MAAC BR Nationals 12th -13th June 2010

MAAC Malta Nationals BENCHREST 12th & 13th June 2010
Schedule.

Air Rifle Classes:
Low Power Air Rifle Class : Under 15ft/lbs distance 25 meters.*
High Power Air Rifle Class : Over 15ftlbs distance 25 meters*.
Spring Power Air Rifle Class : Unlimited distance 15 meters.*
(*The Above Classes are open to all Target Shooter - B licensed shooters)

Special BR Class Varmint - Distance 25 meters**
** Open to MAAC members Holders of TS-A License only.

Number of Shooters Per Class.
The time restrictions and equipment restrictions force us to limit the number of shooters that will be accepted in each class. Shooters who would like to participate in this event must inform us by email (maacmalta@gmail.com) or by phone (99406506) not later then Thursday 10th June 2010 of their participation and their rifle class. This will be on first come first served bases. Late entries or shooters how present them selves on the range without registration will not be accepted if the limit of the class is exceeded.

Below is the number of shooters that will be allowed per class. Note the shooters participating must be present for both the 12th and 13th June 2010 Sessions.

Low Power Air Rifle Class : MAX 12 Shooters.
High Power Air Rifle Class: MAX 12 Shooters.
Spring Power Air Rifle Class: MAX 12 Shooters.
Special BR Class Varmint : MAX 16 Shooters.

NOTE: IF ONE Particular Class is not filled with max shooters we will allow the remaining benches to be filled by an other class in the AR section. This will be according to first come first served registration waiting list.

Class Requirements.

High power AR Class : All PCP air rifles with power exceeding 15ft/lb. Any Scope or stock. Cal. 0.177 to 0.22

Low power AR Class : All PCP air rifles with power not exceeding 15ft/bs. Any Scope or stock. Cal 0.177 to 0.22

Spring power AR Class: All Spring Powered air rifles. Power unlimited. Any Scope or stock. Cal 0.177 to 0.22

Special BR Class:
Rim Fire bolt action rifles. Single shot or Magazine fed. NO Semi Automatics. Any Scope. Factory Stocks. Carbine or long rifle in Cal 0.22LR ONLY.

CLASS Entries
If Rifle does not have the correct specifications according to the category this will not be allowed in the class. Low Power Class Air Rifles cannot be shoot in the High Power Class unless tuned to over 15ftlbs prior to match.

All rifles will be chronograph tested.

EVENT MATCH

The Shooters taking part in Air rifle - High Power Class, Low Power Class and Spring Power Class will shoot 3 ERABSF 25meter Cards on 12th June 2010 and 3 ERABSF 25meter Cards on the 13th June 2010.

The Shooter taking part in the Special BR Class will shoot 1 ERABSF 25meter card on the 12th June 2010 and 1 ERABSF 25meter card on the 13th June 2010.

SCHEDULE

For the smooth running of the event we will follow a strict tight schedule.
Shooters are advised to be at the range at 7.00 am.
Between 7.00am and 7.45am the shooter are requested to register and chronograph their air rifles.

Each shooter will be given a chrono sheet and an ID number for the shot.

ZEROING is allowed only from 7.00 am till 7.30am.

Shooter will be safety and event briefed at 7.40am

The first relay will commence at 8.00 pm sharp as per schedule.
The last relay will end at 16:30 as per schedule.
IF RELAYS END BEFORE 30MIN TIME WILL SHORTER.
NOT BR SPECIAL CLASS WILL STICK TO SCHEDULE DUE TO SLOT.
Each relay max time is 30min according to regulations.
ERABSF regulations will be used and briefed.

Saturday 12th June 2010.

Low Power AR Class.
M1 Relay 1 - 08:00 - 08:30
M1 Relay 2 - 08:40 - 09:10
M1 Relay 3 - 09:20 - 09:50

High Power AR Class
M1 Relay 1 - 10:00 - 10:30
M1 Relay 2 - 10:40 - 11:10
M1 Relay 3 - 11:20 - 11:50

Special BR Class
M1 Relay 1 Group 1 - 12:00 - 12:30
M1 Relay 1 Group 2 - 12:40 - 13:10
M1 Relay 1 Group 3 - 13:20 - 13:50
M1 Relay 1 Group 4 - 14:00 - 14:30

Spring Power Class
M2 Relay 1 - 14:40 - 15:10
M2 Relay 2 - 15:20 - 15:50
M2 Relay 3 - 16:00 - 16:30

Final Results for day 1 by 17:30

Sunday 13th June 2010

Low Power AR Class.
M2 Relay 1 - 08:00 - 08:30
M2 Relay 2 - 08:40 - 09:10
M2 Relay 3 - 09:20 - 09:50

High Power AR Class
M2 Relay 1 - 10:00 - 10:30
M2 Relay 2 - 10:40 - 11:10
M2 Relay 3 - 11:20 - 11:50

Special BR Class
M2 Relay 1 Group 1 - 12:00 - 12:30
M2 Relay 1 Group 2 - 12:40 - 13:10
M2 Relay 1 Group 3 - 13:20 - 13:50
M2 Relay 1 Group 4 - 14:00 - 14:30

Spring Power Class
M2 Relay 1 - 14:40 - 15:10
M2 Relay 2 - 15:20 - 15:50
M2 Relay 3 - 16:00 - 16:30

Final Results for day 2 and Nationals out by 17:30

ENTRY FEE
Registration fee is Euro 10 per shooter and Euro 3 per class.

1 Class = Euro 13
2 Class = Euro 16
3 Class = Euro 19
4 Class = Euro 22

Registration fees will be paid Saturday 12th June 2010.

Remember to book your entry.
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED LIMITED PLACES.

MAAC FT NATIONALS - HON. MR. CLYDE PULI AND KMS OFFICIALS VISIT.

We would like to thank Hon. Mr. Clyde Puli and KMS Officials Mr. Joe Cassar and Mr.Bernard Vassallo for their time to visit us and support us during this event.

Hon. Mr.Clyde Puli and KMS Officials meeting MAAC Officials

MAAC officials explain the FT regulations and demonstrate the equipment used in FT.

Hon. Mr. Clyde Puli attempts his first ever air rifle shot.

MAAC MALTA FT NATIONALS - PHOTOS

Click on links below. FT NATIONAL WEB PAGE.

8th MAY 2010.

9th MAY 2010.

MAAC Paintball Team

Well this is growing and we hope many more will join in. Those who are interested can contact me (Stanley or Paul) at the VSR range or write us at maacmalta@gmail.com. We will get back to you.Here are some images taken last Wednesday Match at Extreme Paintball Field Ta'Qali the team show here was engaged against 9 other members or becoming members.

TEAM Group Shot.

MAAC - Activity Calendar 2011

Fellow members our 2010 schedule of events is now coming to an end. The last 3 activities scheduled for 2010 are the following.

SUN 30TH MAY BR OPEN. (NEW)
and
SAT 12TH JUNE BR NATIONALS DAY 1
SUN 13TH JUNE BR NATIONALS DAY 2

All these events are Benchrest and I remind you that the scores in the nationals will be sent to the UK BR 22 postal for 2010.

MAAC air rifle section already agreed and launched the activity schedule for 2011 so as to inform you of what to expect in the coming season. MAAC Airrifle section have prepared an interesting format for 2011 with some radical changes which will be explained below.

Field Target

In 2010/2011 Season MAAC will organize 6 X FT OPENS and a 2 DAY FT Nationals.
As you all know MAAC is committed to carry on participating in the WFTF World Championships hence we need to select the best shooters to send abroad also in 2011.

The selection for 2011 WFTF WC will be based as follows.
The best 4 performances out of the 6 FT opens will be considered as part of the final score for the selections. The 2 Day FT Nationals will be compulsory for the shooters who want to attempt qualification for the WFTF 2011 WC. The ranking will be based upon the scores of 4 FT Open and 2 FT Nationals. This means that each shooter will be judged on a total of 300 shots spread out during the season. (50 shots will be each match in 2010/2011 season.)

Still there will be categories and prizes for local championships but still there will be MQS for WFTF Qualification for the 12ftlbs PCP and Spring Categories but this will be explained later.

Dates - FT Open
1. 26th September 2010
2. 31st October 2010
3. 28th November 2010
4. 12th December 2010
5. 30th January 2011
6. 27th February 2011
7. 27th March 2011
Dates FT Nationals.
8. FT Nationals 1st Round 16th April 2011
9. FT Nationals 2nd Round 17th April 2011

Field Target Competitions Dedicated for Beginners.

The MAAC air rifle sub committee urged the request to introduce SPECIAL events for those members who are either beginners or not regular practicing members during the 2010/2011 season. In these events club members who participated in International events will not be allowed to participate as competitors but agreed to marshal and coach the other members. The aim of this initiative is to generate more interest in those members and input the sense of competition.

Dates - Special FT Match
1. 10th February 2011
2. 31st March 2011

HFT (Hunter Field Target)

In 2010/2011 Season MAAC will organize 3 X HFT OPENS and a 2 DAY HFT Nationals.
MAAC will be participating in the 2011 WHFTA Worlds in Kelmarsh (April) officially.
The 3 X HFT Open events will be taking place before the WHFTA Worlds and ALL 3 Match scores serve to qualify the shooters competing for for this event.

For local championship in HFT a 2 DAY HFT Nationals will be held in May 2011. The best 2 scores in the HFT Opens plus the scores from the HFT Nationals will dictate the Local HFT championship winners. The WHFTA selection will be base on 90 targets and the Nationals on 120 targets. ( 30 targets per HFT match)

We expect to see HFT Shooters from ABROAD during 2011 as we had several requests and now we are about to inform and invite them to join us.

Dates HFT Open.
1. 14th November 2010
2. 9th January 2011
3. 13th February 2011
Dates HFT Nationals.
4. HFT Nationals Round 1 14th May 2011
5. HFT Nationals Round 2 15th May 2011

BR ( Bench Rest )

During 2010/2011 Season we will conduct 3 BR open events and a 2 Day BR Nationals event.
There will be no selection for BR in 2010/2011 season only a local championship and participation in UKBR22 postals or other postals that will be announced later.

The best out of 2 BR open events are selected for final score of the local BR championship.
The 2 Day BR Nationals is compulsary for the championship.
In BR open 1 X ERABSF 25 meter card will be shot.
In BR Nationals 3 X ERABSF Cards will be shot per round.

Dates BR Open
1. 17th October 2010
2. 8th December 2010
3. 13th March 2011
Dates BR Nationals.
4. BR Nationals Round 1 28th May 2011
5. BR Nationals Round 2 29th May 2011

MAAC FT MALTA NATIONALS

MAAC would like to thank all those who participated and who took the initiative to support this activity. We would also like to thank Hon. Mr. Clyde Puli and KMS Officials Mr. Joe Cassar and Mr.Bernard Vassallo for their time to visit us and support us during this event.
A full report and photos will be published here on the web site as soon as possible.
The qualified shooters from the FT Malta Nationals that will represent Malta in the WFTF Worlds in Hungary 2010 are the following:

1st James Bugeja PCP Class.
2nd David Giardina PCP Class.
3rd Wayne Galea PCP Class.
4th Stanley Shaw Springer Class.

Well done to all !
Report and Photos will follow....

Procedure applied for ranking and prize winning in MAAC FT Nationals.

We would like to explain to all the competitors the process of how we will deal with the ranking and eventually the prize claims so that there will be total transparency of this process.

MSPS and MSPS Alterations.

• Each and every competitor will shoot 60 targets on Saturday and 60 targets on Sunday.
• After Saturday's shot, MAAC will issue the 1st ranking list.
• After Sunday's shot, MAAC will issue the 2nd ranking list.
• The shooters will be ranked by category PCP and Spring independent.
• The MSPS for PCP is 90/120 and for Spring is 70/120.

• If even one shooter exceeds the MSPS in his category the MSPS will remain as set for that category.

• If no shooters exceed the MSPS in his category the MSPS will be altered

Altering of MSPS
If the MSPS for PCP is 90 and the top score is that of Mr. X with 85 points then the MSPS will be set as follows:

120 = 90
85 = ?

the MSPS will be set at 77 / 120

All shooters exceeding the new ALTERED MSPS will qualify.

Ranking - Qualified

All shooters that exceed MSPS original or Altered will be qualified.

• This means that they will all get MAAC FT Malta Nationals Qualification Polo Shirt.

Ranking for Prizes.

• Shooters 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Category get the Trophy Without any calculations.
• The shooters will be ranked in a list separate for PCP and Spring.
  

The first* in each category will get the first prize i.e. ticket to Hungary for WFTF Worlds and Expenses up to Euro 690. **
* The category must of course have more then 1 shooter to be eligible.
**Expenses will be only issued to MAAC members who had paid up membership b4 1st May 2010. The ticket will be issued to any shooter irrespective of club.

The second* price free ticket to Hungary WFTF Worlds will be given to the second in the category.
* the category must have more then two shooters

Exceptions.

• If the category has only one or two shooters then the 1st and 2nd price is not automatic going to the competitors. This will not be fair play.

To resolve this case the following procedure is applied.

Example 1.

PCP Class.
Mr. A scores 95/120
Mr. B scores 89/120
Mr. C scores 80/120

and in Spring Class there is 2 Competitors.
Mr. E scores 82/120
Mr. F scores 75/120

PCP Class Mr.A exceeds MSPS 90 only Mr.B not Qualified and Mr.C not qualified.

In Spring Class Both Mr. E and Mr. F exceeds MSPS 70

In this case Mr. A and Mr. B from PCP class get 1st and 2nd respectively and Mr.E and Mr.F get 1st and 2nd place for the Spring Class respectively.

Example 2.

PCP Class.
Mr. A scores 95/120
Mr. B scores 93/120
Mr. C scores 92/120

and in Spring Class there is 2 Competitors.
Mr. E scores 82/120
Mr. F scores 75/120

PCP Class Mr.A Mr.B and Mr.C exceeds MSPS 90 so all qualified.
In Spring Class Both Mr. E and Mr. F exceeds MSPS 70 so all qualified.

Since all qualified Mr A and Mr E get first of their class but the second place is undecided.
To establish the 2nd winners the percentage to the nearest 1 exceeding the MSPS must be calculated.

Mr . B
90 = 100
93 = ?

103.33 % = 103%

Mr. C
90 = 100
92 = ?

102.2% = 102%

Mr. F
70 = 100
75 = ?

107.14% = 107%

So in this case Mr. B PCP wins 2nd and Mr.F wins 2nd for Spring in terms of price.

Note it can be the case were Mr.C could have had higher % hence in such case the 2nd prices will go both for PCP. See the following example.

Example 3.
PCP Class.
Mr. A scores 96/120
Mr. B scores 95/120
Mr. C scores 94/120

and in Spring Class there is 2 Competitors.
Mr. E scores 82/120
Mr. F scores 72/120

PCP Class Mr.A Mr.B and Mr.C exceeds MSPS 90 so all qualified.
In Spring Class Both Mr. E and Mr. F exceeds MSPS 70 so all qualified.

Since all qualified Mr A and Mr E get first of their class but the second place is undecided.
To establish the 2nd winners the percentage exceeding the MSPS must be calculated.

Mr . B
90 = 100
95 = ?

105.55 % = 106%

Mr. C
90 = 100
94 = ?

104.44% = 104%

Mr. F
70 = 100
72= ?

102.85% = 103%

In this case Mr. B and Mr. C take 2nd Price .

EXCEPTION - Percentages becomes equal.
If percentage becomes equal between PCP and SPRING then the resolution will be settled by the Highest score for the two rounds.

Example
Mr. A PCP scores 50/60 in first round and 45/60 in second round total 95/120.

90=100
95=?
105.55% = 106%

Mr B Spring scores 40/60 in first round and 34/60 in second round total 74/120

70=100
74= ?
105.71% = 106%

In such case we have a tie.
There is an option given to the competitors to decide first.
A. Shoot of Sudden Death

If they not agree

Mr. A first round 50/60
Mr. A second round 45/60

Mr. B first round 40/60
Mr. B second round 34/60


Mr A MSPS 90
Mr B MSPS 70

Mr A Round 1
90 = 100
50 = ?
55.55% = 56%

Mr A Round 2
90=100
45=?
50% = 50%

Mr B Round 1
70=100
40=?
57.14% = 57%

Mr.B Round 2
70=100
34=?
48.57% = 49%

The Highest percentage obtained in individual rounds was that of Mr. B in the 1st round of 57% hence he claims the price.

MAAC FT MALTA NATIONALS - PRICES

This is the latest update on the MAAC FT Malta Nationals with direct reference to the prices.
1st PCP Class and 1st Springer Class Prices.
MAAC gives free air ticket to WFTF Worlds in Hungary (Euro 282) + Euro 690 to cover the rest of the traveling and lodging costs. *

2nd PCP Class and 2nd Springer Class Prices.
MAAC gives free air thicket to WFTF Worlds in Hungary (Euro 282) **

* Non MAAC members will qualify for the Fee Air ticket only. Full package is only applicable to MAAC members only who had 2010 membership paid up before 1st May 2010. Other conditions apply.

** 2nd Price applies for MAAC members who had 2010 membership paid up before 1st May 2010. Other conditions apply.

• ALL competitors who exceed the Minimum Scoring Point System will receive MAAC FT T-Shirt.
• ALL competitors will receive a participation medal.
• 1st - 2nd - 3rd for both classes will receive FT Malta National Trophies.

MAAC FT MALTA NATIONAL - LATEST NEWS

• IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL COMPETITORS AND RANGE ASSISTANTS TAKE NOTE OF THIS LATEST PROGRAM REVISION.

• NOTE LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE CLOSING DATE 5th MAY 2010.
  

• PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUESTED TO BE ON TIME FOR THE REGISTRATION CHRONO AND BRIEFING. IF NO REASON IS COMMUNICATED PRIOR TO START OF EVENT COMPETITOR CAN BE DISQUALIFIED.
  

• THE COMPETITION WILL START ON TIME AND END ON TIME. NO EXTRA ALLOWANCE WILL BE PERMITTED.
  

REVISED PROGRAM FOR RANGE CREW & MARSHALLS.

SATURDAY 8^TH MAY 2010

06:30 Range Opens.

07:30 Range Crew and officials meets at VSR.

07:45-08:00 Range Crew Meeting.

08-00 – 11:00 Start Range Set up.

Camp Area

Sighting in Area

Chrono Area

Zone Areas

Blue Zone Targets

White Zone Target

08:45-12:30 Registry - Sighting in Area and Chrono Area must be manned.

12:00-12:30 Marshalls Meeting.

12:30-13:30 LUNCH.

14:00-18:00 Marshalls man the lanes.

18:30 Range will be closed.

SUNDAY 9^th MAY 2010

06:30 Range Crew and officials meets at VSR.

06:30-07:45 Start Range Set up.

Blue Zone Targets placement of targets.

White Zone Target placement of targets.

07:45-08:30 Sighting in Area and Chrono Area manned.

09:00-12.30 Marshalls man the lanes.

12:30 Staff Dismantle Blue and White Zone Possible set up of Shoot off zone.

13:00 Presentation of Awards.

REVISED PROGRAM FOR COMPETITORS.

SATURDAY 8^TH MAY 2010

06:30 Range Opens

08:45-12:30 Registry - Sighting in Area and Chrono Area opens for competitors.

12:30-13:30 LUNCH.

13:45-14:15 Competitors Briefing.

14:30-18:00 Competition Round 1 Starts.

SUNDAY 9^th MAY 2010

06:30 Range Opens.

07:45-08:30 Sighting in Area and Chrono Area open.

08:45-08:55 Competitors Briefing.

09:00-12:30 Competition Round 2 Starts.

12:30 Assist Staff clearing all Ranges.

12:45 Shoot offs (result dependant).

13:00 Presentation of Awards.