National Championships - South Africa. April 2011

SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 

                                      

We have 4 major matches during our Championships, they are:

1.      The Grand Aggregate - The aggregate of all individual scores in the designated Grand Aggregate Matches. It is all the individual matches shot over the first 4 days, total out of 660 points. This year we lost a match due to rain – total out of 555.

Results:

1.      PA HAASBROEK            554 – 49V        -           INCH ACTION

2.      DMC DODDS                  553 - 58V         -           INCH ACTION

3.      JA DU TOIT                     553 – 57V        -             INCH ACTION

Other shottist (shooters) that used INCH action under the top 10 was :

8. GD HIGGS          -           550 – 55V

9. J FOURIE            -           550 – 53V

2.      The State President's Trophy  -  This is the total of the 2^nd and 3^rd stages. This matches (2^nd and 3^rd stages) does not form part of the above mentioned match and scores. It is out of a total of 300 points

Results:

1.      JA DU TOIT               -           298 – 34V

2.      PA HAASBROEK     -           296 – 22V

Other shottist that used INCH Actions under the top 10 were:

             5.DMC DODDS                       -295 – 30V

            8.BJ PIETERS                -           294 – 25V

            10.LVW BRAND           -           293 – 31V

   3.      The Bramley Chain -  The Aggregate of scores achieved by competitors in the Grand Aggregate for the current year plus those of the preceding 2 (two) years.

           Results:

1.      PA Haasbroek

   4.The SA Championships - The aggregate of scores fired in the Grand Aggregate plus 2^nd and 3^rd Stages of the State President. Total out of 855 points.

    Results:

1.     JA DU TOIT                  -           851 – 91V

2.     PA HAASBROEK         -           850 – 71V

3.     DMC DODDS               -           848 – 88V

Other shottist under top 10 using INCH actions

5. R HAYTER                      -           842 – 81V

7. GD HIGGS                      -           840 – 75V

8. J FOURIE                        -           840 – 74V

6.out of top 10 and 9 out of the Top 20 shottist in the SA Open Championships used INCH Actions.

PLEASE NOTE that all the above are SA Palma Team members that used INCH Actions.

A little bit on the 3 top shottist:

1.      JA (André) Du Toit

He is only 21 years of age and is also the youngest member of the SA Palma Team. He is a student at the University of Johannesburg and is studying Accounting.

the scores he achieved this year is one of the top scores of the last 10 years and could have been a new record if we did not lost a match (short range) due to rain.

He also scored the highest total in the SA Team shoot championships with a score of 303 out of 305.

2.      PA (Arno) Haasbroek

He is now for the last three years the winner of the Grand Aggregate and Bramley chain matches. He also won the SA Championships in 2010.

H e was one of the 2 members of the SA Commonwealth Games Team in 2010. He won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championships held in India.

 3.      DMC (David) Dodds

He is for years one of the top shottist in South Africa. He was a participant in 2 Commonwealth Games and won 2 silver medals in the  2002 Commonwealth Games. This years Palma would be his 5^th Palma Championships that he would be a member of the SA Palma Team.