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EHC 2010 Blog Final Report

Tuesday, 21 September 2010 23:24 |

The battle for Standard Division took place in my own squad and those squads either side of me. Adriano and Henning were in my own squad and Ralf, Blake, Zdenek, Petr Gregory and Gyorgy were either side of me and Jamie was a few squads away. I was able to watch all of them shoot at various stages of the event. Congratulations to JC for winning Standard at the EHC. Ralf was second with Gyorgy only 0.1% behind him! As Blake is from the USA his score was not included in the overall list, but his result would have put him in second place.

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Blake’s score would have placed him in second place if he was a European

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Less than 1 % separated Sascha Back and Cliff Walsh!

Sascha Back from Germany won Revolver. Cliff Walsh had four mikes on Day 1, but fought back. Again as Cliff is from the USA his score does not count, but he scored over 99%! As both Cliff and Sascha will be at the World Shoot next year in Rhodes, Greece, the revolver match will be interesting!

The competitors reconvened for the awards dinner in a convention centre in Belgrade city. The flags of the 44 participating nations were draped around the dining area. We heard speeches from IPSC Serbia Regional Director Spasoje Vulevic, our own Nick representing IPSC and the Serbian Minister of the Interior. The national anthems of the winner of each award were played. The French squad enthusiastically joined in with the singing of La Marseillaise!

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Max Wiegand started competing in IPSC in 1978!

One competitor I had several conversations with was Max Wiegand from Germany. Now a super senior, Max is still competing. He started shooting IPSC in 1978 and won many matches with his Heckler and Koch P7!

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Fancy taking a dip? Max about to dive in!

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Ralf Jensen, Angie and Gregory Midgley and Yael Dagan at the Friday evening party

Many thanks are due to the IPSC and IROA officials and all those who put together an excellent European Championship. Also appreciation is due to our hosts in Belgrade and to the Serbian people; both those who were involved in the match and the general public who made us all feel very welcome in their city. I look forward to returning to the Delta Shooting Range and the wonderful city of Belgrade to take part in another IPSC competition!

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The Champ! Eric Grauffel, European Handgun Champion in Open Division 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and now 2010!

EHC 2010 Blog Day 4 (Sat)

Saturday, 18 September 2010 09:35 |

The match is now over and the shoot off finals will take place later today. Eric has been winning matches this year, sometimes with margins of 10 percent and he has done this in Open Division at the EHC 2010 as well. Jorge Ballesteros was in second place with 90.58% and Martin Kamenicek was in third place with 88.32 %. Women’s Open has been won by Austria’s Gabriele Kraushofer.

In Revolver Sascha Back has shot a good match and has won the match. Markus Schneider was second with 96.37 % and Herman Kirchweger was third with 92.32 %. Production was a tight match this year and Spains Eduardo De Cobos was in first place.Matti Manni from Finland was in second place with 96.85 %. Ljubisa Momcilovic of the CZ Shooting Team was just behind hime with 96.48 %. I spoke with Adam several times this week and he will be back on the circuit next year and will defend his Production title at the Worlds in Rhodes.

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EHC Standard Division winner JC Jamie Diaz and his wife Noemi

In Standard Division JC Jamie Diaz has won the match with Ralf Jensen in second place with 98.28 % and Hungary’s Gyorgy Batki in third place with 98.18 %. Gregory Midgley and Italy’s Adriano Santarcangelo had a very close match with Adriano on 96.76 % and Gregory on 96.64 %.

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Petr Znamenacek using his CZ Tactical Sport had a good match at the EHC

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Junior competitor Andrej Hrnciarik with his CZ Shadow

I spend an hour on Friday afternoon trying out a new pistol, the Caracal, which is made in the United Arab Eremites. I will have a report and images on the PH site soon.

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The Caracal is made in the UAE and PH will have a review on our site soon

There was a party on the range last night that went onto this morning, with much dancing on tables with a few people ending up in the swimming pool!

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There was a well laid out rest area with free wi-fi, which assisted the competitors a lot!

The Man V Man Shoot Off Finals take place later this morning and into the afternoon and the closing ceremony is tonight. The full results should be available on the EHC web site tonight.

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Cliff Walsh will be from now on be known as “Swiss Cliff”!

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