Grauffel denied championship in Bali<\/p>\n
Wahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Sanur, Bali<\/p>\n
World champion Eric Grauffel of France was denied a title of
\nthe AustralAsia Practical Shooting Championship after he ended up
\nin second place here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Grauffel fired a total of 1297.3773 points after completing 24
\nstages in the Open category of the event. Martin Kamenicek of The
\nCzech Republic topped the standings with 1356.3097 points while
\nErrol Thomas of Australia was in third with 1277.9465 points.<\/p>\n
The standing might be changing with some shooters still having
\nto complete their stages on Wednesday and Grauffel could probably
\ndropped further back.<\/p>\n
Praising the skills and ability showed by some of the
\nparticipants, the French shooter disclosed that he was facing
\nsome very tough competition in the event.<\/p>\n
\"Especially Errol Thomas from Australia. He is the man, the
\none I have to look for,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Grauffel, who took the best position at the 1999 and 2002
\nPractical Shooting World Championships, pointed out that
\nparticipants from the Philippines and the United States had also
\ndisplayed exceptional performances during the event.<\/p>\n
He admitted that the AustralAsia Shooting Championship, a
\nlevel IV competition, had presented the participants with quite a
\nchallenge.<\/p>\n
Around 500 shooters from 32 countries are competing in the
\nevent, which will run until Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"Difficult and very high level. The shooting target is very
\nhard. I know. They are all different. You cannot say this one is
\nmore difficult than the other ones, they are all very difficult,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
However, he admitted that the most interesting stage was when
\nthe target took the form of a dragon.<\/p>\n
\"I have never seen a stage this unique and interesting, not
\neven in the last World Championship in South Africa,\" he
\nstressed.<\/p>\n
The chairman of the AustralAsia's organizing committee,
\nBambang Trihatmodjo gave similar praise.<\/p>\n
\"Each stage has its own quality and level of difficulty. Both
\nthe shooter and the target are moving,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Separately, Indonesian shooter Djoko Iman Santoso also praised
\nthe dragon stage. The stage had seven different targets arrayed
\nalong the dragon's head and body.<\/p>\n
\"We had to memorize the locations of all those spots and there
\nwas virtually no room for any mistake,\" he said.<\/p>\n
According to Bambang Trihatmodjo all the stages were designed
\nby the executive committee of the Indonesian Shooting and Hunting
\nAssociation (Perbakin). The designs were submitted six months ago
\nto the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) for
\napproval.<\/p>\n
In the Revolver category, Cholatit Chonboonyadej of Thailand
\nled the standings followed by Slamet Riyadi of Indonesia and
\nKevin Pledger of Singapore.<\/p>\n
Anthony SY of the Philippines kept his place in the Standard
\ncompetition. Marian Vysny of Slovakia and Stefanos Cheropoulos of
\nGreece were in second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n
The Production competition already finished with Ernest Nagy
\nof Slovakia winning with a total score of 1293.1300 points
\nfollowed by Adam Tyc of the Czech Republic with 1149.1045 points
\nand Moh. Alias B. Zakaria of Malaysia with 1147.5099 points.<\/p>",
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