2011 Palma Match Results
by Hap Rocketto
John Widden Winner of the 2011 National Queen's Prize and Top Gun on the US Palma Team with the Governor of Queensland, Penelope Wensley Belmont Shooting Complex, Brisbane, Australia. Photo by Phil Hodder
The 2011 US Palma Team. Photo by Dave Cloft
The Great Britain Palma Team led the two day match from wire to wire as they decisively won their third consecutive Palma Match by a margin of 35 points. South Africa was the silver medal winner while host Australia and the United States battled it out for third. The US managed to salvage a bronze medal by a ten point margin.
Each team fields 16 shooters in teams of four riflemen and a coach under the direction of the team captain and head coach. The course of fire is 15 shots at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards slow fire prone which they shoot twice over two days.
Nigel Ball of Great Britain shot a 446.044V out of a possible 450 points to win the Fulton Trophy as top gun for the match. In the same order as the teams South African Arno Haasbroer, 445.049V was second and John Whidden of the US fired a 444.053V for third.
From all reports the NRA of Australia can be pleased with a well run match. The next Long Range World Championship and Palma Match will take place in 2015 in the United States.
Link for scores for scores: http://www.2011.nraa.com.au/disp_tresults.php?assn=wlrc&year=2011&set=palma_open&type=eagg&tm=1319309010
