Post-match, and post-training course with Eric Grauffel

Last weekend my club (bssk) held the seasons first Level II match, and I must say it was great time, and all visiting competitors seems to have left feeling they had a fun day with fun stages. We even had competitors from Finland and it was great to have a match meeeting new friendly people. I ended up 2nd i Standard, more out of luck I would say then anything else. Had a few brain freezes, but all in all it was a great day. The day after we ran a mini-rifle competition mostly for the fun of it, and I took home the "prestige" 1st place.

Last week also was the training course with Eric Grauffel. I was quite nervous, this beeing only my second year of competing, and not having that many matches under my belt - but it turned out to be two of my best days on a range - ever.  Again we had visitors that had come quite far away to attend a 2 day course in a small range in the slopes of an old military fort. Turned out they where supernice guys and we all had a great time getting into the deeper skillsets needed to become a better shooter and competitior. I think I could go on for hours about it all, but what was something I could recommend anyone that get the chanse, and I now have a list (quite long ;) ) with things I need to work on, but frankly, I Think I could have vasted tons of hours by myself on the range, and not come to understanding with what I need to do, and how to do it. 5/5 - would take a course again with Eric as instructor.

Here is Eric trying to explain during the morning coffee (mandatory Swedish tradition) how to calculate, on the fly, during a stage what you need to do in order to place well, from information you gather seeing those running the stage before it is your turn. Needless to say most of us was o_O ??? Still in the end it started sinking in.

All the course students from BSSK will cheer for Eric during World Shoot, for sure :)

So much to do, so little time, ie. status is normal

Final weeks before it is time for my vacation, so there is a buttload to do at work Before I can eject with out Felling  to bad for my buddies that still has a few weeks before they can enjoy sweet - sweet summer.

More related to IPSC, we have built a bunch of new wallsections, with diffrent ports for more creative stagebuilding. Next weekend we host our first Level II this year, followed by a Level I mini-rifle competition just for the club (also, our first mini-rifle competition).

Also we have doing the Swedish IPSC cup matches for May and June, was a blast, a fairly high number of clubmembers showed up and had tons of fun. Also, am going into the Open division for Handgun. Got a deal I could not turn down for a SVI/Springfield custom, built by none other then Rob Leatham. The price was a steal, so my poor wallet said "ynk" as it always does when I have to dip into the funds.

Also waiting for my .223 license, hopefully only 1 or 2 weeks away, and then training for the Nationals in the end of July.

Talking about training, only 2 weeks left before I go to the 2 day Eric Grauffel boot camp. Understatement to say I am nervous. :|