Stages Released for the 2019 European Handgun Championship

Sep 3, 2019

This afternoon the President of IPSC Mr. Vitaly Kryuchin released the Stages for the European Handgun Championship 2019 to the Range Master Paulo Santos #ipsc #ehc2019

IPSC Continental Council Meeting – September 3, 2019 – Belgrade, Serbia

Sep 3, 2019

September 3, 2019

THE IPSC CONTINENTAL COUNCIL MET IN SERBIA

The IPSC Continental Council met for the third time on September 3, 2019, on the occasion of the IPSC European Handgun Championship (EHC) in Belgrade, Serbia. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the IPSC regional development and upcoming forty-third General Assembly.

The session was opened with welcome speeches from the IPSC President, Vitaly Kryuchin, IPSC General Secretary, Friedrich Gepperth, and the European Handgun Championship Match Director and IPSC Serbia Regional Director, Spasoje Vulevic.

Mr Spasoje Vulevic welcomed everyone and noted that he is glad to see everyone after nine years which passed since the last European Handgun Championship held in Serbia in 2010.

Mr Vitaly Kryuchin thanked the IPSC Serbia and its Regional Director, all the Officials and Range Officers for their enthusiasm, hard work and preparation for EHC 2019, and reported on MISSIA development.

‘The twenty-four MISSIA seminars were successfully held in sixty-four countries in 2018 – 2019. The seminars were attended by almost four hundred instructors and forty-two MISSIA Directors were appointed in the IPSC Regions in last two years’ Vitaly Kryuchin added.

The Secretary General Mr Friedrich Gepperth drew the attention of the audience to the fact that the Confederation is now undergoing changes and has already entered a new era of development. There are still many questions that require close attention of all the IPSC Officials and Regional Directors, but IPSC President and memebers of IPSC Executive Council fully support the idea of teamwork and democratic transparent way of further IPSC development.

‘We adhere to a policy of transparency and teamwork and that is why the IPSC Continental Council was introduced. All the latest decisions made only after detailed discussions and the voting of all members of the Executive Council’, IPSC President added.

Within the framework of the meeting, each representative member reported on the regional development results on their accountable IPSC Zones, and discussed the current issues of holding the level IV and V IPSC Matches as well as legislative issues of certain IPSC regions that are faced with the problem of a lack of shooting ranges and sustainable support for IPSC sport at the state level.

The meeting was attended by Regional Director for Australia Gareth Graham, Regional Director for the Philippines Edwin B. Lim, Regional Director for South Africa Chrissie Wessels, Regional Director for Etonia Jaanus Viirlo, Regional Director for the USA Mike Foley, Regional Director for Italy Silvia Bussi and Regional Director of Czech Republic Roman Sedy.

Among the members of the IPSC Executive Council and IPSC Administration presented at the meeting was IPSC President Vitaly Kryuchin, IPSC General Secretary Friedrich Gepperth, IROA President Dino Evangelinos, IROA Vice-President Jose Carlos Belino, IPSC Vice – President for the new Regions – Sponsorship Director Alain Joly, IPSC Media Director Ekaterina Nikiforova and IPSC Acting Secretary Olga Kuznetsova.

The next meeting will take place on November 9, in Philippines, within the upcoming IPSC Australasia Handgun Championship 2019.

The IPSC 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 Council was created to monitor the development of, and support given to, IPSC Regions. It analyses the current situation of each Region in order to suggest options for the efficient development of new ones and encourage new Regions to join IPSC. The Continental Council holds meeting once or twice a year in conjunction with Level IV and V matches.

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 Estonia Jaanus Viirlo, 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 with 351 IPSC national and international sanctioned matches held annually.

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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:

1. AFRICAN ZONE: Regional Director for South Africa Chrissie Wessels, Regional Director for the United Arab Emirates Salem Al Matroushi
2. 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
3. EUROPEAN ZONE: Regional Director for Norway Kyrre Lee, Regional Director for Italy Silvia Bussi, Regional Director for the Czech Republic Roman Sedy
4. 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:

1. 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.
2. 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.