NEW Virtual Magazine online from 1st April 2009 - TARGET SHOOTER

Attention Malta Allied Airgunners Club members and viewers.

On the Wednesday the 1st of April you will be able to see the very first issue of a brand new magazine that is dedicated to target shooting called Target Shooter. There is no subscription as previously with Target Sports as you are all aware that was discontinued. This will be a virtual magazine that you can view in real time on your PC or Notebook or you can download it as a PDF file.

The magazine uses the very latest it web software called IPaper. And you will find that you can do many things on it. When looking through the magazine if you see and advertisement that you are interested in, you can click on it and it will take you straight to that companies website or email address. Each issue will be available on around the 1st of each month, you will be able to send in letters to the team if you have something to say or share with us all.

We need you to tell all your shooting buddies and club members about this magazine and get as many people looking at it or reading it. You will see there are some names that you will know that you have read their articles before or you know them personally. We need your help to make this successful and getting the word out to as many people as we can.

So ring them, call them, speak to them and give this address.
www.targetshooter.co.uk

Enjoy !

Regards
Stanley Shaw

First Aid Course - Update

We have one volunteer who applied to take the First Aid Course for the MAAC Airgun Section. One place remains reserved now for any member of the MAAC Airsoft Section.

This will be the first attempt to have qualified First Aiders for the club. There will be other opportunities in the near future for those interested. The Club's aim is to build a team of 4 to 6 qualified first aiders.

MAAC Air Rifle Field Target Layout - 5th April 2009

Above you can find the layout for 5th April 2009 MAAC Air Rifle Field Target Match.
The match is 30 shots in 2 rounds of 15 targets.This is a new layout approach whereby 30% of the target will be set as positional targets. Here you have to shoot standing or sitting as instructed according to the round. All other target are freestyle meaning you can choose to shoot either in sitting or prone positions.

The competition is OPEN which means you can shoot with any type of air rifle you wish PCP or spring. There will not be different classes in an OPEN match, so its up to you which air rifle to shoot. Those MAAC members who would like to shoot Spring or PCP will be allowed only if time permits.

The highest score obtained by an MAAC member shooting two different air rifles will be eligible for top 3 shooters of the day. If the air rifles are of different classes i.e. spring and pcp the scores will be entered in the separate grading charts. If both rifles are of the same class only the highest score will be entered in the grading chart.

See you ...

First Aid Course by St.John Ambulance

Dear Member,
MAAC would like to invite two of our members to take an extensive First Aid course. Course fee will be paid by MAAC. Anyone interested to become and official MAAC First Aider please do not hesitate to contact me on 99406506 not later then 31st March 2009, so that we can make the necessary arrangements. Below please find the details.
Best regards
Stanley Shaw

St John Ambulance is offering first aid courses in the Valletta Head Quarters and also in the Paola-Tarxien Section which is located next to the playing field (behind the Christ the King Parish Church) in Paola. The outline of the course is as follows:
Unit 1 Duration 2 hours
Welcome, Course objective and methodology, Task of a First Aider, Incident Management, Casualty Management.
Unit 2 Duration 2 hours
Primary Survey for priorities, Secondary Survey, Recovery Position.
Unit 3 Duration 2 hours
Actions on adults, children, babies with no breathing: Giving CPR
Unit 4 Duration 2 ½ hours
Shock (condition when casualty looses a lot of body fluids, like in the case of bleeding), External Bleeding, Dressings and Bandages.
Unit 5 Duration 2 hours
Bandaging & CPR revision. Disorders of the Airway and Breathing.
Unit 6 Duration 2 hours
Fainting, Heart Attack, Angina, Anaphylactic Shock, Internal Bleeding, Amputations
Unit 7 Duration 2 hours
Epileptic Fits, Diabetes, Poisoning, Heat Exhaustion, Heat stroke, Burns and Scalds
Unit 8 Duration 2 hours
Injuries to the muscles, joints and bones. Revision session.
Unit 9 Duration 2 ½ hours
Assessment
Every condition tackled will be dealt with by first knowing the possible causes. Secondly, the First Aider must be able to recognize the condition before the treatment is finally administered. In the 9th session an assessment is done in order to justify the issuing of an official certificate which declares the holder as being a qualified first aider for the following three years, after which we recommend a revision course to keep the certificate active.

Location: St. John Ambulance
Paola/Tarxien Division
Block B, Flat2, Govt Buildings, Sisters Street, PAOLA.

Date and Time: Starting mid-April, once weekly on Tuesdays OR Thursdays (6:00pm)
OR Saturdays (at 9:00am).

MAAC AIR RIFLE FIELD TARGET -MOVED TO 5TH APRIL 2009

The next MAAC Air Rifle Field Target competition was originally scheduled for the 12th April 2009. Easter Sunday coincides on the 12th April 2009. The MAAC Air gun Sports Commission decided to let our members enjoy Easter Sunday with their families and friends and thus decided to move the event forward by one week.

Therefore MAAC Air Rifle Field Target - 5th April @ VSR @ 8.30am and be punctual !

MAAC STEEL PLATE CHALLENGE - 15th March 2009

Below are the stages being set up for next weekend steel plate challenge.
This is the first Steel Plate Challenge for 2009 hence two new rules will be enforced from this match:

a. Shooters that have no holster will start with pistol on table on their left or right side according to the strong hand and with both hands on head.

b. Shooters with multi shot magazines capacity of 10+ pellets must load a maximum of only 10 pellets per magazine. If a shooter does not have other magazine and wishes to load more then 10 pellets or BB's in the magazine he will given a penalty of 3.5 seconds for every 10 pellets or BB. The 3.5 sec /10 pellets or BB will be added to his string time irrespective of using the pellets or BB's.

See you next sunday....

A excellent website for all Benchrest enthusiasts.

The site name is "The Wind is not your friend." As the name suggest wind is the most feared enemy to enthusiast Bench rest shooters. Lots of information on wind reading and its effects.
The site also have many do it yourself projects that might interest those mechanically minded club members. Enjoy.

The Wind is Not Your Friend.

Debattista almost perfect in second round

Debattista almost perfect in second round

Media reports MAAC.

The Times of Malta.

The Malta Independent

MAAC would like to thank the editors for their support, in our sport coverage.
MAAC committee.