2015 Delville Wood Memorial Competition

[Dylanm]

Thanks Guys.

Its a privilege to be able to organise it. (Already looking to 2016: Will be the Centenary of the Battle of Delville Wood)

Will post final results when I get a gap.

I will start training for next year so long.

[JS4]

Thank you for the write-up Camo.

It was a great competition and, as always, it was made possible by the selfless dedication and sponsorship of some individuals and businesses.

Sports Adventure Shooting would like to thank the following people who arranged and helped out on the day:

• Camouflage762: Match Director and Evil Genius who conceived it all.
• Mrs. Camouflage762: Admin and Scoring Assistant
• Mini Camouflage762: Admin and Scoring Assistant
• Mark Groome: Umpire & Senior RO: mark[at]365productions.co.za
• Grant9: Photographs
• Dirk777: Range officer & administration

Also a big shout-out to the following sponsors who gave time, funds and assistance and who made it all possible:



Tactical Quartermaster sponsored 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize monies - total R5000, the Score sheets and goodie bags for each participant & staff.

Sales[at]tacqm.co.za



ExecuBuild sponsored the Obstacle course, installation of Flag poles, Aerial Mast and clean up of range.

Plaashaas: gerhard[at]execubuild.co.za



CRB Jewellers: Sponsorship of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place medals, 8 Participant medals and 2 staff medals.
TracerLM: crb[at]iburst.co.za

Thank you all!

[Newy]

Thank you very much Camo and all the organisers. Especially to the sponsors as well!!

I will need to work on my distance shooting for 2016

[Peter Wells]

It looks like you guys all did our forebears proud. Thank you each and every one for this.

[camouflage762]

Final Scores.
The competition ended on time and then the scoring/admin & taking down of structures began. The Braai fire was lit and cold beers opened…..
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Regrettably there was a SNAFU on the scoring and this resulted in an error for 2 & 3^rd place.

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Kudo’s to Box for pointing this out at the expense of losing his place. I accept full responsibility for the error and thank all the competitors for their patience in getting it sorted.

Final Results were:

Final Rankings	Points	Place
Staffy	104	1
PesVis	99	2
Honey Badger	98	3
BushBoy	97	4
Betoger	91	5
Box	90	6
Papa Hotel	90	6
DylanM	82	8
Plaashaas	82	8
Tracer	80	10
JS_4	77	11
Koosie	76	12
Newy	69	13
Cordite Crazy	65	14
Dick	62	15
Tooth Fairy	54	16

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Some observations:

• The first 4 places were incredibly close; a single hit on target worth 2 or even 10 points could have caused a totally different result.
• Shooting at wrong targets & firearms not operating properly is always going to hurt! Make sure you ID your targets and know how your firearm works.
• Practicing Firearm basic skills & fitness will never go out of fashion!
• “All the gear & no idea” does not win competitions. This starts with the boots you are wearing to your rig, physical condition & firearm skills. Most of the competitors by this stage are familiar with their rigs and operating their firearms whilst under physical pressure. (Compare the results with the platform/sight system/bipod that the competitors used) Until you have actually tested yourself & your gear everything is speculation.
• Attitude: Well done to those who were having hassles but kept going/trying harder. Special mention to Cordite Crazy who had just finished a course of Antibiotics recovering from pneumonia!
• As Sas has evolved (this is our 5^th DWM competition) we have learnt to weight the events so that they are not skewed in favour of shooting only, or physical condition only. It helps achieve a balance between the two and I think bodes well for the future.

Thanks to all who made this possible.

Cheers
Camo

[PesVis]

A big thanks for all the effort to Camo & co. It is some of the best fun I have ever had on a shooting competition and the spirit of all the competitors was very cool. I can recommend Sas to anyone who wants a challenge

[Tango Sierra]

This looked like a thoroughly enjoyable event.

[PeaceOfficer]

Congrats to all involved. Looks like it was really awesome. Well done!