciplines (Shotgun, Rifle, PCC).

Cylinder-shaped Pawns

IPSC Scores Dice

The Cards

IPSC competition rules are relatively complex, because they are complete. They have been enriched over the years, and while their very first version in 1978 was on four pages in a single version, there are now nine, depending on the discipline, each with more than 70 pages! They are closer to a legal reading than to a playful one. As a result, few shooters are really interested in them, and most of them rely on what their instructors have told them, or follow the movement on the competitions. So I wanted to make learning it more fun, to make it less dramatic and to allow everyone, both practitioners and supporters, to learn while having fun.

Obviously, the DVC QUIZ game is intended for fun and learning about the sport of practical shooting only and is not an official source of information about the rules of the sport of practical shooting. To familiarize yourself with the current rules of the sport, the only way is to get information from the official IPSC site, or instructions from your official RO.

It is possible to play the DVC Quiz in different ways. You can play it with your family, and allow your relatives or children to discover in more details the passion of their spouses or elders. You can play it with your instructors or shooting friends, outside of the training sessions at the range, to become familiar with the rules and their interpretation, and to discover the history of the sport, which one day will become Olympic, who knows. You can also play solo, to challenge yourself and have fun. DVC Quiz tournaments can be organized, within clubs, during matches or IPSC promotion events. A real community of users will be encouraged.

6 Thematics

The core of DVC Quiz know-how is the way questions and answers are managed. In addition to its theme, each question has a unique identification allowing a total traceability, and if required, its correction. It is characterized according to several criteria, including its level of difficulty, its attachment to an IPSC discipline, or to a region. If it refers to a Rulebook, whenever possible its edition will be specified and the reference chapter will be indicated.

This indexing allows us to offer, with the Premium membership, a follow-up and a periodic update of the rulebook issues. A way to always stay on top of the knowledge of the regulations.

DVC Quiz is ready to be produced. It is the subject of a decisive launch campaign. We need your contribution, it is important, because if the funding targets are not met, the game cannot be produced. You don’t risk anything, because if this does not happen, you will be fully refunded.

On the other hand, if we are successful, you will receive the first board game, with an original design and questions exclusively about the IPSC, its history, its specificities and its rules. As a thank you to all contributors, everyone will receive a patch, and the first 500 will also receive a pin. As for those who will opt for the Premium formula, they will receive a cap with the game logo.

I count on you, time is limited, it will be over on June 18. The starting signal has been given!

Link to the kickstarter website:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aemilio/dvc-quiz-the-entire-ipsc-universe-in-your-hands

 

Special Gift for Premium Version Buyers

Tribute to Col. Jeff Cooper

Premium Membership

45th Anniversary of the IPSC

May 24, 2021

In Col. Jeff Cooper’s words:

Col. Jeff Cooper

“The Columbia Conference was held at Columbia, Missouri at the instigation of Dick Thomas and Franklin Brown… With no authority but our own enthusiasm, we set up the International Practical Shooting Confederation, with representation in fourteen nations.”

 

(American Handgunner, March/April 1978)

 

 

 

Dear Regional Directors, IPSC Officials, Partners, Sponsors, Manufactures,

 Dear Athletes,

 23 years ago, I stepped into a rough river called Practical Shooting and my life was changed, filling me with enthusiasm, training, victories, and fun!

 I am sure that each of us experiences the same!

 Practical Shooting inspires us and gives us fantastic speed shooting skills!

 Starting at each Stage in the Match, we train our will and courage, we learn to overcome doubts and fears! We learn to concentrate and hit the target in a stressful condition Course of Fire!

 This improves us as a person and improves the quality of our life!

 By practicing IPSC, we get the Safe Gunhandling Skill, which is a model of a Gunhandling Culture for the entire shooting world!

 Thanks to all members of our IPSC Family who shoots, trains, serves at matches, who helps our sport, who produces firearms and equipment, who organizes competitions and develops IPSC!

 Thanks to everyone who made the IPSC a Great International Sport!

 Congratulations on the 45^th IPSC Anniversary!

 

Vitaly Kryuchin
IPSC President

 

 

Columbia Conference 1976

 

 

 

 

 

15th Anniversary Columbia Conference 1991 Reunion