Pistol national championship a success

Pistol national championship a success The Namibian Shooting Union successfully hosted its second annual shooting competition.

The competition took place from 4 to 12 July at the Moltke Blick shooting range in Swakopmund.

The German national PPC 1500 team participated in the championship for the second year in a row.

Astonishing scores were recorded. Johann Wizofsky shot three full scores consecutively on three different routines: something that had never happened before in a championship according to the German team.

The Namibians also had some surprising scores and two members were selected to participate in the PPC 1500 World Championship starting on 17 August in Alsfeld, Germany.

The team members are Leon Heyns and Michael Schoeman.

“We know that sending these members will bring back the best experience to grow this sport even further in Namibia,” said a press release by the organisation.

The German team walked away with all the medals in the PPC 1500 and PA routines in the master class and the Namibian team won as follows:

Michael Jaeger received four gold medals out of four routines shot. Leon Heyns received six gold, three silver; one bronze medal out of ten routines shot.

Michael Schoeman walked away with one gold medal, four silver and two bronze medals out of seven routine shots.

On the ISSF level, which is the Olympic routine, Boellie Malherbe clinched the 2017 Namibian National Champion title. The competition was tight at the beginning between Michael Jaeger and Malherbe but Malherbe's years of experience showed.



The medals were as follows out of six routines:

Boellie Malherbe 3 X Gold; 1 X Silver; 2 X Bronze

Michael Jaeger 2 X Gold; 4 X Silver

Michael Schoeman 1 X Gold; 1 X Silver; 4 X Bronze

Men's Champion: Boellie Malherbe first, followed by Michael Jaeger and in third Michael Schoeman

President's Cup: Boellie Malherbe first, followed by Michael Schoeman and in third Michael Jaeger.

The Tara Cup went to Boellie Malherbe, with Michael Jaeger second and Michael Schoeman third.

On the junior level Nikita Heyns walked away with two gold medals. It was her first competition.

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