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The

Full-bore- Planning for Phoenix

Small-bore- Thinking Prairie Open

Sept 2015

Buffalo Chips

Like always, if you have any questions, scores, tips or advice, comments,

or have something that you would like to have published in the For Sale /

Wanted section, email me at mprachips@gmail.com

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The Results Issue

Well fall is here and so is the longest issue of the Chips. Highlights include the results from a summer of small and full bore matches, Novice open house and notice of our second Prairie Open cut score competition at our Shooting Sports Performance Center located at 711 Leola St..

The indoor 22LR rifle season will be starting soon with Monday nights at Gateway Gun Club and maybe Wednesday nights at Minto Armoury. Note that every third Monday night at Gateway, the Novice program shoots there and has exclusive use on that night. Keep an eye out for Leo’s e-mail as it will mention what night the that program runs and we will be updating the calendar on the M.P.R.A. website.

In the next several issues will also include historical documents from past members and fellow marksman thanks to Doran Sewell. Doran and her husband Don have represented Manitoba and Canada for many years at national and international shooting competitions. Both are also honored in the Manitoba sports Hall of Fame plus Don is in the D.C.R.A. Hall of Fame.

Finally to everyone going hunting, stay safe and send me a photo of your trophy, hunting camp or something that might be of interest to the rest of us. The hunting photo’s in last year addition were a big hit so let’s keep this going.

Thank you to everyone submitting a report and especially to Melissa for helping with the PDF’s.

Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig

likes it.

George Bernard Shaw

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143rd Annual M.P.R.A. Full Bore Championship GENERAL: A photo of the entrants/ competitors in our 143 MPRA Championship Meet gathered around the Trophy Display Table at the St. Charles Rifle Range prior to the Prize-Giving Ceremony on 3 Aug 20125 . Missing from the photo: George Cherepak, Ken Closen, Stan Frost, Kevin Hagen, Bruno Malbasa and Paul Rossington. RE: TR Class: Congratulations to Bruce Macdonald for winning the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba’s Final . He’s shown being “chaired” in recognition of his accomplishment to the skirl of the pipes; played by our resident MPRA piper, Ron Dawson. And, he’s shown receiving the Lt. Governor’s Gold Medal and the Visitor’s Cup presented to him by John Chapman, Match Organizer/Coordinator.

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Congratulations to Darrell Grant , shown with his trophies awarded for winning eight individual TR Matches and Aggregates, including the Grand Aggregate and the Ottawa Aggregate. Re: F-TR Class: Barry Hamilton won both the Grand Aggregate and the Ottawa Aggregate in the F-TR Class. Unfortunately no photo is available Re F-Open Class: Congratulations Ryan Wyenberg for winning the Pryed Aggregate ( day 1), Grand Aggregate ( day 1+2), Lieutenant Governors Final ( day 2+3) and the Ottawa Aggregate ( total of all three days) and for highest overall score in all classes. Well done!!

MARCUS J. JONES MATCH MATCH WINNER: J.A. BLACKBURN CHALLENGE CUP DARRELL GRANT 50-7 F. CLASS OPEN MATCH WINNER : The DCRA CUP KEVIN HAGEN 50-6 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE MATCH WINNER: PRESIDENT’S CUP RON PERRIER 50-6

MASTER CLASS: 1. RON DAWSON 50-6 2. MURRAY SLOANE 49-6 3. BRUCE MACDONALD 49-5 EXPERT /MARKSMAN 1. STAN FROST 49-6 2. JOHN CHAPMAN 48-2 F CLASS OPEN 1. KEITH SKJERDAL 49-6

2. RYAN WYENBERG 49-4 3. TOM MCCREA 49-4 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE 1. JIM WILDERMAN 50-4 2. BARRY HAMILTON 50-4 3. DALE LUCHUCK 48-6

THE IMRE DOSZPOD MATCH MATCH WINNER: A. M. BLACKBURN CHALLENGE CUP BRUCE MACDONALD 75-9 F CLASS OPEN MATCH WINNER: MINISTER OF MILITIA CUP RYAN WYENBERG 75-10 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE MATCH WINNER: SHEA’S CHALLENGE CUP GORD HULBERT 75-6

MASTER CLASS 1. RON DAWSON 74-8 2. DARRELL GRANT 74-7 EXPERT/MARKSMAN 1. STAN FROST 74-6 2. JOHN CHAPMAN 70-6 F CLASS OPEN 1. TOM MCCREA 75-7 2. KEVIN HAGEN 75-5 3. PAUL ROSSINGTON 71-4

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F CLASS TARGET RIFLE 1. DAN LINDSAY 73-8 2. BARRY HAMILTON 73-6 3. DALE LUCHUCK 71-4

E L. DUNLOP MEMORIAL MATCH MATCH WINNER : THE TRIBUNE CHALLENGE CUP MURRAY SLOANE 50-9 F CLASS OPEN MATCH WINNER: THE PREMIER & RODERICK CHALLENGE CUP KEITH SKJERDAL 50-6 F CLASS T/R MATCH WINNER: O’KEEFE CHALLENGE TROPHY JIM WILDERMAN 49-5 MASTER CLASS 1. DARRELL GRANT 50-5 2. RON DAWSON 49-5 EXPERT/MM CLASS 1. JOHN CHAPMAN 48-3

2. PERRY MARSH 48-3

F CLASS OPEN 1. RYAN WYENBERG 50-6 2. KEN CLOSEN 50-3 3. TOM MCCREA 49-3 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE 1. GERRY WIENS 48-4 2. JOHN TOSET 48-2 3. BARRY HAMILTON 48-1 THE FOUNDERS’ MATCH MATCH WINNER: THE FIGHTING MAID OF WARSAW BRUCE MACDONALD 74-5 F.CLASS OPEN MATCH WINNER: THE 1907 BIRKS CUP KEVIN HAGEN 71-7 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE MATCH WINNER: GENT CHALLENGE CUP DALE LUCHUCK 70-5 MASTER CLASS 1. DARRELL GRANT 73-6 2. MURRAY SLOANE 70-1 EXPERT/MM CLASS 1. PERRY MARSH 72-2 2. STAN FROST 69-4

F CLASS OPEN 1. RYAN WYENBERG 71-4 2. PAUL ROSSINGTON 70-6

3. KEN CLOSEN 70-4 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE 1. GERRY WIENS 69-6 2. JIM WILDERMAN 68-3 3. JAYSON DAENINCK 67-2

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THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S MATCH – FIRST STAGE TARGET RIFLE: T.W. TAYLOR CHALLENGE CUP F. CLASS MATCH WINNER: DCRA SILVER MEDAL MASTER CLASS 1. RON DAWSON 99-7 2. MURRAY SLOANE 98-5 EXPERT/MM CLASS 1. STAN FROST 93-3 2. PERRY MARSH 93-2 F CLASS OPEN 1. KEITH SKJERDAL 100-8 2. TOM MCREA 100-7 3. KEVIN HAGEN 99-7 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE 1. BARRY HAMILTON 100.6 2. GERRY WIENS 97-6 3. DALE LUCHUCK 97-6 THE MACDONALD STEWART FOUNDATION MATCH MATCH WINNER: BRITISH CONSULS CHALLENGE TROPHY DARRELL GRANT 73-2 F CLASS OPEN WINNER: FIELD FIRING CHALLENGE CUP KEVIN HAGEN 72-5 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE WINNER: LT COL F.J. DINGWALL CUP DALE LUCHUCK 73-8 MASTER CLASS 1. RON DAWSON 71-6 2. BRUCE MACDONALD 71-1 EXPERT CLASS 1. PERRY MARSH 70-3 2. STAN FROST 70-2 F CLASS OPEN 1. TOM MCCREA 72-4 2. RYAN WYENBERG 71-6 3. KEITH SKJERDAL 69-4 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE 1. GEORGE CHEREPAK 71-5 2. JOHN TOSET 71-1 3. JIM WILDERMAN 69-2 THE NEWMAN MATCH MATCH WINNER: SIR H.J. MACDONALD CHALLENGE CUP DARRELL GRANT 50-6 F CLASS OPEN WINNER: THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL T.H. BILLMAN CUP TOM MCCREA 50-5 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE WINNER: GEORGE NEWMAN CUP JIM WILDERMAN 50-6

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MASTER CLASS 1. MURRAY SLOANE 49-3 2. RON DAWSON 46-3 EXPERT/MM CLASS 1. STAN FROST 48-5 2. PERRY MARSH 48-1 F CLASS OPEN 1. KEVIN HAGEN 50-2 2. RYAN WYENBERG 49-7 3. KEN CLOSEN 48-4 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE 1. GERRY WIENS 49-4 2. GORD HULBERT 49-3 3. DAN LINDSAY 48-3

THE PRYED AGGREGATE BIRKS DINGWALL CUP

AGGREGATE WINNER- MARCUS J. JONES, N.H. BROWN, DUNLOP DARRELL GRANT 174-19

HIGH MASTER RON DAWSON 173-19 HIGH EXPERT STAN FROST 171-15 HIGH F CLASS OPEN RYAN WYENBERG 174-20 HIGH F CLASS TR BARRY HAMILTON 171-11

THE GUTNICK AGGREGATE WINGROVE CUP

AGGREGATE WINNER-FOUNDERS, NEWMAN, MACDONALD STEWART DARREL GRANT 196-14 HIGH MASTER BRUCE MACDONALD 189-9 HIGH EXPERT PERRY MARSH 190-6 HIGH F CLASS OPEN KEVIN HAGEN 193-14 HIGH F CLASS TARGET RIFLE DALE LUCHUCK 187-14

THE GRAND AGGREGATE

HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY 1900 CUP Governor General’s silver medal DARRELL GRANT 465-37 McMEANS CHALLENGE CUP F CLASS OPEN WINNER: DCRA gold medal RYAN WYENBERG 467-44 HOLT CUP F CLASS TARGET RIFLE WINNER BARRY HAMILTON 453-24 TOP EXPERT : DCRA SILVER MEDAL STAN FROST 451-29

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MASTER CLASS 1. RON DAWSON 456-37 2. BRUCE MACDONALD 456-35 EXPERT CLASS 1. JOHN CHAPMAN 449-19 2. PERRY MARSH 446-18 F CLASS OPEN 1. KEVIN HAGEN 465-35 2. TOM MCCREA 465-32 3. KEN CLOSEN 442-25 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE 1. DALE LUCHUCK 450.32 2. JIM WILDERMAN 449-28 3. JOHN TOSET 443- 28

THE GARRETT MEMORIAL AGGREGATE

GARRETT SHIELD DARRELL GRANT 173-19 THE BANKERS CUP F CLASS OPEN KEVIN HAGEN 169-15 A.W. RIEDLE CUP F CLASS TARGET JIM WILDERMAN 168- 13

THE 137th ANIVERSARY AGGREGATE

WINNER OF THE AGGREGATE: THE RISK CUP TARGET RIFLE DARRELL GRANT 296-26 THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES F CLASS OPEN KEVIN HAGEN 291-23

O’KEEFE CHALLENGE TROPHY F CLASS T/R JIM WILDERMAN 286-20 MASTER CLASS 1. MURRAY SLOANE 287-21 2. BRUCE MACDONALD 285-18

EXPERT 1. PERRY MARSH 285-13 2. STAN FROST 284-20

F CLASS OPEN 1. RYAN WYENBERG 290-27 2. TOM MCCREA 290-18 3. KEN CLOSEN 281-17 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE 1. DALE LUCHUCK 282-22 2. GORD HULBERT 280-12 3. GERRY WIENS 279-20

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THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S MATCH- FINAL STAGE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S GOLD MEDAL BRUCE MACDONALD 242-17 F CLASS OPEN: THOM KELLY CHALLENGE RYAN WYENBERG 245-15 MASTER 1. MURRAY SLOANE 239-13 2. RON DAWSON 237-17 EXPERT 1. JOHN CHAPMAN 237-13 2. STAN FROST 226-9 3. PERRY MARSH 223-9 F CLASS OPEN 1. KEVIN HAGEN 242-21 2. TOM MCCREA 239-14 3. KEITH SKJERDAL 231-16 F CLASS TRAGET RIFLE 1. BARRY HAMILTON 237-15 2. GERRY WIENS 237-13 3. GORD HULBERT 237-12

JIM LUCHUCK AGGREGATE AGGREGATE WINNER: THE PATRON’S CUP 1882 BRUCE MACDONALD 264-17

F CLASS OPEN WINNER: THE MAJOR H.M. MARSDEN TROPHY KEVIN HAGEN 264-23 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE WINNER: THE VICE PATRON’S CUP GERRY WIENS 259-17 MASTER CLASS 1. DARRELL GRANT 263-20 2. MURRAY SLOANE 260-12 EXPERT 1. STAN FROST 250-15 2. PERRY MARSH 250-10 F CLASS OPEN 1. RYAN WYENBERG 263-19 2. TOM MCCREA 259-14 3. PAUL ROSSINGTON 253-16 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE 1. JIM WILDERMAN 251-17 2. BARRY HAMILTON 251-13 3. DALE LUCHUCK 246-10

THE OTTAWA AGGREGATE

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SILVER CUP & BUFFALO, MINIATURE & CREST DARRELL GRANT 605-45 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S BRONZE MEDAL BRUCE MACDONALD 602-44 TOP EXPERT/SHARPSHOOTER: THE MITCHELL COPP CUP JOHN CHAPMAN 586-26 TOP F CLASS OPEN: LORD STRATHCONA CUP: RYAN WYENBERG 610-52 TOP TRAGET RIFLE : DREWERY TROPHY: BARRY HAMILTON 590-33

MASTER CLASS 1. MURRAY SLOANE 597-41 2. RON DAWSON 594-47 EXPERT CLASS 1. STAN FROST 584-35 2. PERRY MARSH 576-25 F CLASS OPEN 1. KEVIN HAGEN 608-49 2. TOM MCCREA 604-39 3. PAUL ROSSINGTON 576-34 F CLASS TARGET RIFLE 1. GERRY WIENS 582-36 2. JIM WILDERMAN 582-36 3. DALE LUCHUCK 582-36

MPRA HPS GOLD CROSS – POSSIBLE SCORE

MARCUS J. JONES DARRELL GRANT RON DAWSON KEVIN HAGEN BARRY HAMILTON RON PERRIER JIM WILDERMAN IMRE DOSZPOD BRUCE MACDONALD GORD HULBERT RYAN WYENBERG TOM MCCREA KEVIN HAGEN E.L. DUNLOP MURRAY SLOANE DARRELL GRANT KEITH SKJERDAL RYAN WYENBERG KEN CLOSEN N H BROWN KEVIN HAGEN TOM MCCREA RYAN WYENBERG GORD HULBERT BRUCE MACDONALD NEWMAN DARRELL GRANT KEVIN HAGEN TOM MCCREA JIM WILDERMAN LT GOV’S FINAL 900 RON DAWSON KEVIN HAGEN BARRY HAMILTON

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Novice Program Open House, September 23rd

The novice program will have an open house , Wednesday, September 23rd at

our Shooting Sports Performance Centre 711 Leola St, 7-9pm. If know

anyone who is interested in the sport we offer a 10 week course (one hour a

week)where participants will shoot air rifle from the standing position and

22lr prone every third week at Gateway Gun Club. The cost is $150.00 and we

supply everything that you will need to enjoy and grow in this great sport.

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Training vs. Practice

For much of my 25 shooting career I was pretty mediocre, managing the occasional possible or bar in the meeting; however I just knew that if I could somehow master myself and my technique then I could do much better. It felt like there was a good shooter inside me fighting to get out. If this describes the frustration that you feel about your shooting, then you should probably read on. I can't promise "one weird trick" to make you effortlessly qualify for the next Commonwealth Games or gain your first shooting place on the Palma Team, but I can give you some pointers. The good news is that achieving such goals is within your grasp; I absolutely believe that pretty much anyone can do it. The bad news is that unless you're very naturally talented, it's going to take quite a lot of hard work. Looking back, there seem to be two key points in time where I've made major leaps in performance, each of which correlates with some lesson that I've learned. These haven't been about the specifics of technique; although both of them resulted in changes in technique which later improved my results. Nor have these been about increasing the volume of livefire practice that I've completed, and although the amount of shooting I have done has increased, that has been a consequence of improved performance and the increased number of invitations to tour or shoot in matches that I have received as a result. Rather, these lessons have been much more general in nature. Think of them as philosophies that have informed my approach to my shooting. Lesson 1 - Work out what you're doing wrong. Stop doing it wrong. Start doing it right. Believe it or not, it took me about a decade in shooting to work this one out. It sounds very simple, trivially obvious even, yet when people have asked me for a critique of their position or some other aspect of their technique, and I have made comment about one flaw or another I have often received the answer, "But I've always done that. I don't think it's a problem." It's incredible that such self-deception is possible but I believe that it is relatively common. I was certainly guilty of it for quite a while (see my post One Weird Trick for details.) Note that the person in question knows of the problem, very often they know that it's contrary to the principles of marksmanship, but still they do not perceive that it's a probable cause of poor performance despite the evidence to the contrary. The real issue very often lies not knowing that there is a problem, but in acknowledging it and acting upon that knowledge. Lesson 2 - Stop practising. Start training. The 2007 Palma Team tour was a critical turning point for me, not because I shot brilliantly as an individual and then earned my first Palma Match cap as a shooter. Actually, I shot mediocre groups in the DCRA meeting and the Individual WLRC. As a result, the Captain made the entirely correct decision that I was to be reserve for the Palma Match and plotted both days. While I was delighted that I could still contribute to the team's success, I was gutted that it wasn't as a shooter. In my post-season analysis, I realised that I wasn't learning very effectively, spending most of my time banging rounds down Century and Stickledown ranges. I needed to focus less onpractising, and more on training. As a result of this lesson, I began to do a lot more dry firing, SCATT and visualisation. During my practice sessions, I spent more time on creative exercises. One particular favourite is to mix a few dummy rounds in with lives in a cloth bag and not look when loading, which gives immediate feedback on flinch and follow-through. Speed shooting is also a useful exercise, and a real area for improvement for me as anyone who has coached me can probably tell you. I also spent less time on the range in the following year, but my resultsimproved. Since that time, I've expanded the range of activities that I do to train effectively to include cardio, stretching and other physical activities. I'll talk about some of these in future posts. Conclusions In the 2011 GB Palma Team Brochure I defined practise as "...the constant repetition of existing technique, often flawed..." and training as "...a schedule of highly varied exercises designed to identify and address flaws in technique planned around achieving a defined goal." My guess is that many, if not most fullbore shooters, do

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not train effectively and certainly do not have a defined plan to improve and yet they expect somehow to get better. How is this reasonable? Take the time to make an honest appraisal of your shooting, and use the lessons you learn to build yourself a new plan to train, rather than merely to practise. Article Courtesy of : Gaz Morris - GB Fullbore shooter

Please note that with the shooting season coming to an end the dry firing and visualization technices can be practiced at home. But we also have a Scatt trainer at our Shooting Sports Performance Centre that can be used when the schedule allows. If you can find a coach to read the Scatt then form a group and contact Melissa for an opening at the SSPC. A small daily range fee will be required to participate.

MPRA 2015 Small Bore Provincials

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MPRA Sporter Provincials 2015

Portage la Prairie Range

July 18 2015

1st- Don Mitchell 1187 67x

2nd-Tanis Hares-1181 51X

3rd- Katharina Knipping- 1180 60x

4th- Michael Knipping-1163 39x

5th-Mathew Szoradi-1153-36x

6th-debbie Hoddinott-1148 35x

7th-Jarrod Hoddinott-1096 14x

Overall Winner & Master glass

Don Mitchell 1187 67x

Silver Tanis Hares 1181 51x

Marksman

1st Debbie Hoddinot 1148 35x

Silver Jarrod Hoddinott 1096 14x

Sharp Shooter

1st Mathew Szoradi 1153 36x

Expert

1st Katharina Knipping 1180 60x

Silver Michael Knipping 1163 39x

Junior Sharpshooter Mathew Szoradi 1153 36x

Junior Expert Katharina Knipping 1180 60x

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MPRA Match Rifle Provincials

Portage la Prairie Range

July 18 2015

Don Mitchell 1124

Katharina Knipping 1092

Don Mitchell 1124

Overall winner Don Mitchell 1124

Silver Katharina knipping 1092

Bronze Michael Knipping 1124

Overall our provincial championships at the Range in Portage la Prairie turned out to be a

great facility. We experienced great hospitality from the range members. We were given

access to the club house where we had uninterrupted lunch from the elements. Including

indoor flush toilets.

The weather was reasonable for the Saturday Sporter event , just a little rain.

several members stayed after the match to take advantage of the site and brought some of

their rifle to shoot with.

Sunday was a picture perfect day at the range just below Lake Manitoba.

“Because in the end, you won’t remember

the time you spent working in the office or

mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn

mountain.” ― Jack Kerouac (sounds like range time, inside or out)

TORONTO — Setter DustinSchneider of Brandon had a kill, ablock, a dig and 26 running sets as theCanadian men’s volleyball teamdefeated Mexico 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-18) in the Pan American Games inToronto on Friday.

Gavin Schmitt had 13 kills to leadthe Canadians in their tournamentopener, while Gord Perrin added 11.Rivers’ Toon Van Lankvelt did notappear on the court.

The men have today off beforetaking on Puerto Rico, which beat theUnited States, on Sunday. Dauphin’sTabi Love, Brandon’s Lisa Barclayand the Canadian women’s team (0-1) will take on Cuba (0-1) today.

Meanwhile, Canada punctuated thefirst week of competition at the PanAmerican Games by reaching, thensurpassing the 100-medal mark.

Canadian swimmer Emily Overholthelped with that.

The West Vancouver, B.C., nativemade the most of her last chance toget a medal at the Pan Am Gamesafter being disqualified from thewomen’s 400-metre individual medleythe previous evening for a turnviolation and stripped of first place.

The 17-year-old Overholt took goldin the 400-metre freestyle on Fridayin a Pan Am record time of fourminutes, 8.42 seconds. Venezuela’sAndreina Pinto earned silver in4:08.67 while American Gillian Ryanplaced third in 4:09.46.

“Last night was heartbreaking, Iwanted to win so badly today to makeup for it,” Overholt said. “I’m sohappy right now.”

Shortly after Overholt’s win,Victoria’s Ryan Cochrane cruised to

gold in the men’s 400 freestyle by amargin of over a second. Cochraneset a Pan Am record in finishing therace in 3:48.29.

Rachel Nichol of Lethbridge, Alta.,and Edmonton’s Richard Funk eachearned bronze in 100 breaststroke.

Canada stood in second place in theoverall medal total with 110, four backof the U.S., as of Friday evening.

Canadians had earned 45 gold, 38silver and 27 bronze.

The Canadians continued theirimpressive showing at the Cisco PanAm Velodrome, adding to the medalhaul with a gold in the women’spursuit and a gold in the women’skeirin final.

The team of Calgary’s AllisonBeveridge, Vancouver’s Laura Brown,Jasmin Glaesser, of Coquitlam, B.C.,and Kirsti Lay, of Medicine Hat,

Alta., finished the pursuit race in aPan Am record time of four minutes19.664 seconds in the final to edge theUnited States.

Mexico beat out Colombia tocapture the bronze medal.

Glaesser said the Canadians rode atechnically sound final race.

“I think in qualifying we started alittle bit quick and maybe weren’t incontrol of the back half of the race,”she said.

“Our plan was to settle the first sixlaps and then to really finish strongand I think we showed that. We reallyrode within our abilities in the firsthalf and then the second part of therace took care of itself.”

Calgary’s Monique Sullivan heldoff hard-charging Cuban LisandraGuerra to capture the women’s keirinfinal, winning by roughly one tire

length. Colombia’s Juliana GaviriaRendon won bronze.» Brandon Sun/The Canadian Press

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Santa Clara shortstop Daylon Creasy completes the double playdespite sliding South West baserunner Ryan Albrecht’s best effortsto disrupt the throw during Friday’s provincial Senior AA baseballgame at Don Sumner Field. (Perry Bergson/Brandon Sun)

TODAY:IN THE CITY

• RUGBY — The Barbariansreturn home for senior leagueplay at John Reilly Field.Women: 1 p.m.; Men: 3 p.m.

ON TELEVISION• PAN AM GAMES —

Various sports, 2 p.m. (CBC)• CFL — The Winnipeg

Blue Bombers visit the CalgaryStampeders, 6 p.m. (TSN1)

IN LOCAL HISTORY• 30 YEARS AGO —

Travis Hunter drove in fiveruns with a pair of homers anda single as the Lenore Acesbeat the Kenton Merchants 9-

4 in a Virden and DistrictFastball League game.

• 20 YEARS AGO — TheBrandon Grey Owls andMoose Jaw Diamond Dogscombined for 29 runs, 32 hits

and 10 errors while goingthrough eight pitchers in aPrairie League of ProfessionalBaseball slugfest in front of acrowd of 664 at WestbranStadium.

BY PERRY BERGSON

Katharina Knipping has twosummer weekends crossed offher calendar.

This is one of them.The 17-year-old Brandonite

is competing in the ManitobaProvincial Rifle Association’sprovincial competition,shooting sporter rifle onSaturday and match rifle onSunday in Portage la Prairie.

“We’re all pretty close there,everybody across Manitoba, soit’s great to compete againsteach other and to be aroundeach other too,” Knipping said.

Brandon is sending sevenshooters to provincials thisweekend, including her fatherMichael and 21-year-oldbrother Lukas, along withMatthew Szoradi, Jarrod andDebbie Hoddinott and JeremyFisher.

In early August, she heads tonationals in Beachburg, Ont.,the biggest event in the country.She and her father Michael arethe only Brandon competitorsthis year, with both competingin match.

She’s shot match once beforeat nationals but this will betheir fifth appearance at theevent.

Sporter rifle is a uniquelyCanadian sport that has biggertargets while match rifle is theinternational equivalent that’scompeted in at the Olympics.

While its her seventh year inthe sport, Knipping only beganshooting match events morerecently, a process made easierwith her recent acquisition ofa new rifle.

Even that process isn’t aseasy as it may seem becauseshe’s a lefthander.

“The guns are usually moreexpensive and sometimes theyhave to be custom-made,” shesaid. “They’re really hard tocome by.”

Not surprisingly, with twoother rifle competitors in thefamily, she entered the sport tocompete against them. Butsoon she discovered it wassomething that she liked.

“I ended up really enjoyingit,” Knipping said. “I found

something that I was good atand that I was able to improveat and that I was able to gofurther with. Plus my brotherand my dad have both stayedin the sport as well so we keepeach other on our toes andgetting better and better everytime.”

It’s paid off for Knipping,who earned her way to theCanada Games in February bywinning silver and bronzemedals at the Prairie Opencompetition and CanadaGames team trials in Winnipeglast November.

Knipping, one of 60competitors in the Prairie Openevent, placed second in the sub-junior age class and finishedthird in the intermediate juniorage class division to secure herspot on Manitoba’s four-member team for the CanadaGames.

She represented the province

in the junior women’s air rifledivision — for competitorsaged 19-and-under — at theWinter Games, finishing 15thin the country individually andninth in team.

Knipping said much haschanged in her time in the sportto allow her to succeed.

“My strength is how muchbetter I’ve gotten at absorbinginformation and learning fromothers,” Knipping said. “At thebeginning I was prettyindependent and didn’t learntoo much. Now that I’velearned more and more andbeen able to expand and acceptchange. You can’t stay in thesame place in the sport; youalways have to be able tochange and get better.”

Events are held acrossCanada during the summer butthe Knippings usually competeonly in provincials andnationals. That makes this

weekend their final competitivetune-up before they head toOntario.

She chuckles when askedwhat her goals are, suggestingthat bringing home medals isalways what she’s after.

She said the toughest part ofher sport isn’t holding the gunsteady; it’s actually holding themind steady.

“I don’t think people quiteunderstand the degree you haveto go to, to be able to flush outany sense of competitors andeveryone around you to be ableto only focus on your target,”Knipping said. “It’s anindividual sport so you can’t fallon your team members. It’s nota team win or a team loss; it’sall on yourself and that can bevery hard sometimes, whetheryou do good or you do bad. It’stough to cope by yourself.”» pbergson@brandonsun.com» Twitter: @PerryBergson

Knipping targets medals

A pair of Westman teamsopened the senior AA all-starbaseball provincials on Fridaywith 4-0 shutouts.

The South West BaseballLeague all-stars blanked theSanta Clara squad in the 4 p.m.draw at Sumner Field, followedby Border West shutting downBrandon’s Andrew AgenciesSenior AA Baseball Leagueteam at Andrews Field.

South West 4 Santa Clara 0Curtis Plett surrendered just

five hits as he threw a completegame shutout on Friday atSumner Field.

Mitch Olson’s first inningdouble drove home CoreyBillaney and he later scored tooas South West built up whatproved to be aninsurmountable 2-0 lead early.

Andrew Richards took the loss.Border West 4 Brandon 0Border West pitcher

Anthony Friesen allowed justthree hits and faced only 23batters to earn the win. RyanShaw took the loss.

Blake Hartry’s two-runhomer in the fifth inning addedinsurance after Border Westbuilt up a 1-0 lead in the secondwhen Andrew Lougheedscored on a Jesse Janz single.

Kildonan 6 Elmwood 5 Kildonan pushed across four

runs in the fifth inning toovercome a 5-2 deficit in abattle of Winnipeg SeniorBaseball League teams. Thekey hit came off the bat ofAaron Hildebrandt, when hissingle knocked in a pair. » See “Stonewall” — Page B2

Shutouts highlightprovincial openers

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TORONTO — Medal standings at the 2015 Pan Am Games(ranked by total gold medals won)

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Katharina Knipping will compete at the provincial sporter and match rifle championships in Portagela Prairie this weekend, before heading off to nationals in Ontario in August. (File)

The Prairie Open

Manitoba Provincial Rifle Association Presents:

October 24/25, 2015

MPRA Shooting Sport Performance Centre

711 Leola Street

Winnipeg, MB R2C 2R3

Authorized SFC High Performance Air Pistol/Rifle Cut Score Match

The Manitoba Provincial Rifle Association invites you to join us at our new Shooting Sport Performance Centre for a 2-day Air Rifle/Pistol Event. All courses of fire on SIUS Ascor Scoring Systems.

DAY 1 - SATURDAY October 24, 2015 ~ ELIGIBLE CUT SCORE MATCH FOR HP ATHLETES

DAY 2 - SUNDAY October 25, 2015 ~ SUPER FINALS MATCH

Please note: The Organizing Committee reserves the right to modify the rules and procedures dependant on the conditions

RELAY 1 - 8:00 AM RELAY 2 - 10:00 AM RELAY 3 - 12:00 PM (Ladies only) Men & Jr. Men - 60 Shot Match Women & Jr. Women - 40 Shot Match

MEN’S PISTOL FINAL: 1:30 PM WOMEN’S PISTOL FINAL: 2:30 PM MEN’S RIFLE FINAL: 3:30 PM WOMEN’S RIFLE FINAL: 4:30 PM AWARDS - 6:00PM

Judges: Steven Spinney ~ ISSF Judge Level A - Rifle, ETS, Maureen Spinney ~ ISSF Judge Level B - Rifle,

RELAY 1 - 8:00 AM

RELAY 2 - 9:30 AM

RELAY 3 - 11:00 AM

ALL ATHLETES: 40 SHOT MATCH

RIFLE SUPER FINAL: 1:00 PM

PISTOL SUPER FINAL: 2:30 PM

AWARDS - 4:00 PM (once finals are completed)

Over $2500

in prizes!!

Pre Event Training and Equipment Check: 4 - 7 pm Friday, Nov 21 ~ First Come, First Served Basis. (equipment check optional, random testing will be done)

Match winner will be determined by a point addition to their course of fire. . 1st - 4 points 2nd - 3.5 points 3rd - 3 points 4th - 2.5 points 5th - 2 points, etc...

MATCH INFORMATION

Match Rules: Cut Score Match - SFC and ISSF rules will apply. It is the responsibility of the athlete and coaches to be familiar with the current ISSF rules.

Rules and Regulations for SUPER FINALS MATCH will be forwarded to each athlete upon registration.

All athletes will be classified as per the SFC classification system. Classification will be checked with the SFC prior to the competition.

ALL equipment must meet ISSF specifications. International Junior - under 21 as of December 31, 2015. Sub Junior ~ under 17 as of December 31, 2015.

Registration: Relays filled on a first come, first served basis. Payment due with registration (registration accepted on site if positions available).

Accommodations: Closest hotels to the Shooting Sport Performance Centre (please note they do not offer shuttle service from the airport) Canad Inns Transcona - 826 Regent Ave W, Winnipeg, MB R2C 3A8, Phone:(204) 224-1681 Club Regent Casino - 1415 Regent Ave W, Winnipeg, MB R2C 3B2, Phone:(204) 667-5560

Further Information: Please contact: Lisa Deneka Match Director, The Prairie Open 226 Dawnville Drive, Winnipeg, MB R3W 1L2 Email: manitobarifle@gmail.com Ph: (204) 781-8479

Thank you to the following sponsors of this event:

The Prairie Open 2015 Registration

Please Print!

COMPETITOR NAME: _______________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS __________________________________________ CITY __________________________________

PROV/STATE ________________ POSTAL CODE _____________________ PHONE: ____________________

EMAIL: ________________________ DATE OF BIRTH: ____________________________ (IJ & SJ only)

SFC # _________________________

Male: Female: Pistol: Rifle:

SFC Classification: MA EX SS MM IJ SJ

RELAYS (POSITIONS FILLED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS):

Saturday, October 24, 2015(HP cut score match) Choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd choice

RELAY 1: 08:00: RELAY 2 10:00: RELAY 3 12:00:

Sunday, October 25, 2015 (Prize Match) Choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd choice

RELAY 1: 08:00: RELAY 2 9:30: RELAY 3 11:00:

FEES:

Men / Women / Jr.: $100.00 $ __________

*All athletes must be in good standing with the Shooting Federation of Canada. Proof required at registration *Relays filled on a first come, first served basis. Payment due with registration. (Registration accepted on site if room available.)

Please make cheques payable to: Manitoba Provincial Rifle Association

Mail entries to: The Prairie Open 226 Dawnville Drive Winnipeg, MB R3W 1L2 Email: manitobarifle@gmail.com