Update for the World F-Class Championship
The USA F-Class F/TR team returned from the F-Class World Championships in Bisley, England with the gold medal. Team USA F-Class F/TR posted the top score in the International Team Match event against teams from Great Britain, Canada, Ireland, Germany, and Spain. Team Sinclair members, Paul Phillips and Jeff Rorer, were on the USA F/TR Gold Medal team.
The British F-Class Open Team won the gold medal in the F-Class Open World Championship. Team USA Open came in second place. South Africa (the defending World Champion) finished third this year. Congratulations to all three of these teams.
Jeff Rorer (Team Sinclair) was also successful at the F/TR World Championship as an individual shooter taking fourth place overall and earning a bronze medal. Paul Phillips (Team Sinclair) placed 11th and Brad Sauve (Team Sinclair) placed 15th. Though the top two positions in individual F/TR competition was taken by the British, nine of the top fifteen shooters in the individual event were from Team USA. Paul also earned a Silver Medal in the Wimbledon 600 Yard Individual F/TR Match held as part of the Imperial Matches.
The Bisley experience is a little different from most matches held in the USA. At Bisley, shooters adjourn to a fine mid-day meal at one of the many clubhouses on the Bisley campus. Weather conditions at Bisley this year were typical for that venue with strong winds gusting to 20+ mph and almost daily rain showers. At one point during the team events, rain poured down so hard that some participants were seen using their shooting mats to shelter themselves. As rain is a frequent occurrence, the US shooters learned that the British do not stop shooting any match unless targets are no longer visible. Despite the spots of rain, the Bisley range officials ran a fine match with few issues and the target markers did an excellent job.
Update written by Team Sinclair
Paul Phillips at Bisley with his F/TR Team Gold Medal and his Wimbledon 600 Yard Individual F/TR Silver Medal
Note from Bill Gravatt, President – Sinclair International, Inc.
Congratulations to all of the shooters participating in the F-Class World Championships in Bisley this year. Special congratulations go out to the entire USA Gold Medal F-Class F/TR Rifle Team and the British Gold Medal F-Class Open Rifle Team. We especially want to recognize the Team Sinclair members who shot so well – Brad Sauve, Paul Phillips, and Jeff Rorer. We are proud of you guys!
The team members of Team Sinclair F-Class F/TR will be shooting in the upcoming U.S. Nationals in October along with Derek Rodgers who wasn’t able to make the trip to Great Britain. Good luck guys at Camp Butner!
August 12th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Thank you Sinclair International for giving our US FTR team the credit they deserve. The entire team deserves a big congratulations. We are expecially proud of Jeff Rorer since he is from here in North Carolina. We look forward to having you with us at the F Class Nationals here at Butner this fall.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:59 am
P.S. The U.S. F-Open 4 man Team won The Rutland Cup.
August 13th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Through you, Sinclair International inc.
To all persons & teams that performed well at Bisley, Congratulations!!!!!
The fellowship through such competition is of great value. We all have really enjoyed it.
Will see you all in 2013.
Jannie Els &
South African F-Class Team
August 14th, 2009 at 11:56 am
There was one more team that represented the US or at least half of the team. Team COnnecticut Yankee took third in the Rutland Cup. Team was two Americans, one Canadian and one Irish.
FX Conlon