August 11th - Completion of the World Individual Long Range Championship

Today, we shot the final two matches of the WILRC.  Conditions again started out somewhat calm but by late morning, when the 1000 yard match was fired, the winds changed quite quickly.  Mirko Teglasi had a fantastic day, winning both the 1000 yard match and the daily aggregate.  In Match 650 (900 yards), Geoff Grenfell of Australia won the match with a 75.14.  Canadians who shot 75 include Mirko, Ian Hogg and Mike Lutes.

As mentioned previously, Mirko won Match 651 (1000 yards) with a 75.8, one of only three 75's shot.  Ian Hogg and Roger Romses shot 73's in challenging conditions.  Mirko was the only person to shoot a 150 in the daily aggregate.

Once these matches were complete, the Top 10 in the overall aggregate qualified to shoot in a 15 round shoot-off to determine the top placings and ultimately, the 2015 World Long Range Champion. Ben Emms of Australia entered the final with a commanding 4 point lead over Jon Underwood.  It should be noted that Ben only dropped 1 point in the Aggregate, a phenomenal performance.  After the final, standings tightened up considerably with Nigel Ball from Great Britain posting an outstanding score of 74 in very difficult conditions.  Ben managed to hold on to the top spot however by finishing with a 70 to give him a total score of 669.77.  Nigel placed second with a 668.75.  Matthew Pozzebon of Australia placed 3rd with a 666.78.  Mirko was the highest placing Canadian, finishing in 13th place.

Tomorrow is the Palma practice day.  The team will go through a final rehearsal before the 2-day Palma match on Thursday and Friday.  The team selection will be finalized tomorrow night.  Details will be published then.