Empire Match course of fire

[Gaz]

Just been told I'm shooting an Empire Match this weekend. Anyone know what the course of fire is - and more importantly from my point of view, how long it is?

Cheers

[IainWR]

The Empire Match, originally contested between GB, Australia and other Empire nations was renamed the Australia Match in 1988 in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the formal colonisation of Australia, the fundamental move in the establishment of the nation. The Match is for national representative teams of 10 on 2 targets, each shooter firing 2 sighters and 10 to count at 300, 600, 900 and 1000 yards or metric equivalents. The Match is shot under ICFRA rules and may only be held when an Australian Team is present. It was last contested in the West Indies this year when GB were the winners. It is usually held every 4 years, two years away from the Palma Match. The next scheduled Australia Match will be in South Africa in 2017. However, it can be staged at any time by mutual agreement between competing nations and on the approval of ICFRA and the NRAA. The Match is one of the UK "Big 5" matches (along with the National, Mackinnon, Kolapore and Palma), and because of the high status of the event, the small team size and relative infrequency of holding is perhaps the most difficult to gain a place in.

In the loose terminology of a club match, "Empire Match" will mean 2 sighters and 10 to count at each of the four distances. Team size and targets will be what the captains have agreed. It usually takes all day to shoot - short range in the morning and long range in the afternoon. A "reverse Empire" is when it is shot in the sequence 900, 1000, 300, 600 usually because the match organisers can't get range space for the long range element in the afternoon. At club level, a score of 190 or better is usually considered competent. At any level a score of 200 is a rarity.

Iain
Chairman ICFRA TR Committee

[karen]

Talk about using a thousand words when eight will do sign01

2 & 10 @ 300, 600, 900, 1000

See you Sunday :lol:

Love

Karen

[Gaz]

Thankyou! See you Sunday.