WA1500
Schedule:
Shot on a four weekly cycle on Saturday and Tuesday mornings from 9.00am (see Match Schedule)
The Match:
WA1500 is one of the Service Match disciplines available to club members and is the most recent addition to matches shot on the St Ives Pistol Club range.
WA stands for World Association and 1500 is the maximum score that can be shot.
WA1500 is the only Service discipline that has a World Championship. The other Service matches shot in this country have the Australian National Championships as their pinnacle. As in most pistol matches, WA1500 is graded so competitors have the opportunity to shoot against people with similar ability.
The WA1500 Service match provides competitors the opportunity to compete at all levels through from Club to Zone, State, National and International. The International level allows competitors who develop elite skills to represent their country on the world stage.
WA1500 is a holster match and as such, a Pistol Australia holster qualification is required to fully compete in this match. Holster courses are conducted by training officers of the St Ives Pistol Club and a card of proficiency is issued on completion of the course.
The match can be tried by shooting from the 45 degree position.
WA1500 is 150 shot course of fire over distances of 7, 15, 25 and 50 yards. The imperial measurements are generally used as the match has evolved from the NRA of America Precision Pistol Course (PPC) rule book.
The match is shot over the distances mentioned using two hands from the positions of prone, sitting, kneeling, free standing and also from the right and left sides of barricades. All courses of fire are timed.
The match is suited for either revolver or self loading pistols but there are restrictions on specifications regarding length of barrel, trigger pull weight, no optical sights, sighting radius, no compensators etc. Revolvers must be of a minimum calibre of .32 and self loading pistols a minimum of .35. Australian Law prohibits the use of any calibre greater than .38.
As WA1500 is a relatively new match, at the time of writing, the rules are in draft form and still being developed. This process takes significant time to conclude as the rules have to be agreed to by all the member countries of the World Association.
Attention WA1500 Shooters
The WA1500 Calendar for January 2010 to June 2010 is Shown Below.
The starting time for Saturdays is range setup from 8.30 am for a 9.00 am start.
The starting time for Tuesdays is range setup from 9.00am for a 9.30 am start.
WA1500 Schedule for July 2010 to December 2010
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Saturdays |
Tuesdays |
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31st July |
10th August |
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28th August |
7th September |
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25th September |
5th October |
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23rd October |
2nd November |
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20th November |
30th November |
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18th December |
28th December |