Aug 2, 2019
IPSC NEWS – 2018
May 23, 2018
INTERNATIONAL PRACTICAL SHOOTING CONFEDERATION LAUNCHES THE MASTER INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SAFETY INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION
In response to a growing demand and interest in Practical Shooting worldwide the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) announces the creation of the Master International Shooting Safety Instructors Association (MISSIA).
MISSIA was created to establish a structure for the accreditation, recognition and maintenance of International Shooting Safety Instructors. It ensures that IPSC Instructors are the best trained, the best qualified and the best prepared to establish a uniform worldwide standard for training IPSC sports shooters.
“All international sports should have solid training programs and a coaching structure for the safe and efficient performance of their athletes. Therefore, the decision to create the MISSIA within the IPSC structure has always been one of our main goals. Our first mission is to develop this within IPSC and subsequently to bring our culture of safe gun handling to the attention of the whole shooting world’’ said the IPSC President, Vitaly Kryuchin.
One International Instructor, called a Master International Instructor, will be appointed in every IPSC Region. The Master Instructor will then pass on to the other Instructors and Coaches in his Region the minimum IPSC international training standards.
In IPSC Regions that already have an approved national system for training IPSC shooters, the Master Instructor will ensure that the minimum international training standard is implemented within the national program.
The International IPSC Instructor for every IPSC Region must meet the following minimum criteria:
- Must be able to demonstrate reasonably high shooting skills;
- Must be able to train and certify new members, passing on his knowledge of safe handling and use of firearms, according to the approved training syllabus;
- Must either be an International Range Officers Association (IROA) or National Range Officers Institute (NROI) member, or become one within six months of the date of passing the MISSIA International Instructors Seminar;
- Must be willing to teach people IPSC shooting skills;
- Should be available to conduct IPSC classes during weekends, if it is required;
- Must train a minimum of 5 new IPSC members each year per Region;
- Must pass the First Aid Seminar from an approved course provider, or take part in one within six months of the date of passing the MISSIA International Instructors Seminar;
- Must speak English.
The new structure requires that, in the future, IPSC Regions must have a strong “Three Musketeers” team comprising the Regional Director, the NROI Chairman and а Master International Instructor. One person can hold a maximum of two positions.
The MISSIA International Instructors Certification Seminars will take place throughout the year and will be organized before each Continental Championship (Level IV match) and World Shoot (Level V match). The Seminars in 2018 will be conducted by the IPSC President.
In these Seminars, MISSIA will certify Master International Instructors and International Instructors nominated by the Regions.
For MISSIA Seminars, participants need to be nominated by a Regional Director and require firearms: handgun, shotgun or rifle. Participants also need a minimum of 200 rounds of ammunition for the handgun and 100 rounds for the shotgun/rifle. There is no fee for attending the Seminar.
In 2018, MISSIA Seminars will take place in seven countries: Australia, France, Czech Republic, South Africa, Jamaica, Sweden and Thailand.
2018 Calendar of MISSIA Seminars
AUSTRALASIA May 18 Darwin, Australia
EUROPE May 25 Chateauroux, France
EUROPE June 20 Hodonice, Czech Republic
AFRICA July 9 Polokwane, South Africa
PANAMERICA July 21 Kingston, Jamaica
EUROPE August 1 Varmland, Sweden
AUSTRALASIA September 11 Bangkok, Thailand
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) was founded in 1976 as a shooting sport and today recognizes all the main shooting disciplines – Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, and Action Air. The Latin words Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (DVC) meaning accuracy, power, and speed are IPSC’s motto and form the foundation for competition.
IPSC also emphasizes procedures for safe gun handling and strict adherence to the rules governing the sport. In IPSC courses of fire the results are calculated by dividing the competitor’s target score by the time taken to complete the course of fire. The shooter must be the most accurate and fastest to win.
Courses of fire utilize many of aspects not found in the more traditional shooting disciplines such as movement by the shooter, moving targets, multiple targets, and the freedom for the shooter to solve the shooting challenges presented in the courses of fire. Therefore, competitions are very exciting for competitors and interesting for spectators.
105 countries (IPSC Regions) are members of the Confederation and actively organize IPSC Matches. The number of active IPSC competitors worldwide exceeded 200,000 in 2017 with 351 IPSC national and international sanctioned matches held.
May 23, 2018
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MASTER INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SAFETY INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION (MISSIA) FIRST EVER SEMINAR HELD IN AUSTRALIA
The first ever Master International Shooting Safety Instructors Association (MISSIA) Training Seminar took place in Darwin, Australia on Friday, May 18. The one-day session was led by Vitaly Kryuchin, the IPSC President.
The Seminar, developed under the auspices of the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), is aimed at teaching and implementing international standards for safe gun handling and IPSC coaching skills to the Regional Instructors.
The MISSIA structure, sequence of training topics (handgun, shotgun, rifle), safe groups teaching methods, removal of the main mistakes made by shooters and the testing system for competitors and Instructors were the main topics of the Seminar.
The Seminar was open for discussion and the sharing of knowledge. Every participant needed 200 rounds handgun ammunition and 100 rounds for shotgun/rifle (required for the participants wanted to pass the shotgun and rifle International Instructors Tests). At the end of the event, the certification of Instructors took place.
There were participants from Australia and Papua New Guinea. The average level of IPSC skill of the participants was rather good! It is why many of them have been certified by the Police department in their countries as Shooting Instructors authorized to teach handgun, rifle and shotgun shooting skills.
The Australia Region is in a very difficult situation because athletes cannot use semi automatic shotguns and rifles by law. .40 and .45 pistol calibres are also forbidden. Despite these difficult conditions, IPSC Australia (led by The Regional Director Gareth Graham) manages to run a good number of Level I to III matches each year! Australian Region has a very good Program for training new shooters joining IPSC. It is called “Safety and Holster Proficiency Cours”.
During the MISSIA Professional Shooting Level I Test all the participants showed very good results. with 6 out of 7 passing the Test. All of them were presented with certificates after the Seminar. Those who passed the Test will get MISSIA ID. All who didn’t pass the Shooting Test have the chance to pass it one more time at any official MISSIA event during the year.
At the end of the year we’ll combine all the Regional IPSC training programs with all the information from the MISSIA Seminars and publish the International Standard of IPSC Safe Gun Handling Skills for new shooters who would like to join our sport. Next year we’ll publish an IPSC manual covering the training of handgun, shotgun and rifle skills.
MISSIA Professional Shooting Test for Level I Seminar will be sent to the Regions soon.
The International IPSC Instructor for every IPSC Region must meet the following minimum criteria:
- Must be able to demonstrate reasonably high shooting skills;
- Must be able to train and certify new members, passing on his knowledge of safe handling and use of firearms, according to the approved training syllabus;
- Must either be an IROA or NROI member, or become one within six months of the date of passing the MISSIA International Instructors Seminar;
- Must be willing to teach people IPSC shooting skills;
- Should be available to conduct IPSC classes during weekends, if it is required;
- Must train a minimum of 5 new IPSC members each year per Region;
- Must pass the First Aid Seminar from an approved course provider, or take part in one within six months of the date of passing the MISSIA International Instructors Seminar;
- Must speak English.
The MISSIA Seminar Level I was the first of its kind in Australia. The next MISSIA Seminar is going to take place on May 25, 2018 in Chateauroux, France.
The Master International Shooting Safety Instructors Association (MISSIA) was created within the IPSC structure for the accreditation, recognition and maintenance of International Shooting Safety Instructors and to establish international standards for safe gun handling classes and IPSC coaching skills. One International Instructor, called a Master International Instructor, will be appointed in every IPSC Region. The Master Instructor will then pass on to the other Instructors and Coaches in his Region the minimum IPSC international training standards.
May 28, 2018
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MASTER INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SAFETY INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION (MISSIA) SEMINAR HELD IN FRANCE
The Second Master International Shooting Safety Instructors Association (MISSIA) Training Seminar took place in Châteauroux, France on Friday, May 25. The one-day session was led by Vitaly Kryuchin, the IPSC President.
The Seminar, developed under the auspices of the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), was aimed at teaching and implementing international standards for safe gun handling and IPSC coaching skills to the Regional Instructors. At the end of the event, the certification of Instructors took place.
The MISSIA structure, sequence of training topics, safe groups teaching methods, removal of the main mistakes made by shooters and the testing system for competitors and Instructors were the main topics of the theoretical and practical parts of the Seminar.
“We discussed the sequence of educational topics in the training of a beginner shooter with some special tips, the main drills that instil safety skill, methods of getting rid of jerking/flinch, some special training methods for high-level competitors, the future of MISSIA and IPSC” said the IPSC President, Vitaly Kryuchin.
There were 9 participants from Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Indonesia and Spain. All participants except one successfully passed the handgun shooting tests. Four people successfully passed the shotgun tests. Everybody get the MISSIA Certificates.
Participants, who successfully passed the Shooting Tests will get the MISSIA Instructors ID card. All who did not pass the Shooting Test have the chance to pass it one more time at any official MISSIA event during the 2018 year.
The Seminar’s participants noted the importance of MISSIA creation and its further development, liked the learning process and some secrets that were given during the training session, and that the shooting tests did show their level of skills as shooters. Some of the participants noted that one-day session was not enough and asked to expand the classes to two days.
The next MISSIA Seminar is going to take place on June 20, 2018 in Hodonice, Czech Republic.
The Master International Shooting Safety Instructors Association (MISSIA) was created within the IPSC structure for the accreditation, recognition and maintenance of International Shooting Safety Instructors and to establish international standards for safe gun handling classes and IPSC coaching skills. One International Instructor, called a Master International Instructor, will be appointed in every IPSC Region. The Master Instructor will then pass on to the other Instructors and Coaches in his Region the minimum IPSC international training standards.
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) was founded in 1976 as a shooting sport and today recognizes all the main shooting disciplines – Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, and Action Air. The Latin words Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (DVC) meaning accuracy, power, and speed are IPSC’s motto and form the foundation for competition.
IPSC also emphasizes procedures for safe gun handling and strict adherence to the rules governing the sport. In IPSC courses of fire the results are calculated by dividing the competitor’s target score by the time taken to complete the course of fire. The shooter must be the most accurate and fastest to win.
Courses of fire utilize many aspects not found in the more traditional shooting disciplines such as movement by the shooter, moving targets, multiple targets, and the freedom for the shooter to solve the shooting challenges presented in the courses of fire. Therefore, competitions are very exciting for competitors and interesting for spectators.
105 countries (IPSC Regions) are members of the Confederation and actively organize IPSC Matches. The number of active IPSC competitors worldwide exceeded 200,000 in 2017 with 351 IPSC national and international sanctioned matches held.
June 5, 2018
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INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRACTICAL SHOOTING CONFEDERATION CONTINENTAL COUNCIL HELD IN FRANCE
On the eve of the IPSC Shotgun World Shoot III the inaugural meeting of the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) Continental Council was held on May 31, 2018 in Chateauroux, France. The main topics for discussion by the IPSC Continental Council members were IPSC Regional development, the official launch of MISSIA, the role of an IPSC Athlete’s Committee, and the evolution of the IPSC Competition Rules and Constitution.
The Continental Council is an advisory committee consisting of representatives from all the IPSC Zones: Africa, Australasia, Europe and Pan-America. Its Representatives are experienced Regional Directors from strong and successful Regions within the IPSC Zones.
The Continental Council was created to monitor the development of, and support given to, IPSC Regions. It will analyse the current situation of each Region in order to suggest options for the efficient development of new ones and will encourage new Regions to join IPSC. The Continental Council can recommend new sponsors and partners for the development of IPSC, and will hold an official meeting 1-2 times a year in conjunction with Level IV and V matches.
The inaugural meeting was attended by Regional Director for the Philippines Edwin B. Lim, Regional Director for Australia Gareth Graham, Regional Director for Norway Kyrre Lee, Regional Director for Italy Silvia Bussi, Regional Director for the Czech Republic Roman Šedy, Regional Director for the USA Mike Foley and Members of the IPSC Executive Council and IPSC Administration.
The session was opened with welcome speeches from the IPSC President, Vitaly Kryuchin, who greeted the audience and announced the main goals and tasks of the Continental Council, and from the IPSC Vice President for the new Regions, Alain Joly.
Within the framework of this meeting, all Council members reported on the work accomplished in 2017 and the 1st half of 2018 and shared their plans for further development.
IPSC Secretary Sasja Barentsen presented the action plan on becoming of the IPSC a member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), and how this can assist development of the IPSC shooting sport in future.
All members agreed that it is crucial for IPSC development to modernize the scoring system. Alain Joly said that “For the first time ever we will have an electronic scoring system during Shotgun World Shoot III, which is easy to use and matches with WinMSS for all disciplines. We got the authorization of the IPSC President and it will be distributed through the IROA Academy to everybody who wants to have it”.
During the meeting the IPSC President, Vitaly Kryuchin, officially presented the mission and sustainable development goals of the Master International Shooting Safety Instructors Association (MISSIA). The mission of MISSIA is ‘To create and develop a uniform worldwide standard for the training of athletes in the sport of Practical Shooting’. And the following goals were noted as strategic:
- Create an institute for the ongoing development of the curriculum that covers all the aspects of the sport.
- Form a unified approach to, and the standard required of, training.
- Increase both the quality and efficiency of training.
- Promote gender equality and equity in the sport.
- Develop junior programs.
Among the discussion topics were the modernization of the IPSC Constitution and IPSC membership of GAISF. “Now it is a new time in IPSC. We have a new administration, new President and it is a chance for change. We should have an open discussion and a team approach”, noted IPSC General Secretary, Friedrich Gepperth.
At the end of the meeting, the President of IPSC Vitaly Kryuchin proposed to the IPSC Continental Council members that an Athletes Committee, consisting of possibly 1 or 2 athletes from each IPSC Zone, be created in order to get feedback from ground level athletes.
The next IPSC Continental Council meeting will take place on September 12, 2018 in Pattaya, Thailand.
IPSC CONTINENTAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES:
- AFRICAN ZONE: Regional Director for South Africa Chrissie Wessels, Regional Director for the United Arab Emirates Salem Al Matroushi
- AUSTRALASIAN ZONE: Regional Director for Indonesia Bambang Trihatmodjo, Regional Director for the Philippines Edwin B. Lim, Regional Director for Australia Gareth Graham, Regional Director for Thailand Voravith Chavananand
- EUROPEAN ZONE: Regional Director for Norway Kyrre Lee, Regional Director for Italy Silvia Bussi, Regional Director for the Czech Republic Roman Sedy
- PAN-AMERICAN ZONE: Regional Director for Jamaica Alastair Charles Stewart, Regional Director for the USA Mike Foley, Regional Director for Ecuador Dr Roberto Gilbert.
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) was founded in 1976 as a shooting sport and today recognizes all the main shooting disciplines – Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, and Action Air. The Latin words Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (DVC) meaning accuracy, power, and speed are IPSC’s motto and form the foundation for competition.
IPSC also emphasizes procedures for safe gun handling and strict adherence to the rules governing the sport. In IPSC courses of fire the results are calculated by dividing the competitor’s target score by the time taken to complete the course of fire. The shooter must be the most accurate and fastest to win.
Courses of fire utilize many aspects not found in the more traditional shooting disciplines such as movement by the shooter, moving targets, multiple targets, and the freedom for the shooter to solve the shooting challenges presented in the courses of fire. Therefore, competitions are very exciting for competitors and interesting for spectators.
105 countries (IPSC Regions) are members of the Confederation and actively organize IPSC Matches. The number of active IPSC competitors worldwide exceeded 200,000 in 2017 with 351 IPSC national and international sanctioned matches held.
June 12, 2018
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IPSC SHOTGUN WORLD SHOOT III 2018 CLOSES: MEDALS AND RECORDS
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) Shotgun World Shoot III 2018 came to an end on June 10, 2018 in France, when the glorious awards ceremony took place in the Hall des Expositions de Belle-Isles in Chateauroux. The IPSC Shotgun World Championship, the third one of this discipline, was organised from May 28 to June 10 by the French Shooting Federation on its brand new shooting range (CNTS) in Chateauroux-Deols.
“France has always had a long and important tradition in IPSC going as far back as the very early beginnings of IPSC shooting. Under the supervision and guidance of Mr Philippe Crochard and Mr Alain Joly IPSC shooting in France has always been known for the high degree of competition, superb courses of fire, flawless organization, and unequalled hospitality. In 2018, like last year, Mr Stephane Quertinier the Regional Director and his very good crew once again have provided a wonderful and exciting competition. I would like to extend my appreciation and gratitude to these gentlemen and to the French Shooting Federation who are responsible for hosting this World Shoot event”, said IPSC President Mr Vitaly Kryuchin.
For two weeks, 656 athletes from 40 countries competed in the 30 shooting bays of the National Sports Shooting Centre. They were divided into five categories – Lady, Junior, Overall, Senior and Super-Senior within four different divisions, depending on the type of firearm used: Open, Standard, Standard Manual and Modified.
The theme of the competition was “From Big Bang to Space Conquest”. Each of the five areas of shooting correspond with a period from the evolution of humanity and included six courses of fire.
The IPSC Shotgun World Shoot 2018 was supervised by more than sixty international referees (IROA) and by fifty national referees (NROI), respectively overseen by the Range Master José Carlos Belino (Brazil), and his assistant Christophe Desfrançois (France).
IPSC Shotgun was born over 30 years ago and offers spectacular shooting challenges. Several types of courses are used: short (up to 12 scoring hits), medium (up to 24 scoring hits) and long (up to 32 scoring hits) with various shooting distances. Targets are made of paper, clay or metal and can be fixed, mobile or have a cycle of appearance / disappearance. Practical Shooting requires great dexterity in the handling of firearms and also requires strict compliance with safety rules, under penalty of disqualification. Internationally, this discipline is administered by the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC).
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) was founded in 1976 as a shooting sport and today recognizes all the main shooting disciplines – Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, and Action Air. The Latin words Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (DVC) meaning accuracy, power, and speed are IPSC’s motto and form the foundation for competition. IPSC also emphasizes procedures for safe gun handling and strict adherence to the rules governing the sport. In IPSC courses of fire the results are calculated by dividing the competitor’s target score by the time taken to complete the course of fire. The shooter must be the most accurate and fastest to win. Courses of fire utilize many aspects not found in the more traditional shooting disciplines such as movement by the shooter, moving targets, multiple targets, and the freedom for the shooter to solve the shooting challenges presented in the courses of fire. In practical shooting the competitor shoots at multiple targets from multiple distances on time. Therefore, competitions are very exciting for competitors and interesting for spectators. 105 countries (IPSC Regions) are members of the Confederation and actively organize IPSC Matches. The number of active IPSC competitors worldwide exceeded 200,000 in 2017 with 351 IPSC national and international sanctioned matches held.
III Shotgun World Shoot France 2018 results http://www.ipscmatches.org/2018sws/results/
September 12, 2018
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THE IPSC CONTINENTAL COUNCIL MET IN THAILAND
The IPSC Continental Council met for the second time on September 12, 2018, on the occasion of the IPSC Far East Asia Handgun Championship, in Pattaya, Thailand. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the IPSC Regional development, ongoing forty-second General Assembly preparation, the evolution of the IPSC Competition Rules and MISSIA further development.
The session was opened with welcome speeches from the IPSC President, Mr. Vitaly Kryuchin, and from the Far East Asia Match Director, Mr. Voravith Chavananand.
Within the framework of the second meeting in 2018, each Representative member reported on the regional development results on their accountable IPSC Zones.
The meeting considered options of available sources of funding for IPSC global projects development such as MISSIA, as well as curatorial visits to new regions to help organize matches and seminars. Various proposals were made. In particular, meeting discussed and agreed use of the available funds in the reserve received from the donations of Patrons to support global guidelines of the IPSC development.
The Continental Council is an advisory committee consisting of representatives from all the IPSC Zones: Africa, Australasia, Europe and Pan-America. Its Representatives are experienced Regional Directors from strong and successful Regions within the IPSC Zones.
The Continental Council was created to monitor the development of, and support given to, IPSC Regions. It will analyse the current situation of each Region in order to suggest options for the efficient development of new ones and will encourage new Regions to join IPSC. The Continental Council can recommend new sponsors and partners for the development of IPSC, and will hold an official meeting 1-2 times a year in conjunction with Level IV and V matches.
The Second IPSC Continental Council meeting was attended by Regional Director for the Philippines Edwin B. Lim, Regional Director for Australia’s Delegate Steve Brown, Regional Director for South Africa Chrissie Wessels, Regional Director for Norway Kyrre Lee, Regional Director for the USA Mike Foley, Regional Director for the United Arab Emirates Salem Al Matroushi, Regional Director for Thailand Voravith Chavananand, Regional Director for Indonesia’s delegate Jose Antonio Reyes, and Members of the IPSC Executive Council and IPSC Administration: IPSC President Vitaly Kryuchin, IPSC General Secretary Friedrich Gepperth, IPSC Secretary Sasja Barentsen, IROA President Dino Evangelinos, IROA Vice-President Jose Carlos Bellino, IPSC Vice – President for the new Regions – Sponsorship Director Alain Joly.
The next meeting will take place in Serbia in September 2019 before the European Handgun Championship (EHC2019).
IPSC CONTINENTAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES:
AFRICAN ZONE: Regional Director for South Africa Chrissie Wessels, Regional Director for the United Arab Emirates Salem Al Matroushi
AUSTRALASIAN ZONE: Regional Director for Indonesia Bambang Trihatmodjo, Regional Director for the Philippines Edwin B. Lim, Regional Director for Australia Gareth Graham, Regional Director for Thailand Voravith Chavananand
EUROPEAN ZONE: Regional Director for Norway Kyrre Lee, Regional Director for Italy Silvia Bussi, Regional Director for the Czech Republic Roman Sedy
PAN-AMERICAN ZONE: Regional Director for Jamaica Alastair Charles Stewart, Regional Director for the USA Mike Foley, Regional Director for Ecuador Dr Roberto Gilbert.
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) was founded in 1976 as a shooting sport and today recognizes all the main shooting disciplines – Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, and Action Air. The Latin words Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (DVC) meaning accuracy, power, and speed are IPSC’s motto and form the foundation for competition.
IPSC also emphasizes procedures for safe gun handling and strict adherence to the rules governing the sport. In IPSC courses of fire the results are calculated by dividing the competitor’s target score by the time taken to complete the course of fire. The shooter must be the most accurate and fastest to win.
Courses of fire utilize many aspects not found in the more traditional shooting disciplines such as movement by the shooter, moving targets, multiple targets, and the freedom for the shooter to solve the shooting challenges presented in the courses of fire. Therefore, competitions are very exciting for competitors and interesting for spectators.
105 countries (IPSC Regions) are members of the Confederation and actively organize IPSC Matches. The number of active IPSC competitors worldwide exceeded 200,000 in 2017 with 351 IPSC national and international sanctioned matches held.
September 16,2018
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THE FORTY-SECOND IPSC GENERAL ASSEMBLY HELD IN THAILAND
In 2018 the IPSC General Assembly Adopts MISSIA Plan, Pistol Caliber Carbine (PCC) as a Separate Discipline, two new Handgun Production Optics Divisions and other proposals affecting over 50 IPSC Competition Rules.
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) held its Forty-Second General Assembly (GA) at the Mytt Beach Hotel, in Pattaya, Thailand on September 16, 2018.
The event, which was hosted this year by the IPSC Thailand authorities, was attended by IPSC Regions’ representatives from all the six continents to hear reports on the main achievements during the previous year and discuss the future development of IPSC.
The preliminary results of the votes of the Forty-Second IPSC General Assembly were as follows:
THE RESULTS OF THE VOTES ON IPSC ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS
The IPSC General Assembly accepted the minutes of the previous Assembly held in Chateauroux, France, 26 October 2017, as well as that the chartered accounting firm of PwC be appointed as auditors for financial year 2018.
Regarding the payment of membership fees, the GA decided that:
- The annual IPSC Affiliation Fee payable under Section 10.7 of the IPSC Constitution be set at US$600 if paid by the 31st January, or US$700 thereafter.
- The annual IPSC Per Capita Fee payable under Section 10.7 of the IPSC Constitution be set at US$5 per member if paid by the 30th June, or US$6 per member thereafter, subject to a maximum cap of 3,000 members per Region.
In addition, the GA agreed that the Sanctioning fee for a Level III match be raised to 150 EUR, to reflect the true cost of providing President’s Medals, and that the remuneration and salary proposals as approved by the Executive Council and circulated to the Regions be accepted.
THE RESULTS OF THE VOTES ON IPSC REGIONS
The three Regions of Cambodia, Guam and Lebanon, were definitively accepted as members of the Confederation.
In addition, the three new Regions of Mexico, Republic of Korea and Swaziland were provisionally accepted as members for one year.
At the same time, the seven IPSC Regions of Albania, Armenia, Colombia, Fiji, Georgia, Nicaragua and Saint Lucia will be declared vacant if not in good standing by December 31, 2018.
THE RESULTS OF THE VOTES ON MISSIA PLAN ADOPTION
The plan to initiate the Master International Shooting Safety Instructor Association (MISSIA) was adopted.
THE RESULTS OF THE VOTES ON IPSC COMPETITION RULES
IPSC Competition Rules ‐ June 2018 Interpretations, as published on the IPSC website, were ratified, and the Assembly allowed the following rule motions, notwithstanding that this was not a Handgun World Championship Assembly.
It was agreed that that the current editions of the IPSC Competition Rules for Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, Combined, Mini Rifle and Action Air be renamed as January 2019 Edition and that all subsequent proposals in this section of the agenda be treated as proposals to amend the January 2019 Edition Competition Rules.
In 2018, the General Assembly decided to introduce Pistol Caliber Carbine (PCC) as a separate discipline using the Proposal C rules.
In addition, the GA adopted the following Proposals from the IPSC Rules Committee:
- Proposal A and B on Handgun Production Optics and Production Optics Light Divisions was approved, and will be under evaluation, unless extended, it will expire on 31 December 2020.
- Proposal B on Handgun and Action Air Production Divisions.
- Proposal D on rules common to all IPSC Disciplines with partial deletion of proposal and new wording:
Proposal for 8.1.4 dropped.
Proposal for 8.5.1.1 dropped.
New wording for 8.6.5 proposal, “If the Range Officer notices the problem before the competitor, he must immediately stop the competitor” to be deleted from proposal.
New wording for 8.6.6 proposal, “Violations are subject to Section 10.6” to be deleted from proposal.
New wording for 11.1.5 proposal, last part to read “Audio and/or video recordings may be accepted as evidence.”
- Proposal E on rules common to more than one IPSC Discipline.
- Proposal F on Handgun Competition Rules. The proposal to adopt a single table format was rejected, but the proposals to amend special conditions 14, 16 and 17 were approved.
- Proposal G on Rifle Competition Rules amended and a new division to be created for “Manual Action, Lever Release” and to delete special condition 11.
- Proposal H on Mini Rifle Competition Rules.
- Proposal I on Action Air Competition Rules.
- Additionally, the General Assembly adopted following Proposals from the IPSC Regions:
- The proposal from the Region of Hong Kong on Action Air Competition Rules.
Also, the IPSC Executive Council was authorized to make corrections to any numbering, spelling, punctuation and/or formatting errors in the January 2019 Edition rule books, provided that such changes do not alter the meaning or intent of any rule. Likewise, other errors and conflicts may also be corrected.
THE RESULTS FROM THE VOTES ON IPSC MATCHES
In 2018, the General Assembly decided that:
- The 2019 Rifle World Shoot II will be hosted in Sweden.
- The 2019 European Handgun Championship will be hosted in Serbia.
- The 2019 Australasia Handgun Championship will be hosted in Philippines.
- The 2019 Latin American Handgun Championship will be hosted in Argentina.
- The 2020 Handgun World Shoot XIX will be hosted in Thailand.
- The 2021 African Handgun Championship will be hosted in South Africa.
- The 2021 Far East Asia Handgun Championship will be hosted in Laos.
- The 2021 Pan‐American Handgun Championship will be hosted in Paraguay.
- The 2021 Action Air World Shoot II will be hosted in Russia.
- The 2021 Shotgun World Shoot IV will be hosted in Thailand.
The 2019 IPSC General Assembly will take place in Serbia in September 2019 before the European Handgun Championship (EHC2019).
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) was founded in 1976 as a shooting sport and today recognizes all the main shooting disciplines – Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, and Action Air. The Latin words Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (DVC) meaning accuracy, power, and speed are IPSC’s motto and form the foundation for competition.
IPSC also emphasizes procedures for safe gun handling and strict adherence to the rules governing the sport. In IPSC courses of fire the results are calculated by dividing the competitor’s target score by the time taken to complete the course of fire. The shooter must be the most accurate and fastest to win.
Courses of fire utilize many aspects not found in the more traditional shooting disciplines such as movement by the shooter, moving targets, multiple targets, and the freedom for the shooter to solve the shooting challenges presented in the courses of fire. Therefore, competitions are very exciting for competitors and interesting for spectators.
105 countries (IPSC Regions) are members of the Confederation and actively organize IPSC Matches. The number of active IPSC competitors worldwide exceeded 200,000 in 2017 with 351 IPSC national and international sanctioned matches held.
Aug 2, 2019
IPSC NEWS – 2019
March 11, 2019
IPSC HAS EXHIBITED IN GERMANY FOR 2019 IWA OUTDOORCLASSICS SHOW
With over 1,500 exhibitors from all over the world, IWA OutdoorClassic Show presents exhibitors and products from hunting and shooting sport, as well as a wide range of outdoor equipment and firearms for self-defence and authorities.
International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) made an appearance at the 2019 IWA OutdoorClassics Show 8 – 11 March 2019 in the exhibition centre Nuremberg (Germany).
IPSC delegation consisting of members of the Executive Council and headed by the IPSC President Vitaly Kryuchin presented to international public the ‘Practical Shooting’ sport, successfully held a number of meetings with partners and sponsors, met with athletes and officials from IPSC regions, and attended a number of official events and presentations of the new products for shooting sport.
As part of the IWA exhibition, the IPSC had its own booth in hall 3 of the MESSE expo centre, where participants and visitors could get detailed information about the IPSC, sport of practical shooting, as well as learn how to become a member of a regional federation, and get a memorable souvenir with IPSC and MISSIA logos. The IPSC booth at IWA Show was organized with the support of the Bund Deutscher Sportschützen (BDS) and the IPSC General Secretary Mr. Friedrich Gepperth.
During the IWA show the official logo of the MISSIA was presented for the first time. Those interested who attended IPSC booth could learn about upcoming MISSIA seminars, and get detailed information about the goals and plans for the development of the Master International Shooting Safety Association from the IPSC President and members of IPSC delegation.
The MISSIA laconic logo is an abbreviation and expansion of the association name: M-Master I-International S-Shooting S-Safety I-Instructors A-Association (MISSIA). The star inscribed in the letter A is a symbol, which is inherited from the partner organization – IPSC.
Main colour in the MISSIA logo is bright green. This colour was selected because it is well visible at the shooting range and allows you to immediately identify the instructor from the group of participants. This colour does not cause anxiety on a psychological level, it calms the participants down, and relieves excessive stress from those who handle firearms for the first time.
During the official part of the exhibition, the President of the Confederation attended the presentation of new products of the Czech firearms manufacturer Česká zbrojovka (CZ), which in 2019 plans to release about 50 new products for hunting, sport and self-defense, and announced together with multiple practical shooting world champion Eric Grauffel a launch of the EG-CZ new shooting academy with more than ambitious goals.
The IPSC delegation held productive meetings with companies such as Beretta, 5.11, RUAG, KAHLES, Umarex and many others to discuss current projects aimed at developing the sport of practical shooting, as well as discussed a number of product innovations that companies are preparing to release in the next few years.
In addition, on March 9, during a visit to Germany, the IPSC Regional directors’ dinner was held. During the meeting, representatives of regional federations from around the world exchanged their views on the current IPSC development, discussed regional issues and shared their views with IPSC President about upcoming major matches and events. It was announced that a new region – IPSC Pakistan successfully joined the Confederation members’ list.
The IPSC President Vitaly Kryuchin personally thanked all the representatives of the IPSC regions for their daily work aimed at the development of sport in the regions and stressed that without their support the development of IPSC and practical shooting sport is simply impossible.
“Thank you for your daily work, you are doing a great job in every IPSC region. Without you there is no practical shooting”, said Vitaly Kryuchin.
He also mentioned about ongoing projects and upcoming big matches, which IPSC is currently developing.
This year IPSC established exclusive pilot IPSC partner program to attract global leaders to join IPSC in its global sport development. It is a brand new opportunity for IPSC partners to support practical shooting sport and to use sport as a vector of their activity to the public. These partners will assist IPSC in global development of youth programs, as well as athletes and teams support projects. IPSC will keep sponsorship programs as well for Level 4 and 5 matches.
He also mentioned that IPSC is paying extra attention for the upcoming matches, and prepare is participation in international sport events to strengthen presence in the international sports arena.
“We are working for preparing for SportAccord convention, which will take place in Australia from 5 to 11 May 2019. We are preparing for European and World Shoot this year. It is not easy to prepare the Rifle World Shoot, but nevertheless everybody works hard toget ready and prepare the Rifle World Championship in Sweden”, mentioned Mr. Kryuchin.
Also, he reported on the new MISSIA program, which got a very successful results following the first year of its operation.
“During the 2018 we visited all continents, and gathered more then 30 programs of IPSC shooters education from different regions. Now we prepare international standard of IPSC Education based on the best experience from all over the world.” told Mr. Kryuchin.
He mentioned, that we must always remember and share our knowledge with the rest of the world, also remember that a gun owner is the most law abiding citizen, because he cannot afford himself to make even a small mistake, because he will lose his license and would not be able to have a gun and compete.
In the end of IWA trip, IPSC President Vitaly Kryuchin talked about progress since he took up office 18 months ago, youth development in IPSC, the GAISF application process and the MISSIA program.
With 18 months in office, how do you feel things are progressing for IPSC?
– I have no rights to estimate how it is good or not for IPSC, I think shooters, officials will feel it and will estimate themselves. I am doing what I can for IPSC, because I am working full time for the Confederation. During the elections me and my team, we promised to do some changes, and now I am just working by this list.
For example, we promised to give a minimum package of slots – 4 for every region, because one slot is like a humiliation. I told about this during the elections. And now we gave for every region minimum 4 slots. Also we promised to approve the new disciplines like PCC and Production Optic, some changes in rifle rules, and we did it. Now we published all combined rules. Also, it is a big job of Rules Committee, a big job of Sanctioning Committee, a big job of IROA, and I can tell, that my job is very small – to join all team’s members together – this is my duty.
What stage has IPSC reached in the GAISF application process?
– At this moment our application for international recognition accepted by the GAISF, and we are waiting the decision of executive council of this organisation to approve our observer membership. This is not fast process, because they are asking for some additional papers and documents, and we provide, so this is a process that takes some time. But, I am sure that we will get it.
How are your plans progressing in terms of youth development?
– Of course, we develop program for young people. We need the new shooters – athletes, that’s why we added to our rule book super junior category. I think that action air is a discipline that can give us many new shooters.
Is there anything that you would like to share with our subscribers?
– I would like to tell that we are developing international instructors’ association. MISSIA – Master International Shooting Safety Instructors Association. Because we would like to recognise our instructors, who are working in the clubs, who teach the new competitors. We would like to have the International standard of IPSC Education to keep everything in the right way. Because safe gun handling culture is a very important part of IPSC culture and important part of IPSC further development.
May 13, 2019
IPSC TOOK PART IN SPORTACCORD 2019 IN AUSTRALIA
The International Practical Shooting Confederation of (IPSC) took part in the SportAccord 2019 and the exhibition held under its auspices. The SportAccord Convention took place from 5 to 10 May 2019 in the Australian Gold Coast.
For the first time the IPSC presented to the international sports community its booth, which reflected the key components of the sport of Practical Shooting, the structure, goals and objectives of the Confederation and its associations – International Instructors and Range Officers, as well as the fundamental principles for the development of the sport of Practical Shooting in the world.
Visitors to the IPSC booth could not only learn interesting facts from the history of formation and development of the IPSC, but also get information about the rules of the sport, the details of holding and participating in shooting competitions in different IPSC Regions.
Within the framework of the SportAccord exhibition, the former UN Secretary-General H.E. Ban Ki-moon, representatives of GAISF and the International Olympic Committee, the official delegation of the Sports Administration of China, as well as high-ranking representatives and leaders of international sports federations visited the IPSC booth.
In particular, working meetings with representatives of the International Wushu Federation (IWUF), President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Arkady Dvorkovich, IMMAF- WMMAA top management teams, the International Amateur Muaythai Federation (IFMA) took place at the IPSC booth.
As part of the official program, the delegation of IPSC, led by its president, Vitaly Kryuchin, attended the panel discussions and conferences of SportAccord 2019, as well as the GAISF General Assembly.
President of the International Confederation of Practical Shooting Vitaly Kryuchin held a series of important meetings with the leaders of various sports organizations and senior representatives of the IOC, SportAccord, and GAISF.
IPSC President, Vitaly Kryuchin, met with the Vice-President of GAISF, Stephan Fox, on membership issues. During the meeting, they discussed the membership of IPSC in the status of “observer” and issues of further interaction between the two organizations in various fields of activity. The Confederation has already applied for joining GAISF and is awaiting a final decision after a successful meeting with Mr. Fox.
Following the results of participation in SportAccord 2019, IPSC expresses special gratitude to the Australian Regional Federation and personally to its Regional Director Gareth Graham for the provided marketing and technical support!
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) was founded in 1976 as a shooting sport and today recognizes all the main shooting disciplines – Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, and Action Air. The Latin words Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (DVC) meaning accuracy, power, and speed are IPSC’s motto and form the foundation for competition.
IPSC also emphasizes procedures for safe gun handling and strict adherence to the rules governing the sport. In IPSC courses of fire, the results are calculated by dividing the competitor’s target score by the time taken to complete the course of fire. The shooter must be the most accurate and fastest to win.
Courses of fire utilize many aspects not found in the more traditional shooting disciplines such as movement by the shooter, moving targets, multiple targets, and the freedom for the shooter to solve the shooting challenges presented in the courses of fire. Therefore, competitions are very exciting for competitors and interesting for spectators.
105 countries (IPSC Regions) are members of the Confederation and actively organize IPSC Matches. The number of active IPSC competitors worldwide exceeded 200,000 with 351 IPSC national and international sanctioned matches held every year.
June 17, 2019
IPSC TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OFFICIAL DECISION REGARDING THE LAUGO ARMS ALIEN PISTOL IN IPSC PRODUCTION OPTICS DIVISION
There has been quite some confusion about the legality of the Alien Pistol from Laugo Arms with the IPSC Production Optics Division. The Alien Pistol has been approved in Production Division. Therefore, the pistol can also be used in Production Optics Division. But regarding the mounting of the optical sight in this division, the rule says:
APPENDIX D4a: Production Optics Division
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- Optical/electronic sights must be mounted on the upper rear of the slide either in addition to, or replacement of, the rear open sight.
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- The crucial point now is what is the slide on the Laugo Arms Alien?
- Laugo Arms maintains that the fixed part above the moving slide is part of the slide. They call it a “slide rail”, the upper part of the slide. It whilst firing is non-moving, is detachable and can be replaced.
- Contrary to that the IPSC Executive Council came to the unanimous decision that the slide of a pistol is a ”moving” part which is closing the rearward part of the chamber or carries the bolt which does this. What Laugo arms calls a slide rail is not directly attached to the slide. In the general understanding a slide rail on a pistol slide has to be fixed to or on the slide and is moving with the slide.
- As a result, the Laugo Arms Alien Pistol can only be used in Production Optics Division if the optical sight is mounted on the moving slide and not on the part Laugo arms calls the “upper part” of the slide which is not moving.
Friedrich Gepperth
IPSC Technical Director
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