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Won't see this on a US range.

Retired AMU shooter Brandon Green won the South African Chsmpionship with a 924-93V

Oliver was eighth with a 914-94X.


Up next is the individual world championship and then the Palma matches.

Thanks for posting, good to see two USA shooters in the top 10!

They fired a single 700 meter WLRC individuals match this afternoon. Trudy was 3rd, Brandon 9th. The temps are in the mid 90s.

This is for the World Championship and is current through the first match today.

WRLC Standings

Thanks for sharing this. I'm feeling a bit old and out of touch. Only recognize a handful of names on there; Brandon, Eisenboss and Mudcat. ...maybe a few more but without first names or initials hard to say. Coming to terms with not seeing a Tompkins in a big international match...

Crap!...that's the baby Mudcat!

They are both there.

Cool to see international shooters I've been squadded with on the list.

The Tompkins are still a big presence here as they run our State Championship matches. I think Nancy may be the only one still shooting, saw her shooting in a smallbore metric prone match earlier this month. Sherri Jo calls the line at the big matches, with Mid and Michelle in the stats office.

Top ten start a shoot off at 7:45 central time.
Brandon is fifth going in the shoot off. Amanda was 11th.

https://gbrt.org.uk/tours/palma24/r...9VDdWSrnG5hT_-m85IcVaCKuAnETFd_WTtaQRRmI

Thanks for posting. That was a tight finish!

Brandon dropped four points in two shots, that did him in.

Mudcat posted on the National Match forum that the weather was brutal for the World Championship. Wind was bad enough, but the heat was oppressive.

Brandon is a world class shooter, winning the SA Championship and making the shoot off in the World Championship on your first attempt is impressive.

He certainly deserves the "world class" designation. This is his 3rd time on the US Palma team. He shot at the 2015 and 2019 WLRCs as well.

Now for the team matches!

Did not know Brandon shot the championship before. I did not meet him until around 2018, and was not following Palma closely back then.

Thanks

Some good scores shot in SA today.

Over a dozen cleans shot.

https://gbrt.org.uk/tours/palma24/r...5LGMZBOoVrFhm3X2nmloofs2oyQsiOuxcxtHUxDc

Some great scores for sure. Hopefully the US hasn't dug too deep a hole. Maybe some stiffer winds tomorrow would help.

It’s not the number of good shots you make that wins the match…it’s the bad ones that get away from you 😊

Yep!

On a side note for those not familiar with team shooting, it is a little different. The wind coach makes the wind call, turns the rear sight knobs and tells you when to break the shot. The shooter breaks the shot and calls their shot which is used by the wind coach for the next correction if needed after reviewing the actual hit location, wind and mirage.

I'll always remember the analogy told me by my first 1000 yard team match coach that my job was to swing the bat perfectly centered over home plate. His job was to hit it with the pitch.

Congratulations to the new World Champion Australian team. Team USA shot very well day two taking second place behind Australia only by V Bull count. Final placements:

Australia
Great Britain
South Africa
USA
New Zealand
Canada
Germany

A recap from the Palma Alliance on Facebook.

Curtis Gordon shot perfect scores back to back, never happened before


Congratulations to captain Bob Robert Mead and all of my friends on the US Palma team on a truly remarkable day 2 in the 2024 Palma Match in South Africa. I got up early this morning to watch the match live stream, and was not disappointed. The day 2 score of 3592-464v is amazing; 6 coaches coached 16 shooters through 45 shots each at 700-900 meters (800-1000 yards) and only lost 8 total points. Some highlights include:

- Zero points lost through all 16 shooters at 700 meters today - perfect team score of 1200
- John Friguglietti’s WHOLE squad shooting clean for the WHOLE day
- Curtis Gordon’s perfect 450 for the 2-day agg, a score that had never been fired in the history of the Palma before today
- Several team members firing perfect 225’s today.

Thanks for posting the extra details, that is some great shooting! Back to back 225s by the Curtis / John duo is amazing.

I had forgotten about Erik's page.

Your reading comprehension sucks. Go read again. I'll even say it for you. Two equal shooters, the one with the highest BC bullet will win. Its simple as that, there is less error.

How far do people shoot? Depends on the match. What's it to you?