News and Notes
ISSF REPORT ISSF Vice President Gary
Anderson reported on 2015 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) activities. 2015 World Cups had the highest participation ever with 2,115 athletes
from
115 nations making 6,295 starts. Anderson reported that a major challenge fac-
ing the ISSF will be how to bring shooting in line with the International Olympic Committee’s “Agenda 2020” that will require changes to achieve “gender equality” in Olympic events and Olympic participation quotas.
STAFF REPORTS The managers of 10 dif-
ferent USAS staff depart- ments gave reports on their work to carry out USAS pro- grams. Much of the 2015 staff focus has been on 2016 Olympic and Paralym- pic qualifying just as much of the 2016 staff focus will be on achieving success in
the Rio de Janeiro Olympic and Paralympic Games. The next USAS Board
meeting will take place in Colorado Springs on March 12, 2016.
Avedisian Wins Fourth Senior Open Title By Maxey Brantley Trap shooters from across
the U.S. and Canada were recently treated to a slice of Americana at the Bingham- ton Gun Club in New York for the International Shoot- ing Sports of Oregon Senior Open IX. Tucked away in the hills of New York, Richard (Rick) Chordash, USA Shoot- ing Team alumni and the Binghamton Gun Club mem- bers welcomed the shooters WR WKH HDVW FRDVW IRU WKH À UVW time since the senior-specif- ic event originated in 2007. This year marked Senior
Open IX as it moves around the country to various ven- ues promoting USA Shoot- ing’s motto “Sport for Life.” Designed around the Inter- national Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup clay target format, shooters À UH WDUJHWV RQ 6DWXUGD\ and 50 targets on Sunday. Guy Avedisian (Ocala,
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High Overall Winners from the Senior Open: (left to right): Charlie Wentzel, Guy Avedisian and John Wolfi ngton.
lie Wentzel (Cincinnati, Ohio) with scores of 65 and 64 re- spectively.
lie Wentzel (Cinc Day 2 saw a surge for Zev-
lever with a strong 46/50 DQG -RKQ :ROÀ QJWRQ :LOP ington, Delaware), close behind with 45/50, setting WKH VWDJH IRU WKH VHPLÀ QDOV Three-time Senior Open Champion Dave Senter (St. Helens, Oregon) and current USA Shooting National Se- nior Champion Johnny We- ger (Saint Jo, Texas) rounded RXW WKH WRS VL[ À QDOLVWV EXW UHWLUHG IURP WKH À HOG OHDYLQJ Avedisian (13/15) and Wen- tzel (12/15) to settle the gold-medal match with Wolf- ington (11/15) and Zevlever (9/15) contesting the bronze PHGDO :ROÀ QJWRQ SUHYDLOHG over Zevlever, while Went- zel’s strong performance of
11 couldn’t match that of Avedisian’s 14, who would claim his fourth Senior Open Championship. Rounding out the awards,
High B and C Class winners were Vadim Zevlever and Tom Mathias (Lancaster, New York), with Senter tak- ing home the High Interme- diate Senior. Veteran honors went to Charlie Wentzel. Front and center again
this year was the use of the White Flyer “Orange Crush- HUµ Á DVK WDUJHWV IRU DOO )LQDOV
rounds thanks to a gener- ous donation by White Flyer. They proved to be a popular and winning combination, performing exceptionally well.
The 2016 Senior Open X
is tentatively scheduled for September 16-18 at Wil- lawalla Creek Shooting Cen- ter in Saint Jo, Texas.
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