Post by tag on Oct 6, 2014 21:16:47 GMT
From the S Class website sporting-class.com hopefully this will explain the origins of S Class a bit more.
This is the competition format that inspired Sporting Class (S Class) back in 2010. We first watched it at the Ulfborg Skyttecenter in Mid Denmark and were impressed by the competition format and the various targets and distances shot at.
Ulfborg hosts the finals of the Danish Field Shooting championships every September, the DK hunters union organises a series of regional rounds by area/county and the finalists meet at Ulfborg for the two day finals.
The classes of shooter are:
Ladies
Veterans
Hunters
Masters
The entry up and down the Hunters and Masters is based on points so you can get bumped up or dropped down depending on how you do. CoF is usually 44 rounds at around 16 different targets over a two mile course and must include prone, kneeling and standing, plus awkward shooting positions, rapid fire such as three shots in 15-25 seconds and targets from 70m to 250/300m. Targets include running Boar and Elk, pop up Deer, plus Fox, Maarhund and some smaller birds etc. Scoring zones are not visible unless you get very close to the target so you need to know what you are aiming for. Also distances are not given so you need be able to either range the target or be good at guessing!
The Master classed shooters cannot use aids such as bipods or crossed sticks however they can use what is around them at the firing point.The competitions finals are always something very special to watch, with the top 10 shooters on points shooting an additional four legs, prone, sitting, standing and finally a rapid fire test. The final stage of the final of the 2013 event shown differs in that the competitors had to run a few paces forward to the firing point and drop to the prone position with a maximum of 30 seconds allowed. In the past it has just been a straight drop to the floor and shoot.
Note also the targets which are photo realistic and without visible (To the shooter) scoring zones.
This is a highly exiting and addictive competition format and hopefully the UK based S Class will prove to be equally exciting.
This is the competition format that inspired Sporting Class (S Class) back in 2010. We first watched it at the Ulfborg Skyttecenter in Mid Denmark and were impressed by the competition format and the various targets and distances shot at.
Ulfborg hosts the finals of the Danish Field Shooting championships every September, the DK hunters union organises a series of regional rounds by area/county and the finalists meet at Ulfborg for the two day finals.
The classes of shooter are:
Ladies
Veterans
Hunters
Masters
The entry up and down the Hunters and Masters is based on points so you can get bumped up or dropped down depending on how you do. CoF is usually 44 rounds at around 16 different targets over a two mile course and must include prone, kneeling and standing, plus awkward shooting positions, rapid fire such as three shots in 15-25 seconds and targets from 70m to 250/300m. Targets include running Boar and Elk, pop up Deer, plus Fox, Maarhund and some smaller birds etc. Scoring zones are not visible unless you get very close to the target so you need to know what you are aiming for. Also distances are not given so you need be able to either range the target or be good at guessing!
The Master classed shooters cannot use aids such as bipods or crossed sticks however they can use what is around them at the firing point.The competitions finals are always something very special to watch, with the top 10 shooters on points shooting an additional four legs, prone, sitting, standing and finally a rapid fire test. The final stage of the final of the 2013 event shown differs in that the competitors had to run a few paces forward to the firing point and drop to the prone position with a maximum of 30 seconds allowed. In the past it has just been a straight drop to the floor and shoot.
Note also the targets which are photo realistic and without visible (To the shooter) scoring zones.
This is a highly exiting and addictive competition format and hopefully the UK based S Class will prove to be equally exciting.
