Apr 7, 2020
April 7, 2020
IPSC and CZ enter into global partnership in the field of ‘IPSC Handgun’
IPSC and CZ are pleased to announce the Global partnership in the field of ‘IPSC Handgun’. The common goal is support IPSC athletes, sport itself, and improve the safe gun-handling culture worldwide.
CZ has supported sport shooting disciplines for years. Now, another important step in our support of dynamic sport shooting is the global partnership of CZ (Česká zbrojovka a.s.) with the IPSC (International Practical Shooting Confederation). Furthermore, we are proud to announce too that Česká zbrojovka a.s. becomes a partner of the IPSC Handgun World Shoot XIX in Thailand, the most important competition in the upcoming IPSC shooting season.
The worldwide IPSC organization promotes, maintains and improves the sport of practical shooting, organizes competitions around the world and promotes safe and recreational use of firearms. And it is precisely these goals that CZ decided to support with its work. CZ is looking forward to the cooperation, which aims to support athletes and the sport itself.
“We are convinced that mutual partnership will benefit both parties and we believe that it will be able to reach new IPSC members and contribute to the popularization of this exceptional sport. IPSC teaches discipline, sport spirit and self-control. It develops perception, strength, confidence and speed. It is a great pleasure for us to contribute to the development of anyone who devotes to this fast-growing sport, its foundations and principles.” said Jakub Sondel, CMO at CZ.
“Our sport is a technical sport. The success of athletes depends on the quality of the equipment. Companies producing equipment for our athletes are also developing sports as we, IPSC officials. Therefore, we attach the highest importance to the partnership with companies producing and supplying sports products to our athletes. Because only in such close cooperation are victories and the best products for humanity born! The Global Partnership with Česká zbrojovka a.s. in the field of ‘IPSC Handgun’ will bring the best products to the market, will help our athletes to show better results and will improve the safe gun-handling culture worldwide.” said Vitaly Kryuchin, IPSC President.
Česká zbrojovka a.s. is part of the international holding Česká zbrojovka Group. It is a leading engineering company specializing in the manufacture and sales of small arms, including accessories (ammunition, ballistic products etc.). The company also provides comprehensive solutions for hunting and sport as well as for armed forces.
Website: https://www.czub.cz/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CZfirearms/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/czguns/?hl=cs
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbdPQRXAzqkD0VFwEwmsgqQ
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) recognizes all the shooting disciplines – Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, and Action Air. In IPSC stage the result being points scored on targets divided by the time needed to complete a stage. The athlete must be the most accurate and fastest to win! Therefore, the competitions are very exciting for athletes and interesting for spectators. At IPSC, responsible and safe gun handling is the most important qualification any athlete must possess… fun and camaraderie surely follow! Today IPSC is actively present in 105 countries, all categories: men, women, juniors and seniors are recognized.
Website: https://www.ipsc.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IPSCWorld/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IPSCWorld
Apr 6, 2020
Message from IPSC President Mr. Vitaly Kryuchin in regards to International Day of Sport for Development and Peace:
Dear Friends,
Today is the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace!
Let me wish all of you to stay safe and healthy!
Until now IPSC represents more than 200,000 athletes from 104 countries!
In response to global developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace will focus on the health benefits of physical activity, especially in this time of uncertainty and social distancing.
Now in many Regions, it is impossible to train in the ranges. Supporting this initiative and in order to improve our skills, let’s train at home more! We can dry fire the draw, reloading, low position, barricade, strong and weak hand – this is a big range of technical skills to develop! But please strictly follow safety rules! No live ammo near you! Safety is First!
Let’s encourage the world to stay healthy and strong by posting your home training on your social media accounts using the hashtags #StayHealthywithIPSC.
For the International Day of Sport this year, let’s #BeActive and healthy to beat #COVID19.
Vitaly Kryuchin,
IPSC President
Mar 4, 2020
IPSC and KAHLES enter into global partnership for riflescopes in the field of ‘IPSC Rifle’
03/03/2020
IPSC is pleased to announce the cooperation with the KAHLES as an official partner for rifle scopes in the field of ‘IPSC Rifle’. The common goal is to promote the sport shooting disciplines of IPSC and to contribute to further expanding the IPSC community of today more than 200.000 members worldwide.
KAHLES shares the passion and professionalism of ambitious shooters and support their aspiration to continually enhancing performance.
Thereby KAHLES’s focus is on sporting competition, striving for perfection, responsible fiream handling and safety in shooting sports. IPSC as a sporting discipline represents all of this in a perfect way.
With this step, KAHLES wants to continue on the chosen path of close networking with the IPSC community, in order to constantly sharpening their understanding of the challenges of this sport and of the resulting product requirements. Only through a deep understanding of user requirements, the company is able to continuously improve its products and thus provide best possible support to the shooting community.
“Our sport is a technical sport. The success of athletes depends on the quality of the equipment. Companies producing equipment for our athletes are also developing sports as we, IPSC officials. Therefore, we attach the highest importance to partnership with companies producing and supplying sports products to our athletes. Because only in such close cooperation are victories and the best products for humanity born!” said Vitaly Kryuchin, IPSC President.
A perfect example of this is the new K18i, which was developed with the support of top shooters from the IPSC and 3-Gun scene and which is uncompromisingly optimized for these disciplines.
IPSC and KAHLES are looking forward to the partnership which should benefit mainly the shooting sport and the shooters.
For more information, please follow the link: https://www.kahles.at/en/news/details/news/ipsc-und-kahles-schliessen-kooperationpartnerschaft/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=67dd9a14bfaee8b6b724af2d7a10432e
Feb 17, 2020
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) will be exhibiting at IWA Outdoor Classics 2020, which is being held March 6-9, 2020 in Nuremberg Exhibition Center, Germany.
Visit Us at Hall 3 // Booth 3 – 540
Over the last 46 years, IWA OutdoorClassics has developed into a world-leading trade fair for hunting, shooting sports, equipment for outdoor activities and for civilian and official security applications. 61 % of the 45,476 trade visitors in 2019 came to Nuremberg from 122 countries outside Germany and 81% of the altogether 1,619 exhibitors too.
For more details and tickets, please, visit IWA’s official website: https://www.iwa.info
IWA OutdoorClassics 2020
Exhibition Centre
90471 Nürnberg, Germany
Date & Opening Times
6 – 9 March 2020
09:00 – 18:00 (Friday to Sunday)
09:00 – 16:00 (Monday)
Marketing & Media requests: [email protected]
Nov 17, 2019
IPSC President Vitaly Kryuchin Nominated for the 2019 National Sports Award in Russia
On the official website of the National Sports Award (http://sport-premia.ru) started the popular vote for the nominees for the Award. The names of the winners will be announced on December 12 at a ceremony in Moscow.
National Sports Award – The Ministry of Sports of Russia, together with fans and experts, summarizes and names of the best in 11 categories among the athletes, coaches, media representatives, and sports facilities. In total, 18 winners are determined. The Award attracts the attention of millions of people.
Among the nominees in the nomination “Sports Solidarity” is the IPSC President Vitaly Kryuchin. If you would like to vote, please follow the link: https://www.sport-premia.ru/vote2/sportivnaya-solidarnost/
“Laureates are determined in 11 nominations,” the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Pavel Kolobkov said. “The candidates passed a serious selection; a number of competitions were held for this.”
“The most interesting stage has started now, the votes can be distributed in the most unexpected way,” the Minister noted. “Anyone can vote once a day, confirming their choice by email.” For 10 days.
“I note that the results of the popular vote are of great importance in determining the winners, but not final, since the opinion of the Expert Council, which includes Svetlana Zhurova, Alexei Yagudin, Ivan Edeshko and other legendary athletes, as well as representatives of the sports community, is taken into account”, – said Pavel Kolobkov.
